Aviva buys US peer AmerUs for 1.6 bln pounds
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Aviva, the country&#039;s biggest insurance group, has announced the friendly takeover of US life assurer AmerUs Group for about 1.6 billion pounds.
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BRUSSELS -- The European Commission has cleared Hewlett-Packard Co. (HP) to buy U.K. IT services provider Synstar PLC, the Commission announced on Friday.
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Two leading names in the travel industry were today bought for Â£1.1 billion dollars (Â£563 million) - the second major UK deal by US giant Cendant this month.
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The London Stock Exchange   is to buy its Italian counterpart for 1.6 billion euros ($2.15  billion), a statement from the two confirmed on Saturday, the  latest step in a global consolidation of exchanges.
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Insurer Standard Life has agreed to buy rival Resolution for 4.9 billion pounds ($10.1 billion), topping a competing offer and breaking up Resolution's planned merger with Friends Provident.
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German banking and insurance giant Allianz said Wednesday it has sold its the life insurance activities of its British unit Allianz Cornhill to rival group Britannic for 110 million pounds (about 159 million ...
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British-based wealth management and insurance group HHG Plc. is to sell its Life Services business to a venture capital group for 1.025 billion pounds (1.97 billion US dollars).
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Transatlantic exchange NYSE Euronext   said on Thursday it agreed to acquire the American Stock Exchange (Amex) for $260 million in stock to boost its options business, exchange traded funds (ETFs) and cash products.
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Spain's BBVA buys the Compass Bancshares of the USA for 9.6bn.
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SMITHS Group, the aerospace to medical products conglomerate, today announced plans to buy United States medical devices maker Medex for around Â£475 million.
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Britain's Vodafone Group PLC has agreed to buy a 67 percent controlling interest in Hutchison Essar Ltd., one of India's leading cell phone companies, for $11.1 billion, Vodafone said in a statement Sunday.
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Washington - United States health titan Johnson and Johnson has reached a deal to acquire American heart device manufacturer Guidant, in a stock-and-cash deal valued at $23.9-billion, based on $76 per share, the companies said in a statement early on
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Aviva PLC , Britain&#039;s largest  insurer, is in talks to buy U.S. rival AmerUs Group Co ,  the Financial Times reported on its website on Friday.
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GTech Corp. subsidiary PolCard S.A., has acquired privately held BillBird S.A., the leading provider of electronic bill payment services in Poland, for a total of approximately $6 million.
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The London Stock Exchange confirmed Saturday it was buying the Borsa Italiana for 1.6 billion euros (2.15 billion dollars) in shares, according to a joint statement.
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LONDON  - Reuters, the British news and data provider, said it had agreed to buy US financial information firm Moneyline Telerate for 175 million dollars.
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NEW YORK/LONDON Oct 1  - U.S. computer giant  Hewlett-Packard Co. said on Friday it had acquired Synstar Plc,  a UK based technology services firm, for 163 million pounds  ($293 million).