Capital One Financial buys Onyx
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Capital One Financial in McLean, Va., Wednesday agreed to acquire Onyx Acceptance in Foothill Ranch, Calif., for $191 million. Under the terms of the deal, Onyx shareholders will receive cash of $28 per share.
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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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Aeroflex Inc. , which provides  technology solutions to the aerospace and other markets, said  it agreed to be acquired by private equity firms General  Atlantic and Francisco Partners for about $1.0 billion.
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A former chief financial officer of credit card issuer Capital One Financial Corp. agreed to pay more than $1.8 million to settle insider trading charges, the Securities and Exchange Commission said yesterday.
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Morgan Stanley and Apax Partners Worldwide LLP agreed to buy Chicago-based Hub International Ltd. for $1.8 billion in the second buyout of a US insurance brokerage in six weeks.
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Two leading names in the travel industry were today bought for Â£1.1 billion dollars (Â£563 million) - the second major UK deal by US giant Cendant this month.
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Private investor Cerberus Capital  Management LP has agreed to buy real estate investment and  management company LNR Property Corp. LNR.N for $1.92 billion  in cash.
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A group of investors, including Goldman Sachs Capital Partners, is taking a minority stake in the hotel company for $1 billion.
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- Aircraft and auto parts maker Sequa Corp.  said it agreed to be acquired by private equity firm Carlyle Group  in a cash deal valued at $2.7 billion.
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ReAble Therapeutics, the orthopedic-device maker controlled by the private equity company Blackstone Group, agreed to purchase DJO for $1.6 billion.
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With a promise to create new types of online banking services, financial software vendor Intuit has agreed to buy financial services provider Digital Insight for $1.35 billion in cash.
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LONDON (CBS.MW) -- Bayer Pharmaceuticals (BAY) and Onyx Pharmaceuticals (ONXX) released results from a Phase II clinical trial of BAY 43-9006 administered as a single agent in patients with advanced liver cancer.
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Food distributor Performance Food Group said it agreed to be acquired by Blackstone Group and Wellspring Capital Management for about $1.3 billion in cash.
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Warren Buffett's holding company Berkshire Hathaway Inc  bought 1 million shares of insurer UnitedHealth Group  in the fourth quarter of 2006, according to a regulatory filing.
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Hartford Financial Services Group Inc.  HIG.N said Tuesday it will buy back $1 billion of its common  stock.
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Capital One Financial Corp.   said on Friday it completed its $13.2 billion purchase of North  Fork Bancorp Inc., becoming the 11th-largest U.S. banking  company and third-largest retail bank by deposits in the New  York metropolitan area.
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Announcements abounded: one acquistion, a potential sale, and the first-quarter earning report.