American Apparel close to being bought: WSJ
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Clothing retailer American Apparel Inc. is close to a deal to be bought by Endeavor Acquisition Corp.  for $244 million, the Wall Street Journal reported on its Web site on Monday.
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The Jones Apparel Group, a $4.3 billion clothing company with a middle-brow reputation, is close to making a deal to buying the Barneys chain.
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Dow component AIG says SEC staff may recommend action against it related to past transactions. NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - Insurer American International Group Inc.
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WSJ.com to become worth what you pay for it.
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U.S. apparel chains, which are already  suffering from slow back-to-school spending, on Wednesday saw  their shares take a hit from a rating downgrade of industry  leader Gap Inc. GPS.N
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Insider stock sales at U.S. apparel companies jumped in September from a year ago, a sign that investors should shun clothing companies' stocks as their prices could drop further, a research firm said on Monday.
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Private equity firms Apollo Management  and Texas Pacific Group  were near reaching a deal to  buy Harrah's Entertainment Inc.  on Sunday, with an  announcement possible on Monday, sources familiar with the  situation said.
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News Corp.'s purchase of Dow Jones may tear down the wall at WSJ.com.
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The firm is poised to buy a 5% share in the popular social networking website, according to reports.
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Global miner Rio Tinto was near a deal  to buy Canadian aluminum giant Alcan Inc. for about $100 per  share, or $37 billion, The Wall Street Journal Online reported  on Thursday.
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Health care and consumer products maker Johnson &amp; Johnson is close to finalizing its long-rumored $24 billion cash and stock acquisition of medical-device maker Guidant Corp.
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Rupert Murdoch's News Corp.  has not yet reached an agreement to buy Dow Jones & Co. Inc., the company and its controlling Bancroft family said on Friday, countering a media report the two sides had completed their talks.
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Dow Jones & Co. Inc.  and  Rupert Murdoch&#39;s News Corp. (NWSa.N) are close to a pact that  would protect the journalistic independence of The Wall Street  Journal if News Corp. acquired the media company, according to  newspaper reports on Sunday.
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A media executive who helped purchase  the Philadelphia Inquirer and the Philadelphia Daily News last  year could be interested in joining a group to acquire Dow  Jones & Co., the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday.
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American Apparel, known for its casual cotton clothing and provocative advertising, has agreed to be bought by Endeavor Acquisition Corp.  in a deal that will effectively allow the retailer to list shares on an exchange without doing a public offering.
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A consortium of investment firms was  near a deal late Sunday to acquire Freescale Semiconductor Inc.   for more than $16 billion, the New York Times reported  on Monday.
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America West Airlines is in talks to buy all or part of ATA Holdings Corp., parent of ATA Airlines, the Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday night on its Web site.