Wrigley buys Life Savers for $1.5 billion
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Chicago-based Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co., maker of Juicy Fruit and Wrigley Spearmint gum, is spending $1.48 billion to buy Life Savers and Altoids mints from Kraft.
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PQ Corp., the specialty chemicals business, said on Friday it was being sold to private equity buyout firm Carlyle Group  for $1.5 billion.
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Great Plains Energy has agreed to buy the crosstown utility operator Aquila for about $1.7 billion.
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Cytec Industries Inc., a US maker of materials for the aerospace and car industries, agreed to buy the chemicals operations of UCB SA, Belgium&#39;s largest drugmaker, for 1.5 billion euros ($1.
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The worldâs dominant chewing-gum maker is looking to extend its marketing might to candy. Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co. said Monday that it has agreed to buy the
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Pharmacy benefit manager Medco Health Solutions Inc.  said on Tuesday it agreed to buy PolyMedica Corp.  for $1.5 billion in cash, in a move to expand its diabetes care services.
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Kidde moved a step closer yesterday to being bought by America&#39;s United Technologies, which increased its offer for the UK fire extinguisher maker to Â£1.39bn.
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Ionics Inc. , a Watertown water treatment company with global operations, agreed to be purchased yesterday by General Electric Co. for $1.1 billion in cash.
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CHICAGO - Candy and gum maker Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co. said Monday that it agreed to buy a number of candy brands, including Life Savers and Altoids, from Kraft Foods for $1.
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Global Tower Partners, a U.S. wireless tower operator, is to be bought by a consortium of infrastructure funds managed by members of Australia's Macquarie Group in a deal valued at $1.4 billion.
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IHOP Corp.  said it plans to buy bar-and-grill chain Applebee's International Inc.  for $25.50 per share to expand beyond its iconic pancake houses, sending IHOP's shares up nearly 12 percent on Monday to an all-time high.
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MetLife Inc. on Monday agreed to  acquire Travelers Life & Annuity from Citigroup Inc. for $11.5  billion, bolstering its product reach while sounding  Citigroup's retreat from the one-stop financial supermarket  concept.
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Candy and gum maker Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co. announced Monday it has agreed to buy a number of candy brands, including Life Savers and Altoids, from Kraft Foods for $1.
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Kraft, the struggling American food group, yesterday announced the $1.5bn (Â£810m) sale of its Life Savers and Altoids confectionery division to the chewing gum business Wm Wrigley Jr.
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NEW YORK - In its biggest purchase ever, Johnson &amp; Johnson is dropping $24.5 billion to get into the fast-growing market for implantible devices that automatically restart stopped hearts.
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The insurance giant MetLife Inc. announced Monday that it was acquiring Travelers Life & Annuity Co. from Citigroup Inc. for at least $11.5 billion.
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Philips plans to buy U.S. home  medical equipment maker Respironics Inc for $5.1 billion, its  largest deal to date in an aggressive expansion in the  fast-growing healthcare sector.