Philips to buy U.S. Respironics for $5.1 billion
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Dutch Philips Electronics   said on Friday it is to buy U.S. medical  products company Respironics for 3.6 billion euros ($5.17  billion) or $66 per share to strengthen its healthcare  business.
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Kraft, the struggling American food group, yesterday announced the $1.5bn (Â£810m) sale of its Life Savers and Altoids confectionery division to the chewing gum business Wm Wrigley Jr.
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Cytec Industries Inc., a US maker of materials for the aerospace and car industries, agreed to buy the chemicals business of UCB SA, Belgium&#39;s largest drugmaker, for 1.5 billion euros ($1.
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INDIANAPOLIS - New Jersey-based health care products giant Johnson &amp; Johnson is buying Guidant Corp., one of the world&#39;s top makers of cardiac devices, for about $25.4 billion in cash and stock.
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Johnson & Johnson has agreed to  buy Guidant Corp. for $25.4 billion in cash and stock, the  companies said on Wednesday, giving the healthcare products  maker a foothold in the fast-growing market for implantable  devices that regulate heartbeats.
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Philips Electronics NV is to buy U.S.  medical products company Respironics Inc for 3.6 billion euros  ($5.2 billion), its biggest ever acquisition, as it expands in  the fast-growing healthcare sector.
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PacifiCare Health Systems Inc. will pay $502 million to buy all outstanding shares of common stock of American Medical Security. Under the terms of the merger agreement, Cypress-based PacifiCare will pay $32.
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Johnson &amp; Johnson agreed to acquire Guidant Corp. for $25.4 billion, adding electrical devices for treating heart disease to a lineup of thousands of health products including Band-Aids and cardiac stents.
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Johnson &amp; Johnson&#39;s$25.4bn purchase of Guidant, a medical device maker, will give the big US medical group a range of fast-growing products that manage patients&#39; heart rhythms, a move that will shake up the US medical device industry.
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Johnson & Johnson will buy Guidant  Corp. for $23.9 billion in cash and stock, giving the  health-care products maker a foothold in the fast-growing  market for implantable devices that regulate heartbeats, J&J  said on Wednesday.
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Dutch electronic's giant Philips said Monday it had raised 980 million euros (1.45 billion dollars) from the sale of 800 million shares in the world's largest chip foundry, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC).
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Johnson &amp; Johnson, the pharmaceutical and health care giant, has announced an agreement to buy Guidant, one of the largest US makers of devices to treat heart and circulatory illnesses, for $25.4 billion.
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The LG.Philips LCD Company plans to spend a record 5.3 trillion won, or $5.1 billion, to build the world's largest plant for flat-panel sets.
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NEW YORK - Food giant Kraft Foods Inc. has put its Altoids breath mints and Life Savers brands on the block in a sale that could generate well over $1 billion, people familiar with the situation said Friday.
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SMITHS Group, the aerospace to medical products conglomerate, today announced plans to buy United States medical devices maker Medex for around Â£475 million.
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Johnson & Johnson is in advanced negotiations to acquire Guidant, one of the nation's largest makers of devices to treat heart illnesses, for more than $24 billion.
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Aeroflex Inc. , which makes microelectronics for the telecommunications, aerospace and defense markets, said on Friday it struck a deal to be bought by private equity firms General Atlantic and Francisco Partners for about $1 billion.