Parent of Washington State Utility Accepts $7.4 Billion Buyout Offer
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SEATTLE, Oct. 26  Â Puget Energy, parent company of Puget Sound Energy, Washington Stateâs largest private utility, said Friday that it had agreed to be acquired and taken private by a consortium of investors for $30 a share in cash, a transaction that the company valued at $7.4 billion, including debt.
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By Mark Fagan, Journal-World, Lawrence, Kan.  Dec. 12--Lawrence's largest private-sector employer is getting a new  owner as part of a $600 million deal designed to speed the company's existing  plans for growth.
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Station Casinos Inc.  said on Monday it agreed to a $5.4 billion management-led buyout, after the investor group buying the company raised its offer by about 10 percent.
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POWER group United Utilities is to sell its green energy assets in Australia to Novera Macquarie Renewable Energy. The deal, worth Â£63m, is for 40 green energy projects, with a total generating capacity of
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Australian property and construction group Multiplex announced Tuesday that it backs a 7.3 billion dollar (6.1 billion US) takeover offer from Canada&#39;s Brookfield Asset Management.
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An investor group that worked for more than a year to buy the state&#39;s third largest electric utility threw in the towel Thursday and pulled its approximately $3 billion offer off the table.
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The Exelon Corporation, the owner of utilities in northern Illinois and eastern Pennsylvania, said yesterday that it would buy the Public Service Enterprise Group of New Jersey in a deal valued
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The board of Dow Jones & Co Inc has endorsed a $5 billion buyout offer from Rupert Murdoch's News Corp, sending the deal to the controlling Bancroft family for final approval.
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Australiaâs largest airline agreed to an $8.7 billion buyout offer from a consortium led by Macquarie Bank and the Texas Pacific Group.
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Penn National Gaming Inc., parent of the Hollywood Casino in Aurora, has struck a $1.4 billion deal to buy the parent of Joliet&#39;s Empress Casino, a deal that could make it the nation&#39;s third-largest casino operator, Chicago Sun Times reported.
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CMS Energy announced today the company intends to offer 22 million shares of common stock to the public. The underwriters will be granted an option to purchase an additional 3.3 million common
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The most satisfied new-home buyers in the Washington area last year were those who purchased a home from Pulte Homes Inc., the nation&#39;s largest builder, according to a survey released this week.
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An investment group is expected to announce Monday that it has struck a deal to buy British water utility AWG PLC  for about $4.12 billion, a source familiar with the situation told Reuters on Sunday.
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The maker of oil and gas drilling equipment said it will acquire Grant Prideco for about $7.4 billion, creating a company with an estimated market value of $32 billion.
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NEWARK, NJ -- A huge Chicago-based utility company is in talks with Public Service Enterprise Group to acquire New Jersey&#39;s largest provider of electric and gas services for $12 billion, according to published reports.
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An investment group is expected to announce Monday that it has struck a deal to buy British water utility AWG PLC  for about $4.12 billion (2.2 billion pounds, a source familiar with the situation told Reuters on Sunday.
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Penn National Gaming Inc., parent of the Hollywood Casino in Aurora, has struck a $1.4 billion cash deal to buy the parent of Joliet&#39;s Empress Casino, a deal that could make it the nation&#39;s third-largest casino operator.