MGM Agrees to Be Bought for $12/Share
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Film and television studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. (MGM.N: Quote, Profile, Research) on Monday said it agreed in principle to be acquired by a consortium led by Sony Corp.
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Video rental giant Hollywood Entertainment Corp. has agreed to a buyout offer of nearly &#36;850 million from smaller rival Movie Gallery Inc. in a deal that would create a stronger challenger to the industry leader, Blockbuster Inc.
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Movie Gallery Inc. MOVI.O on Friday  offered to buy rival movie rental chain Hollywood Entertainment  Corp. HLYW.O for an undisclosed sum, one week after industry  leader Blockbuster Inc. BBI.N bid about $700 million for  Hollywood.
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Station Casinos Inc.  said on  Monday it agreed to a $5.4 billion management-led buyout, after  the investor group buying the company raised its offer by about  10 percent.
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A group of investors led by Sony Corp. (6758.T: Quote, Profile, Research) , the Japanese electronics and entertainment company, raised its offer to buy the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc.
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A group of companies led by Sony  Corp. of America put a lock on its acquisition of film studio  Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. for about $2.85 billion plus debt,  giving it MGM's film library to exploit in DVD and newer  digital media markets.
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Basell, a Dutch company owned by Access, will pay $48 a share, or $12.1 billion in cash, for Lyondell, a 20 percent premium to the companyâs closing price on Monday.
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A group headed by Sony Corp.  6758.T agreed in principle to buy Hollywood film studio  Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM.N for nearly $5 billion on Monday,  sources close to the deal said.
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Video rental giant Hollywood Entertainment Corp. has agreed to a buyout offer of nearly $850 million from smaller rival Movie Gallery Inc. in a deal that would create a stronger challenger to the industry leader, Blockbuster Inc.
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Business & money: Guardian owner GMG and Apax seal deal with raised offer of media empire
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US entertainment giant Time Warner Inc. said Monday it has withdrawn its bid to buy Hollywood movie studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) after they failed to agree on a price.
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A Fort Worth brokerage that sold high-fee mutual funds to military families agreed yesterday to pay $12 million to settle allegations that it used misleading marketing literature and scripts.
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Station Casinos Inc., which owns 12 casinos in the Las Vegas area, agreed yesterday to a sweetened $5.4 billion takeover bid from the founderâs family and a buyout firm.
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The Golden Nugget Casino in Las Vegas  agreed to be acquired for $140 million by Landry's Restaurant's  Inc. LNY.N, the seafood chain operator said on Friday,  announcing its first foray into the casino business.
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LOS ANGELES - A consortium led by Sony has agreed in principle to acquire famed Hollywood studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer for nearly $3 billion, MGM said late Monday.    The deal marks the last chapter in the history of two of Hollywood's most storied names - MGM, once best known for its musical hits like "Singing in the Rain" and "Meet Me in St...
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LOS ANGELES, SEPT 14: A consortium led by Sony Corp has agreed in principle to acquire Hollywood studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc for nearly $3 billion.
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Bar-code scanning system maker   Metrologic Instruments Inc. MTLG.O said on Tuesday that it   agreed to be bought for about $420 million in cash by its   founder and other investors.