UPDATE 6-Coventry Health to buy First Health for $1.8 bln
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Coventry Health Care Inc. (CVH.N: Quote, Profile, Research) on Thursday agreed to buy rival health plan First Health Group Corp. (FHCC.
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Johnson &amp; Johnson  said  on Monday it would buy Pfizer Inc.&#039;s  consumer  health-care business for &#36;16.6 billion in cash to increase its  lead in the market for non-prescription health products.
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Share in healthcare conglomerate Australian Pharmaceutical Industries surged more than five per cent in early trade today after the company moved to boost its retail pharmacy operations by acquiring health, beauty and lifestyle retailer New Price Retail
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(Hartford, Connecticut-Dow Jones/AP) Aug. 20, 2004 - Health-insurance giant Aetna says it&#39;s agreed to buy Strategic Resource Company of Columbia for $250 million.
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Goldcorp Inc., Canada&#39;s fourth-largest gold producer, has agreed to buy Wheaton River Minerals Ltd. for $1.8 billion in stock, giving Goldcorp its first assets outside of North America, Chief Executive Robert R. McEwen said.
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GNC Corp. , the leading  retailer of vitamins and nutrition products, agreed to be  acquired by Ares Management LLC and the Ontario Teachers'  Pension Plan in a deal with a total enterprise value of $1.65  billion.
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Health Care REIT will acquire Windrose Medical Properties.
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British-based wealth management and insurance group HHG Plc. announced plans to sell its Life Services business to a venture capital group for 1.025 billion pounds.
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Acute care hospital operator Select Medical Corp. said Monday it will be acquired by a new company formed by a private equity firm for $18 per share in cash or about $2.
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Johnson &amp; Johnson announced last night that will buy medical-device maker Guidant for $23.9 billion in cash and stock. The deal, approved by both boards but subject to regulator approval, is one of the largest
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UnitedHealth Group Inc., the nation&#39;s largest health insurer, is buying privately-held benefits provider Definity Health Corp.
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Coventry Health Care Inc. CVH.N on  Thursday said it agreed to buy rival health plan First Health  Group Corp. FHCC.O for about $1.8 billion in stock and cash  as it looks to expand its geographic reach and keep pace with  rivals.
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LONDON (AFX) - Smiths Group PLC, the UK aerospace-to-medical-products maker, is in advanced talks to buy US healthcare group Medex for close to 1 bln usd (517 mln stg) the Sunday Telegraph reported without citing its source.
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Merrill Lynch said yesterday it had agreed to buy the First Republic Bank for $1.8 billion in cash and stock to gain clients with an average net worth of $20 million.
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Coventry Health Care Inc.  on Thursday said it agreed to buy rival health plan First Health Group Corp.  for about &#36;1.8 billion in stock and cash as it looks to expand its geographic reach and keep pace with rivals.
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Health insurer UnitedHealth Group Inc.  said on Monday it will acquire Sierra Health Services Inc.  for more than $2.4 billion to expand in the fast-growing Las Vegas area and boost its Medicare business.
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Smiths Group is to buy Medex, a US healthcare company, for $925m (Â£477m), including $300m of debt, in the biggest deal for the UK engineering conglomerate since the merger of Smiths and TI Group in 2000.