Stelmar Being Acquired for $677 Million
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Stelmar Shipping Ltd. (SJH.N: Quote, Profile, Research) , an oil tanker operator, has agreed to be acquired by affiliates of private equity firm Fortress Investment Group LLC for $677 million in cash, Stelmar said on Monday.
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Blog: In an acquisition announcement-heavy day, the auction giant reports it has coughed up $75 million for the "discovery" service.
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Britain's Shire Plc  has agreed to buy U.S. partner New River Pharmaceuticals  for $2.6 billion to gain full control of the two firms' new drug for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), Vyvanse.
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Gallaher Group, the maker of the Benson & Hedges brand in Europe, said it had received an offer of Â£7.5 billion ($14.7 billion).
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- Aircraft and auto parts maker Sequa Corp.  said it agreed to be acquired by private equity firm Carlyle Group  in a cash deal valued at $2.7 billion.
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Great Plains Energy has agreed to buy the crosstown utility operator Aquila for about $1.7 billion.
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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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Overseas Shipholding Group Inc., the largest US-based oil tanker owner, agreed to buy Stelmar Shipping Ltd. for about $843 million.
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A $55 million purchase could be bigger than investors think.
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Advanced Medical Optics Inc.  on Thursday confirmed it was interested in exploring a potential acquisition of Bausch & Lomb Inc.  and offering a superior price than the eye-care company's deal to be bought by a private equity firm for $3.67 billion.
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Buyout firm Fortress Investment Group on Monday raised its offer for Stelmar Shipping Ltd. (SJH.N: Quote, Profile, Research) by about 4 percent to $703 million, but Stelmar&#39;s
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SYDNEY/NEW YORK  - Morgan Stanley's  real estate unit said on Thursday that it would buy Australia's Investa Properties Ltd.  for A$4.7 billion ($3.9 billion), the latest in a string of property takeovers by the U.S. investment bank.
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Carlyle Group of the District is in talks to buy Advanced Semiconductor Engineering, the world's largest computer chip packager, for $5.7 billion, as demand for computer and mobile-phone components increases.
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Private equity firm Fortress Investment Group LLC agreed to buy Stelmar Shipping Ltd. for $677 million only a few months after the oil tanker operator fended off a hostile bid from its rival OMI Corp.
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The billionaire Joseph C. Lewis has taken a 7 percent stake in Bear Stearns, acquiring $860.4 million worth of the investment bankâs sagging stock.
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Gerdau Ameristeel said yesterday that it had agreed to acquire Chaparral Steel for $4.22 billion in cash in a move to diversify into high-value-added steel products.
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A newly formed company said it plans to buy Miami Beach-based LNR Property Corp. (NYSE: LNR) for $63.10 a share in cash, or about $3.