Rexam to buy OI Plastic for $1.8bln, to sell shares
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British packaging group Rexam Plc  said on Monday it had agreed to buy OI Plastic Products from Owens-Illinois Inc  for $1.83 billion and that it would place 58.35 million new shares to help fund the deal.
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Cooper Tire and Rubber Co.  on Friday said it agreed to sell an automotive parts business to two buyout firms for about &#36;1.17 billion, the latest private equity purchase in the sector.
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Online closeout retailer Overstock.com Inc. said Thursday that it will sell 1.2 million common shares at $57.53 apiece for proceeds of about $65.3 million.
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Investment manager BlackRock Inc. reached a deal to buy SSRM Holdings Inc., the parent company of State Street Research &amp; Management Co.
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Jones Apparel Group Inc.  is near a deal to sell the Barneys New York high-end clothing chain for $825 million to Dubai's private equity firm Istithmar, The New York Times reported on Friday.
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Japanese auto parts maker Asahi Tec Corp.   5606.T will buy privately held U.S. rival Metaldyne Corp. in   a deal worth about $1.3 billion, a source close to the matter   said on Friday, sending Asahi Tec's shares up 21 percent.
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The developing biopharmaceutical company announces a share offering.
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Shares of home decor retailer Pier 1   Imports Inc. PIR.N rose 8 percent to their highest level   since June on Thursday, after a Danish shareholder entered a   confidentiality agreement with the company, fueling speculation   of a buyout.
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Pinault-Printemps-Redoute SA has entered exclusive talks to sell its controlling stake in electrical parts distributor Rexel to a trio of private investment firms for euro1.92 billion (US$2.55 billion), the French retail and luxury group said Tuesday.
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Goldcorp Inc., Canada&#39;s fourth-largest gold producer, has agreed to buy Wheaton River Minerals Ltd. for $1.8 billion in stock, giving Goldcorp its first assets outside of North America, Chief Executive Robert R. McEwen said.
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Hexion Specialty Chemicals, Inc. announced today that it has completed  its purchase of the adhesives and resins business of Orica Limited.  The purchase price was not disclosed.
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Oracle has agreed to buy BEA Systems for about $8.5 billion, or $19.375 per share, the companies announced.
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TheSUBWAY.com: Announces the following stocks to its Breaking News List: SIVOO Holdings, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: SIVO), Time Warner Inc. (NYSE: TWX), Kraft Foods, Inc. (NYSE: KFT), Applied Materials, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMAT).  SIVOO Holdings, Inc.
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Rexel , the world's biggest electrical parts distributor, officially launched its 3.1 billion euro ($4.45 billion) bid for Dutch rival Hagemeyer  on Friday, assisted by privately owned Sonepar.
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Journal Register Company (NYSE:JRC) today announced that it has  completed the sale of its three daily community newspapers and its  weekly newspaper group in Rhode Island to R.I.S.N. Operations Inc. The  final sales price was approximately $8.3 million in cash, including  working capital.
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Japanese auto parts maker Asahi Tec Corp.   5606.T said on Friday it will buy U.S. rival Metaldyne Corp.   in a deal totaling $1.2 billion, including debt.
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The government stake in OAO Lukoil, Russia&#39;s largest oil producer, will be sold for at least $1.93 billion next month in the biggest state asset sale in the country&#39;s history.