UCB to buy Schwarz as fusion fever continues
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Germany's Schwarz Pharma   said on Monday it had agreed to be bought by Belgium's UCB  (UCBBt.BR) for around $5.6 billion in shares and cash in the  third major drug sector transaction in Germany in five days.
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UBS AG is expected to buy Charles Schwab Corp.'s institutional research and trading unit for about $265 million, a source familiar with the matter said yesterday.
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Belgian biopharmaceutical group UCB has announced a friendly takeover bid of 4.4 billion euros (5.6 billion dollars) for German company Schwarz Pharma, aimed at strengthening its position in the neurology sector.
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Swiss banking group UBS, the world's largest wealth manager, said on Monday it had strengthened its position in the United States by buying local rival Julius Baer's U.S. wealth-management business.
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SABMiller, the world&#39;s second largest brewer&#39;s Chinese joint-venture, China Resources Breweries Limited (CRB) has acquired the Chinese brewing interests of Lion Nathan for an equity value of $71-million and estimated assumed debt of $83-million, CRM
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United Technologies Corp., which offers security services through its Chubb unit, agreed to buy UK fire-protection company Kidde Plc for $2.8 billion in cash to expand its range of building-services products.
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Swiss-based engineering giant ABB   is ready to sell off several divisions, including its  U.S. subsidiary Lummus and its German building technology  operation, the company&#039;s finance chief said at the weekend.
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Advanced Medical Optics Inc.  has offered to buy rival eye-care company Bausch & Lomb Inc.  for $4.23 billion, topping a $3.67 billion offer from private equity firm Warburg Pincus , according to the Wall Street Journal.
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NEW YORK, August 24 (New Ratings) - Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group announced a hostile takeover bid today of $29.2 billion (Â¥3.2 trillion) for UFJ Holdings Inc (ticker: UFJ).
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IBM yesterday announced plans to buy Consul Risk Management, a compliance and security software company with the bulk of its developers in Herndon -- the third local software firm bought in IBM's recent buying binge.
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Cytec Industries Inc. is buying the  chemicals division of Belgian drugs company UCB for 1.5 billion  euros ($1.85 billion) in cash and stock that will double the  size of the U.S. specialty chemical firm, the companies said on  Friday.
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The $1.4 billion private  equity buyout of Singapore&#39;s United Test & Assembly Center   is likely to win shareholder approval on October 5,  to the potential dismay of the deal&#39;s bankers.
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UBS AG (UBSN.VX: Quote, Profile, Research) is expected to buy Charles Schwab Corp.&#39;s (SCH.N: Quote, Profile, Research) institutional research and trading unit for about $265 million, a source familiar with the matter said on Monday.
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MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- An investment group that includes Christian Laettner and his former Duke teammate Brian Davis has reached an agreement to buy 70 percent of the Memphis Grizzlies.
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Cytec Industries Inc. is buying the chemicals division of Belgian drugs company UCB in a 1.5 billion euro ($1.85 billion) cash and stock deal, the US specialty chemical firm said on Friday.
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UBS is close to a deal to purchase Charles Schwab&#39;s institutional research and trading unit for as much as $300 million, according to Friday&#39;s New York Post.
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LONDON/BOSTON  - United Technologies Corp. UTX.N  agreed on Thursday to acquire Britain's Kidde Plc KID.L for  $2.8 billion in cash in a deal aimed at expanding the U.S.  conglomerate's security system business.