Abbott to Buy Nutrition Company EAS
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Medical products company Abbott Laboratories said Monday it agreed to buy nutrition products company EAS Inc. in a cash-for-stock deal worth about $320 million.
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PepsiCo. Inc., the world&#39;s No. 2 soft- drink maker, plans to buy General Mills Inc.&#39;s 40.5 percent stake in their European snacks joint venture for $750 million in cash.
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Swiss food giant Nestle has said it had acquired the medical nutrition business of pharmaceuticals major Novartis for 2.5 billion dollars (1.9 billion euros).
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BAE Systems will agree to sell its 20 percent stake in Airbus to the Franco-German aerospace firm EADS for 1.9 billion pounds.
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LifePoint Hospitals has agreed to acquire rival Province Healthcare for $1.125 billion in cash and stock to broaden its geographic reach.
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Nestle , the world's largest food group, is buying the medical nutrition business of Swiss pharmaceutical group Novartis AG  for $2.5 billion, the companies said on Thursday.
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Drugs firm Akzo Nobel will sell its drugs unit Organon BioSciences to Schering-Plough for 11bn euros.
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Drug and nutritional products maker Perrigo Co. is buying pharmaceutical company Agis Industries Ltd. for about $818 million as part of its effort to expand into the generic prescription drug market.
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U.S. antitrust authorities on  Wednesday approved AstraZeneca Plc&#39;s  plan to buy  biotechnology company MedImmune Inc.  for more than $15  billion.
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GNC Corp. , the leading retailer of vitamins and nutrition products, agreed to be acquired by Ares Management LLC and the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan in a deal with a total enterprise value of $1.65 billion.
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Consolidation in Europe's drugs   sector gathered steam on Thursday as Germany's Merck MRCG.DE   unveiled a $13.3-billion deal to buy Europe's top biotech firm   Serono SEO.VX, and Denmark's Nycomed won the drugs unit of   Altana ALTG.DE.
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Advanced Equities Financial Corp., a  Chicago-based investment firm, said on Thursday it agreed to  buy FAS Holdings Inc. and First Allied Securities Inc. from No.  5 U.S. bank Wells Fargo & Co. WFC.N, moving to expand its  retail brokerage business.
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San Miguel Corp., the largest food and beverage maker in the Philippines, agreed to buy National Foods Ltd., Australia&#39;s biggest dairy company, for A$1.78 billion ($1.4 billion), raising
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Rural hospital operator LifePoint  Hospitals Inc.  has agreed to acquire rival Province  Healthcare Co.  for $1.125 billion in cash and stock to  broaden its geographic reach, the companies said on Monday.
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Henkel KgaA, the German maker of Persil detergent and Dial soap, will buy Sovereign Specialty Chemicals Inc. for about $575 million.
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Albatros Plant Nutrition, which was part of the McDonogh group, has been sold to Timac Agri business, a subsidiary of the French fertilizer company Roullier.
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European Aeronautic Defense and Space Co. NV, the parent of aircraft maker Airbus, Wednesday said it has agreed to acquire Racal Instruments Group for up to $130 million.