Anglian Water firm in Â£2.2bn bid
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AWG, the owner of Anglian Water, accepts a Â£2.2bn takeover bid from a group led by private equity firm 3i.
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UK-BASED investment manager and life services provider HHG Plc has agreed to sell its Life Services business for an estimated $2.46 billion.
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Science & environment: UK's leading food and drink manufacturers join forces in new initiative to cut down on water usage
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The battle for control of UK water firm AWG Plc  heated up on Monday despite the company's agreement of a 2.2 billion pound ($4.1 billion) offer from an investment group called Osprey.
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Mexican group Cemex makes a Â£2.3bn ($4.1bn) offer for UK-based RMC, the world's biggest supplier of ready-mixed concrete.
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Ionics Inc., a Watertown water treatment company with global operations, agreed to be purchased yesterday by General Electric Co. for $1.1 billion in cash.
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UK mini-conglomerate Novar has unveiled an Â£1.2bn ($2.3bn) bid from Honeywell of the US, a month on from rejecting another offer from Melrose.
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Holcim, the world's number two cement maker has made a friendly, 1.8 billion-pound (3.4 billion-dollar, 2.6 billion-euro) takeover bid for British counterpart Aggregate Industries, the firms said.
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NOVAR, the UK conglomerate, is recommending that its shareholders accept an Â£800 million cash bid from Honeywell International, the aerospace to transport multinational.
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Admiral Acquisitions, the Goldman   Sachs-led consortium which is buying Associated British Ports   (AB ports) for 2.8 billion pounds, has launched syndication of   the loan financing backing the buyout, banking sources close to   the deal said on Monday.
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Booz Allen Hamilton, the consulting firm, is in talks to sell its government contracting arm to the Carlyle Group and others for about $2 billion, people briefed on discussions said.
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Kelda Group, owner of Yorkshire Water, yesterday became the first big company formally to accept industry price controls announced last week by Ofwat, the sector regulator.
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The Takeovers Panel said today that Brundwo Pty Limited has offered two undertakings relating to its proposed A$1.2 billion bid for Australian Leisure &amp; Hospitality Group Limited (ALH).
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Australia's Healthscope Ltd.  launched a A$2.86 billion ($2.34 billion) takeover offer for larger rival Symbion Health Ltd.  on Tuesday, backed by private equity firms Ironbridge Capital and Archer Capital.
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A unit of the industrial, financial and media conglomerate General Electric Co. said Wednesday it will buy the water treatment company Ionics Inc.
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Barratt Developments has confirmed that it has agreed to buy rival housebuilder Wilson Bowden for about 2.2 billion pounds.
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An investment group is expected to  announce Monday that it has struck a deal to buy British water  utility AWG PLC  for about $4.12 billion, a source  familiar with the situation told Reuters on Sunday.