General Growth Properties to acquire Rouse for $12.6 bn
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NEW YORK, August 20 (New Ratings)  General Growth Properties Inc (GGP.NYS), the second-largest shopping mall operator in the US, has agreed to buy Rouse Company (RSE), in a cash and debt assumptions deal worth about $12.6 billion.
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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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Part of Boston&#39;s new Fan Pier development team, Miami-based LNR Property Corp. may see shares rise after the company agreed to be acquired by a group led by Cerberus Capital Management LP for $3.
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Company's recent acquisition will improve its competitive advantages.
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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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General Growth Properties Inc.  GGP.N, the No. 2 U.S. shopping mall owner, on Friday said it  would buy Rouse Co. RSE.N for $7.2 billion, expanding its  holdings of regional shopping centers and commercial property.
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MELBOURNE (Dow Jones)--US private equity group Newbridge Capital Inc. (NBG.XX) said Wednesday it plans to expand Australian Leisure &amp; Hospitality Group Ltd.
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The $7.2 billion sale of The Rouse Co. marks the end of a fiercely independent real estate and shopping mall company that oversaw America&#39;s 20th Century migration from
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The developing biopharmaceutical company announces a share offering.
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Private investor Cerberus Capital  Management LP has agreed to buy real estate investment and  management company LNR Property Corp. LNR.N for $1.92 billion  in cash.
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The REIT's commercial mortgage-backed securities may be tied to Rouse's prestigious mall portfolio.
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Macerich said it would buy Wilmorite Properties Inc. and Wilmorite Holdings L.P. for $1.45 billion in a deal that expands its portfolio of shopping malls. As part of the deal, Macerich will acquire Tysons Corner Center in Virginia, Freehold Raceway Mall in New Jersey and Danbury Fair Mall in Connecticut.
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The private equity firm plans to acquire 80% of the common stock in the home appliance and consumer electronics retail chain for &#36;307 million.
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Private investor Cerberus Capital Management LP has agreed to buy real estate investment and management company LNR Property Corp. (LNR.N) for &#36;1.92 billion in cash.
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WASHINGTON - Rouse Co., the once-visionary real estate firm that founded the city of Columbia, Md., and revitalized Harborplace in Baltimore, is being acquired for $7.2 billion in cash by General Growth Properties, a Chicago-based owner ...
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General Growth Properties Inc. said on Friday it would buy Rouse Co. for &#36;7.2 billion, adding such shopping centers as Chicago's Water Tower Place and Boston's Fanueil Hall to what is already the nation's second largest mall portfolio.
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The pound was firmer, hitting 1.9846 usd at one point -- its highest level this year, on news of a major stock market acquisition and as markets scaled back their interest rate cut expectations. Scottish & Newcastle, the UK's largest brewer, announced it has agreed to be bought by Carlsberg and Heineken, for around 7.6 billion pounds.