Clorox Swaps $2.1 Bln, Two Brands to Get Henkel Stake
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Clorox Co., the largest US household- bleach maker, agreed to swap $2.1 billion in cash, the Soft Scrub and Combat brands and a stake in a joint venture to buy back 61.
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US oil giant ConocoPhillips yesterday paid nearly $2 billion for a 7.6 percent stake in Russia's Lukoil -- the world's number two oil company by reserves -- in Russia's biggest privatization.
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After much hype ahead of its initial public offering, Clearwire  (CLWR) gained value early but then lost its gains in its first day of public trading March 8. The Kirkland, [Wash.] company raised $600 million and priced shares at the high end of expectations in spite of a jittery market.
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US oil giant ConocoPhillips yesterday paid nearly $2 billion for a 7.6 percent stake in Russia&#39;s Lukoil -- the world&#39;s number two oil company by reserves -- in Russia&#39;s biggest privatization.
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Alcoa Inc., the world&#39;s top aluminum  maker, is selling its entire stake in Aluminum Corp of China  Ltd (2600.HK) (Chalco) for up to US$2 billion, reaping a  potential profit on its investment of as much as US$1.9  billion.
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First Reserve, a private equity buyout firm specializing in energy, announced Thursday that it would buy Dresser-Rand, a maker of oil and gas refining equipment, for $1.
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Henkel, the German soaps and adhesives group, has shed its 29 percent stake in Clorox, raising &#36;2.84 billion to pay for its purchase of U.S. detergents and cosmetics maker Dial Corp.
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Independent oil and gas producer Anadarko Petroleum Corp.  said on Monday it will sell part of its stake in the K2 Unit offshore field in the Gulf of Mexico for $1.2 billion to two unnamed parties.
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LONDON (Dow Jones)--Goldman Sachs (GS) and private equity company Carlyle Group are considering a GBP1.6 billion-plus counter offer to halt the sale of Northern Ireland pharmaceutical company Warner Chilcott (WCRX, WCRX.
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NEW YORK (CBS.MW) -- Mechel Steel priced its American depositary shares at $21 each Friday, in the first initial public offering from Russia in 2 1/2 years.
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Merrill Lynch downgraded Chiron (nasdaq: CHIR - news - people ) to &quot;sell&quot; from &quot;neutral&quot; after news reports indicated a flu vaccine from GlaxoSmithKline (nyse: GSK - news - people ) could be approved by the US Food and Drug Administration as early as
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Business & money: Â£2.2bn stake in nuclear power generator to be used to help clean up the company's existing sites.
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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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Investors in Germany's Bayer will get  one share in chemicals and polymers spin-off Lanxess for every  10 Bayer shares held, a German newspaper said, valuing Lanxess  at nearly 1.6 billion euros ($1.97 billion).
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The company was forced to drop the sale price of its commercial supply business by nearly $2 billion, one of the first big buyouts to be renegotiated as a result of the recent credit squeeze.
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On October 6, 2004 Henkel KGaA, DÃ¼sseldorf and The Clorox Company, Oakland, California, USA, have signed an agreement pursuant to which Henkel will exchange its entire 28.
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The brand is great. The stock is another story.