Apollo to Buy Huntsman for $6.5 Billion
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The $28-per-share cash bid by Apollo Managementâs Hexion Specialty Chemicals trumped an earlier bid for the U.S. chemicals company by Basell. Huntsmanâs board unanimously approved the $28 per share cash bid from Apollo, the private equity firm founded by Leon Black, after Basell said late on Wednesday it would not raise its earlier bid of $25.25 per share.
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Private-equity firm Apollo Management  raised its offer for U.S. chemical company Huntsman Corp.   by 75 cents a share Sunday night to $28 a share, The  Wall Street Journal Online reported on Monday.
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A bidding group headlined by Sony Corp. (6758.T) agreed in principle to buy Hollywood film studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer  for nearly &#36;5 billion on Monday, after rival bidder Time Warner Inc.  withdrew from the auction.
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NEW YORK -- Realogy Corp., the former Cendant Corp. real estate company known for its Coldwell Banker franchise, said yesterday that it would be sold for about $6.65 billion to private equity firm Apollo Group .
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Eager to shed its mounting debt, chemical giant Huntsman International LLC announced plans Monday to go public in a move analysts say is timed to take advantage of an improving market for basic materials.
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Wilbur Ross, whose buyout firm created International Steel less than two years ago, is selling the company to Lakshmi N. Mittal, the billionaire steel tycoon, for $4.5 billion.
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PALO ALTO, Calif.  -- Computer and printer company Hewlett-Packard Co. said Monday it will buy data center automation software company Opsware Inc. for about $1.6 billion.
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Sirius Satellite Radio  agreed  to buy larger U.S. rival XM Satellite Radio  for $4.6  billion in stock on Monday in a deal that gives all subscribers  access to entertainers such as Oprah Winfrey and shock-jock  Howard Stern.
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LONDON/NEW YORK  - Qatar's state investment fund is close to buying Nasdaq's 31 percent stake in the London Stock Exchange Group  for just over $5.6 billion, newspaper reports said on Sunday.
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HOUSTON -- Investment firm Apollo Management LP said it agreed to acquire Goodman Global Holdings Inc., a maker of air conditioners and heating equipment, for $1.43 billion.
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U.S. chemical company Huntsman Corp  , which has agreed to a $5.6 billion takeover, said on  Wednesday it had received an approach at $27.25 per share from  an affiliate of U.S. private equity firm Apollo Management.
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Huntsman Corp. agreed to be acquired by Apollo Management LP, the buyout firm run by Leon Black, for $6.54 billion, canceling a planned merger with Access Industries Holdings LLC's chemical unit.
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Apollo Management and Texas Pacific Group are expected to raise their bid for Harrah's Entertainment Inc.  to $87 a share, the Wall Street Journal reported on its Web site on Tuesday, citing people familiar with the matter.
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By Lezlee E. Whiting For the Deseret Morning News  TABIONA, Duchesne County -- Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr. is asking state lawmakers for $20 million to buy 28,000 acres on Tabby Mountain.
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The Huntsman group of companies, which includes the world&#39;s largest privately held chemical company, announced a proposed initial public offering of stock on Monday in an effort to pay off debt.
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Apollo Management raised its offer for  chemical company Huntsman Corp.  by 2.8 percent to $6.5  billion on Monday, widening the premium over rival suitor  Basell.
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Hewlett-Packard said Wednesday that it had won the right to bid on contracts to provide the U.S. government with computers, servers and printers, a business valued at as much as $5.6 billion.