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Compressor and machinery maker Atlas Copco  said it had agreed to sell most of its U.S. equipment rental business for $3.8 billion to Ripplewood Holdings and Oak Hill Capital Management.
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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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AMSTERDAM, Netherlands -- A Dutch food retailer is selling two of its US grocery store chains, including South Carolina-based Bi-Lo.
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The Motley Fool - Knowing the responsiveness of huge, monopolistic organizations, it should be heart-warming news as we approach the cold winter months that Chicago-based Exelon (NYSE: EXC - News) plans to buy Newark, New Jersey-based Public Service Enterprise Group (NYSE: PEG - News) to create the country's largest utility, serving some 18 million customers stretching across Illinois, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey.
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The operator of some of Americaâs best-known shopping centres - New Yorkâs South Street Seaport, Chicagoâs Water Tower Place and Bostonâs Faneuil Hall Marketplace â-greed to be sold yesterday in a $12.
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Australia&#39;s Computershare has agreed to buy EquiServe of the United States for US$292 million ($423 million), making it the largest US share registrar and driving its shares up by a third.
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Tyco International has found a buyer who has agreed to pay $21 million for the apartment of L. Dennis Kozlowski, lock, stock and hand-painted wallpaper.
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Boston Capital Real Estate Investment Trust Inc., an owner of apartment complexes in Florida, Oregon, Washington, and Utah, boosted the size of its initial public offering to as high as $1 billion. The Boston-based company plans to sell as many as 100 million shares for $10 each, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. In November, Boston ...
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CHICAGO - Whether you're in the market for a good night's sleep or the eternal kind, there's now a discount store somewhere that has you covered.    On Monday, Costco Wholesale Corp., better known for bulk chicken and cases of soda, started test marketing caskets along side mattresses at a North Side Chicago store and one in suburban Oak Brook...
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Borders Group Inc. made $120 million in profits in 2003, hauling in most of that money from its 450 Borders superstores in the United States.
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THE REGION DSM Pharmaceuticals Inc. and biotechnology company Crucell, both of The Netherlands, have leased 47,033 square feet at One Hampshire at Kendall Square, in a seven-story building still under construction and owned by the research-and-development company Draper Laboratory of Cambridge. The companies will occupy the entire fifth floor of the laboratory complex of new and existing buildings, which has ...
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The gas and electric company Dominion Resources said that it would sell some of its operations in the United States for a combined $6.5 billion.
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Accor, the hotels group, said it had agreed to sell 72 hotels in Germany and 19 in the Netherlands to Moor Park Real Estate for 863 million euros ($1.1 billion). The Novotel, Mercure, Ibis and Etap Hotel properties involved in the transaction represent a total of 12,000 rooms, the company said. Accor will continue to operate the hotels under 12-year variable-rent leases. Accor said it would use the proceeds to reduce debt.
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The No. 1 movie-rental chain offers $700 million to buy the Wilsonville-based company - the industry&#39;s No. 2 outlet. DALLAS â-lockbuster Inc.
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EBay Inc. said Friday it has agreed to acquire the online rental listing company Rent.com for $415 million, consisting of $385 million in eBay stock and $30 million cash.
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The U.S. sale of airwaves for  advanced wireless services grossed a record $13.9 billion when  it ended on Monday, and spectrum-hungry wireless carrier  T-Mobile USA, Verizon Wireless and a group of cable companies  were the highest bidders.
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"Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy," starring Will Ferrell and Christina Applegate, was the nation's best-renting DVD last week, according to data issued Wednesday.