Nuveen agrees to $5.75 billion buyout
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NEW YORK/BOSTON  - Asset manager Nuveen Investments Inc. , the industry's biggest manager of closed-end mutual funds, has agreed to a $5.75 billion buyout by an investor group led by private equity firm Madison Dearborn Partners LLC, the companies said on Wednesday.
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Aon Corp , one of the world's largest insurance brokers, said on Monday it has agreed to sell two units for about $2.75 billion and will devote the proceeds of the deal to a share buyback.
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Chemicals maker Huntsman Corp.  said on Thursday it agreed to be bought for $6.5 billion by Apollo Management's Hexion Specialty Chemicals, which trumped an earlier bid for the U.S. company by rival Basell .
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India's Tata Steel is set to become the  world's fifth-biggest steelmaker after winning a bid battle for  Anglo-Dutch steelmaker Corus Group by agreeing to pay 5.75  billion pounds ($11.3 billion).
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The insurance giant will buy Travelers Life & Annuity, and most of Citigroup's foreign insurance units, for $11.5 billion.
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U.S. chemical company Huntsman Corp , which has agreed to a $5.6 billion takeover, said on Wednesday it had received an approach at $27.25 per share from an affiliate of U.S. private equity firm Apollo Management.
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General Electric Co. said Friday that two private equity firms completed a deal to buy a majority interest in its India-based back office unit.
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Fannie Mae (FNM.N: Quote, Profile, Research) , the embattled US home funding company, on Wednesday said it agreed to sell $5 billion worth of non-cumulative preferred stock in two placements to certain institutional buyers in
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Fannie Mae, the nation&#39;s largest buyer of mortgages, said yesterday that it agreed to sell $5 billion of preferred stock to large institutional investors in a rush to meet its regulator&#39;s minimum capital requirements.
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United Arab Emirates group Borse Dubai and US operator Nasdaq said Wednesday they had sweetened their takeover offer for Nordic market operator OMX and had secured 47.6 percent of its shares.
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Freescale Semiconductor Inc. said late Friday it has agreed to be acquired by a group of four private equity firms for $17.6 billion.
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U.S. chemical company Huntsman Corp  , which has agreed to a $5.6 billion takeover, said on  Wednesday it had received an approach at $27.25 per share from  an affiliate of U.S. private equity firm Apollo Management.
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The deals have been in the pipeline for some time, but the duo finally completed their medicals on Friday night and signed five-year deals.
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Chinese company has signed a five-year deal for customer services and support.
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National Grid Transco agreed one of the largest cash deals in recent corporate history yesterday with the sale of four of its eight gas distribution networks for Â£5.
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It has agreed that the company should be sold to Oracle for $26.50 a share, roughly $10.3 billion, $1.5 billion more than Oracle&#39;s now-famous &quot;best and final&quot; offer.
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The $5.6 billion deal is part of an effort by G.M. to raise money and focus on its core business.