Worley buys US partner
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WORLEY Group became a true global player in mining services yesterday with the acquisition of an American partner. The $US245 million ($A350 million) purchase of US-based Parsons E&amp;C will turn Worley into a near billion-dollar business.
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Construction services company URS Corp.  said on Monday it would acquire Washington Group International Inc.  for about $2.3 billion to expand into the engineering and management of nuclear, infrastructure and environmental projects.
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1: Citypoint, &pound;520m: Tishman Speyer, the US property company, joined Schroders to buy the 36-storey tower in January at a yield of 5.8 per cent. The building at 1 Ropemaker St is let to Macquarie, Simmons &amp; Simmons, Regus, Whitbread and others.
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British advertising firm WPP has agreed  to buy smaller U.S. rival Grey Global for $1.31 billion,  equally divided in cash and shares, to put it on par with  industry leader Omnicom.
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United Parcel Service, the US delivery company, is to take direct control of its core international express operations in China, paying US$100m to buy out its local partner, Hong Kong-listed Sinotrans.
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Australia&#39;s Valad Property Group said Monday it has agreed to buy Scarborough Property Group in a deal which values the company at 2.0 billion dollars.
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Australian flag carrier Qantas agreed to a boosted 11.1-billion-dollar (8.7 billion US) takeover bid from an international private equity consortium.
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A US buyout firm said it has acquired a majority stake in Jimmy Choo Ltd., the British-based luxury shoe label, in a deal valued at 101 million pounds ($187 million).
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ARM Holdings, the British semi-conductor design company, said it has agreed to buy US technology group Artisan Components Inc. for 913 million dollars (743 million euros) in a cash and stock deal.
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Novar, the UK building supplies group, is today expected to announce that it has agreed to be acquired by the US industrial giant Honeywell in a cash deal worth more than Â£800m.
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British semiconductor designer ARM Holdings Plc (ARM.L: Quote, Profile, Research) agreed to buy US chip components firm Artisan (ARTI.
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IBM  and Lehman Brothers  have agreed to buy a small slice of software company Kingdee , kicking off an alliance intended to help the U.S. firm expand its footprint in a $10 billion domestic market and further the Chinese company's global ambitions.
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Defense technology developer Foster-Miller Inc. of Waltham says it will be acquired for $163 million by Britain's QinetiQ Group PLC, a public-private partnership with the United Kingdom Ministry of Defense.
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International Management Group, a sports and celebrity management and marketing firm that has represented Tiger Woods, Joe Montana and Derek Jeter, is being sold to a New York buyout specialist firm in a cash deal valued at more than $700 million.
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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).
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WPP Group PLC, the London-based advertising giant, said Sunday that it had won the bidding to acquire Grey Global, based in the United States.
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Collins Stewart Tullett yesterday clinched a deal to buy rival money broker Prebon that will take the company&#39;s market share close to leader Icap.