Finish Line buying Genesco for &#36;1.5B
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Finish Line Inc. said Monday it agreed to pay about $1.5 billion in cash for footwear and accessories retailer Genesco Inc., which recently rejected a lower offer from Foot Locker Inc.
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The knee and ankle brace maker said it agreed to be bought by the medical device maker ReAble Therapeutics for about $1.6 billion including debt.
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United States Steel will buy the Canadian steel producer Stelco for $1.1 billion, a purchase making it the worldâs fifth-largest steel maker.
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General Electric Co., the world&#39;s biggest non-bank lender, will buy Australian Financial Investments Group for about $300 million to boost its share of that nation&#39;s mortgage market, people familiar with the plan said.
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The stock of biotechnology company Biomira (Nasdaq: BIOM), a research and development company specializing in cancer, shot up 146% (to $3.77 a share) from yesterday&#39;s closing price after the company
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Finish Line will pay $54.50 a share in cash for Genesco, a 10-percent premium over Fridayâs closing price of $49.50.
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General Electric Co. is close to striking a deal to buy SPX Corp.&#39;s Edwards System Technology fire and security business for about $1.
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Intuit Inc.  said on Thursday it will buy Digital Insight Corp.  for $1.35 billion, a move that expands the maker of the popular TurboTax and Quicken financial software into online banking services.
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Canadian mining company Goldcorp Inc.   plans to buy competitor Wheaton River Minerals Ltd   for &#36;2.09 billion in stock, marking further consolidation in the mining industry, the companies said Sunday in a statement.
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Diageo has raised $2.26bn (â¬1.84bn) from the sale of 49.9 million shares of common stock held in US-based Cheerios cereal maker General Mills.
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General Electric Co. completed the sale of a majority stake in its global outsourcing business to two U.S.-based equity firms for &#36;500 million, the conglomerate said Friday.
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China's largest personal computer maker, Lenovo Group Ltd. (0992.HK), said on Wednesday it is buying control of IBM's PC-making business for &#36;1.25 billion, capping the U.S. tech giant's gradual withdrawal from the business it helped pioneer in 1981.
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Johnson & Johnson  on Wednesday said it agreed to buy Guidant Corp. , for &#36;25.4 billion in cash and stock, giving the healthcare products maker a foothold in the fast-growing market for implantable devices that regulate heartbeats.
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General Electric Co.  on Wednesday said it would buy Ionics Inc.  for about &#36;1.1 billion to build out its water treatment and services business.
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Reddy Ice Holdings Inc. , a maker of  packaged ice, said it agreed to be acquired by certain funds  managed by hedge fund GSO Capital Partners LP in a deal with a  total value of about $1.1 billion.
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Procter & Gamble Co.  on Friday said it would buy Gillette Co.  in a deal worth about &#36;55.8 billion, uniting two of the world's largest makers of household goods ranging from Pampers diapers to Duracell batteries.
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PepsiCo Inc. on Monday agreed to buy General Mills Inc.&#39;s 40.5 percent stake in a European joint venture between the two food giants for $750 million.