Arnault, Colony buy into Carrefour, shares rise
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French billionaire Bernard Arnault said on Wednesday he had taken a 9.1 percent stake in supermarket giant Carrefour  jointly with U.S. private equity group Colony Capital.
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The US sports tycoon Malcolm Glazer last night kept his Manchester United bid hopes alive by wading into the market and buying a further 6 per cent of the club, lifting his stake to 25.
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Shares of Lear Corp.  rose more than 4 percent on Tuesday on expectations that the company could command a higher price, one day after activist investor Carl Icahn offered to buy the U.S. auto parts supplier for $2.43 billion.
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Business & money: Shares in troubled lender rise sharply after a report of detailed discussions with Chris Flowers and the US private equity firm Cerberus.
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Shares in the Spirit AeroSystems Holdings unit of Onex, the Canadian leveraged buyout company, rose 12 percent.
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Canadian stocks were little changed as shares of Masonite International Corp. increased after it agreed to be bought buy Kohlberg, Kravis, Roberts &amp; Co.
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Shares of home decor retailer Pier 1   Imports Inc. PIR.N rose 8 percent to their highest level   since June on Thursday, after a Danish shareholder entered a   confidentiality agreement with the company, fueling speculation   of a buyout.
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Sears, Roebuck and Co.'s stock shot up Friday on news that a New York-based real estate investment trust had purchased a 4.3 percent interest in the huge department store chain.
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Shares in Argosy Gaming Corp. -- owner of the Empress Casino in Joliet -- rocketed skyward Thursday after the company said it would be bought by Penn National Gaming for $1.
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Argosy Gaming (AGY:NYSE - news - research) jumped in early trading Thursday, after the company agreed to be acquired by Penn National Gaming (PENN:Nasdaq - news - research) in a $1.
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Shares in LNR Property Corp., the real estate development company spun off from Lennar Corp., may rise after the company agreed to be bought by a group led by Cerberus Capital Management LP for $3.
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French retailer Carrefour and chip groups helped European shares hold their ground on Wednesday, and merger moves in the construction sector lent support.
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Collins Stewart Tullett Plc&#39;s shares posted their biggest gain since the stock began trading in 2000 after the London-based brokerage agreed to buy Prebon Group Ltd.
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Wine and spirits group Allied Domecq said today a strong performance by its core brands was behind a 6% rise in profits. Growth of favourites such as Ballantineâs whisky, Beefeater gin and Malibu rum helped
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SRF to take control of Neuf Cegetel France's second largest network operator SRF has notified Neuf Cegetel, in which SFR already holds a 40 per cent stake, of its intention to buy up a controlling interest in the company. This will take the form of another 30 per cent, currently owned by the Louis Dreyfus group.â¦
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Carrefour, the worldâs second-biggest retailer, said Thursday that it planned to sell part of its real estate portfolio in and I.P.O.
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Shares in Swiss chemical groups Clariant  and Ciba  rose strongly in morning trade after the head of U.S. peer Huntsman Corp  expressed interest in buying the groups.