Royal Caribbean buys Spanish cruise operator
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U.S.-Norwegian Royal Caribbean Cruises   RCL.OL RCL.N has agreed to buy Spain's biggest cruise and   tour operator, Pullmantur S.A., for 700 million euros ($898.5   million), sending its shares sharply higher on Thursday.
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Concrete maker RMC is set to be bought by Mexican rival Cemex in a deal valuing it at around Â£2.3 billion, it was announced today.
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Britain's Imperial Tobacco  has agreed to buy Franco-Spanish rival Altadis  for 16.2 billion euros ($22.4 billion) cash, including debt, to strengthen its position as the world's No.4 cigarette maker.
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The oil refiner Tesoro Corp. will buy a Los Angeles-area refinery and 250 Southern California retail sites from a division of Royal Dutch Shell PLC, for $1.63 billion.
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ENDESA (NYSE:ELE) has reached a deal to sell Ericsson Spain 100% of its wholly owned subsidiary Enditel Ingenieria for Euro 4.7 million.
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Carnival Corp. CCL.N, the  world's biggest cruise group, on Thursday posted a 43 percent  rise in quarterly earnings as it benefited from a merger with  P&O Princess Cruises last year.
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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&#39;s  Macquarie Group.
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LONDON (CBS.MW) -- Mexico&#39;s Cemex has agreed to buy Britain&#39;s RMC Group for $4.1 billion in cash. Free! Sign up here to receive our Before the Bell e-Newsletter!
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OCTOBER 18, 2004 -- Barcelo Crestline Corp., a hotel owner/manager with a portfolio of 125 properties, today announced it will acquire John Q. Hammons, Inc.
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The casino operator will be purchased by publicly traded investment company Fortress Investment Group and private equity firm Centerbridge Partners in an all-cash transaction.
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Spain&#39;s second-largest bank BBVA on Tuesday agreed to buy Texas-based financial services group Laredo National Bancshares for $850 million, driving further toward a long-standing goal to build up a US presence.
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London - Mexican cement maker Cemex has agreed to buy British rival RMC Group for about R26.5 billion in cash and debt, the two companies said Monday.
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Hotel franchisor Cendant Corp. said Wednesday that it plans to buy Ramada International Hotels &amp; Resorts from Marriott International Inc.
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Publishing group Pearson said it had agreed to sell its 79-percent stake in Spanish media group Recoletos to an investment vehicle formed by a consortium of Spanish investors for 743 million euros (988 million dollars).
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Greek shipping company Stelmar Shipping Ltd. (SJH.N: Quote, Profile, Research) on Monday agreed to be acquired by shipbuilder Overseas Shipholding Group Inc.
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Mexico&#39;s Cemex, the world&#39;s third-largest cement maker, is set to buy Britain&#39;s RMC Group in a $5 billion deal to be announced Monday, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters.
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SPAINâS Santander Central Hispano is to sell up to 79 million shares in Royal Bank of Scotland, and said it will end cross-directorships with RBS if its bid for Abbey National is successful.