BlackRock to buy State Street Research from MetLife
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NEW YORK, August 26 (New Ratings) - BlackRock Inc (BLK.NYS), a leading US-based fixed-income asset management company, has reportedly agreed to buy State Street Research &amp; Management Company, a unit of MetLife Inc, for $375 million in a cash and stock
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SYDNEY (Dow Jones)--Australian grocery and liquor wholesaler Metcash Trading Ltd. (MTT.AU) Monday launched aA$846 million takeover bid for the Australian assets of Perth-based Foodland Associated Ltd.
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BBVA  took a fresh step toward its long-held ambition to grow in the United States on Friday when it said it had agreed to buy U.S. bank Compass Bancshares Inc  for $9.6 billion.
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Warren Buffett's Berkshire  Hathaway Inc(BRKa.N)(BRKb.N), in its second acquisition this  week, agreed to buy the NRG NV reinsurance unit of ING Group NV   for about 300 million euros ($441 million).
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MetLife Inc. (MET.N: Quote, Profile, Research) , the No. 1 US life insurer, plans to issue a debut sterling-denominated bond, joint bookrunners Deutsche Bank, HSBC and Royal Bank of Scotland said on Thursday.
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- Asset management firm BlackRock Inc.  said it agreed to acquire the fund of funds business of Quellos Group LLC for up to $1.7 billion.
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SYDNEY: Metcash Trading Ltd has launched an A$846mil bid for the Australian local arm of rival Foodland Associated with the aim of cementing its position as the country&#39;s third food and liquor chain.
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The Blackstone Group, the private equity firm, bought a 20 percent stake in a Chinese chemical company in its first deal in the country since a Chinese government fund bought into the group. Blackstone, which is based in New York, paid $600 million for the stake in the state-owned China National BlueStar Corporation, the two companies said. The deal, which requires regulatory approval, cements Blackstoneâs status as a central player on the mainland. China National Bluestar is a unit of the China National Chemical Corporation, a state-owned enterprise better known as ChemChina.
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MetLife Inc. MET.N on Wednesday said   it has received several "robust" offers for two massive New   York City apartment-building complexes, the latest stage in a   historic sale that could reach $5 billion.
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Australian wholesaling group Metcash Trading Ltd. launched an audacious A$846 million ($661 million) bid Monday, Dec. 6, to buy the Australian assets of larger rival wholesaler Foodland Associated Ltd.
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Real estate investment trust Archstone-Smith  has agreed to be acquired by Tishman Speyer and Lehman Brothers Holdings  for $22.2 billion, including debt, the companies said on Tuesday.
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Snoopy has left the building. Well, almost. MetLife Inc. , the insurance giant that employs Charlie Brown's dog in ads, is close to completing a deal to sell its State Street Research and Management investment arm to BlackRock Inc. for about $400 million. Everyone involved will be better off for it.
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IBM , the world's largest  technology services company, said on Wednesday it will buy  privately held security and compliance testing software company  Watchfire Corp. for an undisclosed amount.
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MADRID/NEW YORK  - Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA , Spain's second-largest bank, agreed to buy Compass Bancshares Inc.  for $9.6 billion, realizing a long-held goal of gaining a solid foothold in fast-growing southern U.S. states.
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The New York Times Co. , owner of The Boston Globe, said it will buy a 49 percent stake in Metro Boston, the free newspaper distributed to commuters.
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The Boston investment firm State Street Research &amp; Management Co. plans to let go 116 employees, or 28 percent of its total staff, according to a filing with city and state officials, a result of its pending acquisition by BlackRock Inc.
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State Street Corp.'s SPDR Trust was the best-selling mutual fund with US investors in August, according to estimates by Financial Research Corp. It was the first time an exchange-traded fund led monthly fund sales.