CommScope to Buy Andrew Corporation
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The maker of cable for communications companies has agreed to buy the Andrew Corporation for about $2.6 billion to bolster sales to mobile phone and wireless Internet companies.
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Data storage firm EMC Corp. said Tuesday it agreed to purchase Smarts Inc., a privately held maker of event automation and network systems management software, for about $260 million in cash.
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CommScope Inc.  plans to  acquire rival communications equipment maker Andrew Corp.   for about $2.6 billion to cut costs, the companies  said on Wednesday, after failing to reach a deal a year  earlier.
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Regional cell phone operator MetroPCS said Tuesday it wants to buy rival Leap Wireless in a stock deal valued at over $5 billion.
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Verizon Communications Inc. VZ.N  on Monday said it would buy long-distance telephone company MCI  Communications Inc. MCIP.O in a deal worth $6.75 billion,  giving Verizon a foothold in the market for serving large  corporations.
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Shares of communications cable maker  CommScope Inc CTV.N fell 22 percent in after-hours trade on  Monday after it warned on its sales outlook for the fourth  quarter.
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Communications cable maker CommScope  Inc. CTV.N on Monday projected higher fourth-quarter costs  and lower sales at an Omaha manufacturing subsidiary, losing  nearly a quarter of its stock market value in after-market  trading.
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Dow Jones has agreed to buy online financial news provider Marketwatch Inc for 519 million dollars, or 18 dollars per share, the two companies said in a joint statement.
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ARM Holdings, the UK microchip designer, has agreed to buy American technology firm Artisan Components in a cash and shares deal worth Â£500 million, although some analysts fear it may have dug too deep.
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U.S. telecommunications company AT&T  Inc.  said on Friday it will buy rural wireless carrier  Dobson Communications Corp.  for $2.8 billion in cash  to expand its reach in rural and suburban markets.
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In its biggest acquisition since 2000, Motorola on Tuesday announced plans to acquire Symbol Technologies for $3.9 billion. The deal will bolster Motorola's sale of wireless handheld devices to enterprises, as well as its position in the RFID market.
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SMITHS Group, the aerospace to medical products conglomerate, today announced plans to buy United States medical devices maker Medex for around Â£475 million.
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Wireless service provider MetroPCS  Communications Inc  said on Tuesday it proposed buying  competitor Leap Wireless International Inc  for more  than $5 billion in stock.
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Computer maker Dell Inc. said Friday it has agreed to buy The Networked Storage Co., a privately held data-storage consulting firm based in the United Kingdom.
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Concord Communications Inc., which makes software that manages computer networks, is acquiring privately held rival Aprisma Management Technologies Inc. for about $93 million in cash. Marlborough-based Concord said Aprisma, which is owned by Gores Technology Group LLC, turned an unspecified profit on 2004 revenue of about $43 million. Concord expects the acquisition to add to earnings in 2005. It will ...
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EchoStar Communications Corp. said on Thursday it agreed to purchase a direct broadcast satellite from a unit of Cablevision Systems Corp. for &#36;200 million.
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Network operator Cable and Wireless PLC (C&W) has agreed to sell its Japanese business, Cable & Wireless IDC Inc., to Softbank Corp. for Â£72.4 million (US$133.3 million), the London-based company announced Tuesday.