Finish Line to buy Genesco for $1.5 bln in cash
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- Finish Line Inc. said it agreed to acquire larger rival Genesco Inc.  for $54.50 per share, or about $1.5 billion, in cash to enhance its footwear and apparel portfolio.
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General Electric Co., the world&#39;s biggest company by market value, will buy back as much as $15 billion in stock and raise its dividend as Chief Executive Jeffrey Immelt&#39;s growth strategy generates more cash and profit.
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General Electric Co. GE.N on Monday  said it would buy a fire detection systems business from SPX  Corp. SPW.N for nearly $1.4 billion in cash in a move to  bolster its building and security systems unit.
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Private equity firm The Carlyle Group  is mulling a bid for the generics business of Germany's Merck  KGaA , a unit worth at least 4 billion euros ($5.3  billion), a source close to the process said.
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Qiagen, a Dutch maker of tools for gene research, has agreed to buy the Digene Corporation for $1.6 billion in shares and cash.
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The online game operator Giant Interactive Group said that it would buy back up to $200 million worth of American depositary shares. The company plans to fund the repurchases from available working capital, it said in a statement.
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&quot;IBM plans to announce on Monday that the Blue Gene will be available immediately with a starting price of $1.5 million.&quot;.
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The Spanish power company Iberdrola SA plans to buy regional utility owner Energy East Corp. for $4.5 billion in cash, giving it a foothold in the United States, the companies said yesterday.
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Johnson &amp; Johnson announced last night that will buy medical-device maker Guidant for $23.9 billion in cash and stock. The deal, approved by both boards but subject to regulator approval, is one of the largest
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General Electric Co. (GE.N: Quote, Profile, Research) on Wednesday said it would buy Ionics Inc. (ION.N: Quote, Profile, Research) for about $1.1 billion to build out its water treatment and services business.
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Genzyme Corp. chief executive Henri A. Termeer's conference call with Wall Street on May 8, 2003, quickly turned ugly. Analysts peppered him with questions about the Cambridge biotech company's plan to buy back shares of its biosurgery division. The price, they said, was far too low.
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GenTek Inc. (NASDAQ: GETI) announced today that it has executed a purchase agreement to acquire the assets of GAC MidAmerica, Inc., a producer of aluminum sulfate and bleach.
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General Mills Inc. said Monday it plans to buy back about 16.5 million shares of its common stock from beverage company Diageo PLC.
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Sydney - Global resources giant BHP Billiton on Tuesday announced a share buy-back of A$1 billion to A$1.5 billion (R4.65 billion to R6.
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In a surprise attempt by a Cambridge biotechnology company to trump a takeover bid by one of its neighbors, Millennium Pharmaceuticals Inc. yesterday said it had reached a $515 million deal to buy a small Canadian drug firm that Genzyme Corp. has been trying to buy since late last month.
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General Electric Co. GE.N on Monday  said it would buy a fire detection systems business from SPX  Corp. SPW.N for nearly $1.4 billion in cash in a move to  bolster its infrastructure business.
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Finish Line has been ordered by a judge to complete its acquisition of shoe retailer Genesco against its will.