Energizer to Acquire Playtex for $1.16B
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NEW YORK -- Energizer, known best for its infinitely drumming, battery-powered bunny, will buy Playtex for about $1.16 billion as it attempts to broaden its product base, the company said.
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Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd  has agreed to buy the Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern Railroad Corp (DM&E) for at least $1.5 billion in cash to boost its network and provide the deep pockets to fund a project to gain access to the coal-rich Powder River Basin.
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The Macquarie Communications Infrastructure Group of Australia said its Macquarie Bank consortium had agreed to acquire a wireless tower operator in the United States, Global Tower Partners, from the Blackstone Group for $1.43 billion.
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The telecommunications company announced on Tuesday a share buyback program worth nearly $16 billion and its biggest-ever dividend increase.
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Exelon Corp. EXC.N, the nation's  largest nuclear power company, has agreed to buy New Jersey  utility Public Service Enterprise Group Inc. PEG.N for $13.2  billion in stock, creating the nation's largest utility, the  companies said on Monday.
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Spanish power firm Iberdrola is expanding into the US by buying Energy East Corp for $4.5bn.
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LONDONâWPP Group PLC, the London-based advertising giant, said yesterday it was buying US-based Grey Global Group Inc. in a $1.52 billion (US) cash and stock deal.
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Japanese auto parts maker Asahi Tec Corp.   5606.T said on Friday it will buy U.S. rival Metaldyne Corp.   in a deal totaling $1.2 billion, including debt.
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U.S. conglomerate General Electric   has agreed to buy British oilfield services firm Sondex   for 288.7 million pounds ($583.1 million) in cash, the  two firms said on Monday.
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US energy firm Exelon Corp agreed to pay about $US12.5 billion ($16.37 billion) dollars to buy Public Service Enterprise Group Inc (PSEG), creating the biggest US power group, the firms said overnight.
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Aeroflex Inc. , which provides  technology solutions to the aerospace and other markets, said  it agreed to be acquired by private equity firms General  Atlantic and Francisco Partners for about $1.0 billion.
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The knee and ankle brace maker said it agreed to be bought by the medical device maker ReAble Therapeutics for about $1.6 billion including debt.
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Nexen Inc. agreed to buy fellow Canadian energy company EnCana Corp.&#39;s UK business for $2.1 billion, gaining control of Britain&#39;s biggest oil discovery in more than a decade amid record crude prices.
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Japanese auto parts maker Asahi Tec Corp.   5606.T will buy privately held U.S. rival Metaldyne Corp. in   a deal worth about $1.3 billion, a source close to the matter   said on Friday, sending Asahi Tec's shares up 21 percent.
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U.S. conglomerate General Electric  has agreed to buy British oilfield services firm Sondex  for 288.7 million pounds ($583.1 million) in cash, the two firms said on Monday.
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SCOTTISH &amp; Southern Energy yesterday called time on its 18-month acquisition spree after confirming a Â£3.1 billion swoop for two gas distribution networks.
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General Electric Co. GE.N on Monday  said it would buy a fire detection systems business from SPX  Corp. SPW.N for nearly $1.4 billion in cash in a move to  bolster its building and security systems unit.