G.E. to Buy Several Merrill Businesses
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In an effort to raise cash amid mounting mortgage losses, Merrill Lynch agreed to sell the majority of its capital finance business to General Electric for an undisclosed amount.
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Troubled Japanese automaker Mitsubishi Motors Corp. is to tie up with Merrill Lynch and Co. in North American financing operations as part of its business rehabilitation efforts.
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General Electric Co., the world&#39;s biggest non-bank lender, will buy Australian Financial Investments Group for about $300 million to boost its share of that nation&#39;s mortgage market, people familiar with the plan said.
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Merrill Lynch is to buy $2bn of auto loans from Mitsubishi Motors (MMC) in North America as the two groups establish a joint venture to manage the Japanese carmaker&#39;s problem-filled lending portfolio.
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New York City&#39;s former mayor is putting together an investment banking firm to advise companies on financial transactions. Giuliani said his private consulting firm, Giuliani Partners, will buy Ernst and Young&#39;s investment-banking arm as part of the deal.
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The Motley Fool - On Monday, Equity Office Properties Trust (NYSE: EOP - News) announced that it had agreed to be acquired by The Blackstone Group in a transaction valued at approximately $36 billion. The terms of the agreement call for Blackstone to acquire all of the outstanding common stock of Equity Office at an 8.5% premium over its closing price on November 17, 2006.
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Wachovia Corp.&#39;s  deal to buy  A.G. Edwards Inc.  for $6.8 billion has put other  independent brokerages in focus for possible takeovers.
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With Google Inc.  taking a  dominant lead in the Internet search market, it looks  increasingly likely that Microsoft Corp.  could make a  large acquisition, such as of Yahoo Inc. , Merrill  Lynch said on Friday.
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G.E. said it agreed to sell its advanced materials business for about $3.8 billion and use the income to expand its industrial division.
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U.S. investment bank Merrill Lynch &  Co Inc  is seeking about $4 billion in a second capital  raising, and the Kuwait Investment Authority is expected to be  a significant investor in the new deal, the Financial Times  reported on Sunday, citing people familiar with the matter.
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Merrill Lynch & Co Inc , buffeted by huge write-downs of mortgage-related securities, said on Monday it would sell most of its middle-market lending business to General Electric Co's  commercial finance arm in a deal to free up capital.
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Merrill Lynch said yesterday it had agreed to buy the First Republic Bank for $1.8 billion in cash and stock to gain clients with an average net worth of $20 million.
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Money-losing Japanese automaker Mitsubishi Motors Corp. said Monday that it is setting up a joint venture with Merrill Lynch to offer auto-sales financing services in the United States.
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Merrill Lynch & Co Inc , hit by huge subprime mortgage losses, said on Monday it would boost its capital by selling up to $6.2 billion worth of discounted new stock to Singapore's Temasek Holdings and Davis Selected Advisers.
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TOKYO (CBS.MW) - General Electric Co. said Wednesday it will buy Australian Financial Investments Group, a holding company for home loan lenders, to boost its mortgage business in that country.
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Move should open the way for the Linux seller to buy other companies.
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Merrill Lynch & Co  is in talks  with Chinese and Middle Eastern sovereign wealth funds that  could lead to the sale of another big stake in the U.S. bank,  British newspaper The Observer reported, citing sources in  London and New York.