Harley-Davidson to buy Australian wheel supplier
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Harley-Davidson Inc.  said on  Monday it agreed to purchase most of the assets of Castalloy,  its Australian supplier of cast motorcycle wheels and hubs.
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An Australian-led consortium said it would buy the broadcast business of communications and entertainment group ntl Inc for 1.27 billion pounds (2.46 billion US dollars).
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Denmark&#39;s biggest financial group, Danske Bank, has agreed to purchase Northern Bank in Northern Ireland and National Irish Bank in the Republic of Ireland from National Australia Bank for Â£967 million.
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Fletcher Building Ltd., New Zealand&#39;s largest building products maker, said it is considering buying parts of Australian construction group Amatek Holdings Ltd.
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Real estate investment trust Spirit Finance Corp.  said on Tuesday it would be acquired by a consortium led by Australia's Macquarie Bank Ltd.  for about $1.6 billion.
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HONG KONG (Dow Jones)--Power tool maker Techtronic Industries Co. (0669.HK) Tuesday announced plans to buy the electric power tools business of Sweden&#39;s Atlas Copco AB (ATCO-A.
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TROUBLED New Zealand electricity distributor Vector has agreed to buy Australian Gas Light&#39;s 66.05 per cent stake in New Zealand gas pipelines operator NGC Holdings.
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Japanese tire maker Bridgestone Corp. , will buy Bandag Inc. , a maker of tire retreading materials and equipment, for $1.05 billion in cash, the companies said on Tuesday.
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Unicco Service Co., a Newton company that offers janitorial and property-management services, is being bought by United Group Ltd. of Australia for $408 million.
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Medical equipment firm Huntleigh Technology is bought by Swedish rival Getinge for Â£409m ($802m).
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Japanese tire maker Bridgestone Corp.  (5108.T), will buy Bandag Inc. , a maker of tire  retreading materials and equipment, for $1.05 billion in cash,  the companies said on Tuesday.
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Vancouver-based Goldcorp Inc. agreed   on Thursday to acquire Glamis Gold Ltd. for about $8.6 billion   in stock to create one of the world's largest gold mining   companies.
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MELBOURNE (Dow Jones)--Australian surfwear company Billabong International Ltd. (BBG.AU) said Monday it will need to consider more acquisitions as part of an effort to bolster the range of products it sells.
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Kohlberg Kravis Roberts, the US buy-out giant, last night agreed to buy Masonite International, a Canadian door products manufacturer, for about C$3.1bn (US$2.5bn) in cash.
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Truckmaker AB Volvo offered to buy Japan's Nissan Diesel for 7.5 billion kronor ($1.1 billion) in a deal to boost its presence in Asia and prepare for tougher emissions standards.
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SYDNEY : Australia said on Wednesday its military will buy 12 heavy-lift MRH-90 helicopters from Eurocopter for one billion dollars (US$700 million) after choosing the French design over the Black Hawk chopper from the United States, Canberra&#39;s preferred
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PERTH (Dow Jones)--Another Australian mining company is destined for foreign ownership after Canada&#39;s LionOre Mining International Ltd.