UCB to buy Schwarz in latest drug company takeover
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Belgian drugmaker UCB UCBBt.BR has   agreed to buy Germany's Schwarz Pharma SRZG.DE for around 4.4   billion euros ($5.6 billion) in stock and cash, in the third   major drug sector transaction in Germany in five days.
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Germany&#39;s Bayer has agreed to sell its blood products business to US investment firms Cerberus and Ampersand Ventures for about $590 million as it continues to narrow the focus of its health-care business.
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Cytec Industries Inc., a US maker of materials for the aerospace and car industries, agreed to buy the chemicals operations of UCB SA, Belgium&#39;s largest drugmaker, for 1.5 billion euros ($1.
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Swiss-based banking giant UBS AG has agreed to buy Charles Schwab Corp.'s capital markets unit for &#36;265 million in cash, the companies said on Tuesday.
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Consolidation in Europe's drugs   sector gathered steam on Thursday as Germany's Merck MRCG.DE   unveiled a $13.3-billion deal to buy Europe's top biotech firm   Serono SEO.VX, and Denmark's Nycomed won the drugs unit of   Altana ALTG.DE.
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As part of its push to become a bigger player in cancer drugs, Genzyme Corp. of Cambridge said yesterday it will buy out business partner Bioenvision Inc. of New York for $345 million , consolidating its ownership of a cancer treatment to which the two companies had been sharing rights.
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UCB SA announced Friday it made the final move in its transition to a pharmaceuticals-only business, unloading Surface Specialties to Cytec Industries Inc.
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U.S.-based Kraft Foods Inc. , the  world's second-largest food company, has paid around 575  million pounds ($1.1 billion) to acquire a part of Britain's  United Biscuits (UB), the Financial Times reported on Monday.
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United Technologies Corp., which offers security services through its Chubb unit, agreed to buy UK fire-protection company Kidde Plc for $2.8 billion in cash to expand its range of building-services products.
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Johnson &amp; Johnson said late last night it will acquire Guidant for $23.9 billion, a move that will give the big drug maker a bigger share of the explosive market for heart devices.
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Swiss banking group UBS, the world's largest wealth manager, said on Monday it had strengthened its position in the United States by buying local rival Julius Baer's U.S. wealth-management business.
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INDIANAPOLIS - New Jersey-based health care products giant Johnson &amp; Johnson is buying Guidant Corp., one of the world&#39;s top makers of cardiac devices, for about $25.4 billion in cash and stock.
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Middlesbrough are ready to offer Mark Schwarzer a new deal amid reports that Manchester United could be interested in the Australian goalkeeper.
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Belgian drugmaker UCB UCBBt.BR has   agreed to buy Germany's Schwarz Pharma SRZG.DE for around   $5.6 billion in shares and cash, in the third major drug sector   transaction in Germany in five days.
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Johnson & Johnson, the pharmaceutical and health care giant, is near a deal to buy Guidant, one of the nation's largest makers of devices to treat heart and circulatory illnesses.
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UBS AG is to acquire the branch network   of McDonald Investments, a unit of KeyCorp, for up to $280   million, the Swiss investment bank said on Wednesday.
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MUMBAI: Scottish &amp; Newcastle Plc (S&amp;N), Britain&#39;s biggest brewer, has agreed to buy 37.5 per cent of India&#39;s beer giant United Breweries (UB) Ltd for Rs 466 crore, the two companies announced on Sunday.