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A historic name in mutual funds will soon vanish from Boston&#39;s investing scene, with BlackRock Inc.&#39;s agreement yesterday to acquire State Street Research &amp; Management
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Real estate investment trust Archstone-Smith  will be acquired by real estate company Tishman Speyer and investment bank Lehman Brothers Holdings  for $22.2 billion, including debt, the companies said on Tuesday.
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Several bids to purchase 30 Winter St., a 12-floor, 87,000-square-foot office building near Downtown Crossing, were received this week, Lisa M. Campoli, executive vice president of the real estate firm Meredith &amp; Grew, said. Meredith &amp; Grew is representing the joint owners, Great Point Investors LLC and the Cresset Group, both of Boston. "There's been a ton of ...
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State Street Corp  said on Thursday that it expected to report strong quarterly operating earnings, which overshadowed news of a $279 million charge for subprime mortgage-related bets and sent the company's shares up more than 7 percent.
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The Washington Post Company said yesterday that it had purchased Slate, an online magazine owned by Microsoft. The sale completes Slate&#39;s transformation from an experiment in the new media in 1996 to a respected brand name in journalism.
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By The Bellingham Herald, Wash.  Mar. 6--A major Bellingham shopping center was recently sold by one limited liability firm to another.
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State Street Corp. , one of the world's largest custody banks for institutional investors, said on Monday it would acquire Investors Financial Services Corp.  for about $4.5 billion in stock.
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British bus firm FirstGroup announced the agreed purchase of Laidlaw International, owner of iconic US inter-city bus operator Greyhound, for 3.6 billion dollars (2.8 billion euros).
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By John Reid Blackwell, Richmond Times-Dispatch, Va.  May 25--ChemTreat Inc., a Henrico County-based company that is majority owned by its employees, has been acquired by a Fortune 500 company for $435 million.
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Snoopy has left the building. Well, almost. MetLife Inc. , the insurance giant that employs Charlie Brown's dog in ads, is close to completing a deal to sell its State Street Research and Management investment arm to BlackRock Inc. for about $400 million. Everyone involved will be better off for it.
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Technology research firm Gartner will purchase rival Meta Group for about $162 million. The firms have complementary business strategies, and both are headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut.
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DENVER -- IHS Energy, a provider of oil and gas information, has purchased Cambridge Energy Research Associates, a consulting firm founded by Pulitzer Prize-winner Daniel Yergin.
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NEW YORK, August 20 (New Ratings)  General Growth Properties Inc (GGP.NYS), the second-largest shopping mall operator in the US, has agreed to buy Rouse Company (RSE), in a cash and debt assumptions deal worth about $12.6 billion.
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State Street Corp.'s SPDR Trust was the best-selling mutual fund with US investors in August, according to estimates by Financial Research Corp. It was the first time an exchange-traded fund led monthly fund sales.
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Buyout firm Forstmann Little &amp; Co. has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Cleveland, Ohio-based IMG. IMG is being acquired from trusts established by the late Mark McCormack, who founded the company, and
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Real estate investment trust Archstone-Smith  on Tuesday said it agreed to be acquired by Tishman Speyer and investment bank Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.  for $22.2 billion, reflecting a strong, lingering appetite for real estate by private investors.
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Real estate investment trust  Archstone-Smith  has agreed to be acquired by Tishman  Speyer and Lehman Brothers Holdings  for $22.2 billion,  including debt, the companies said on Tuesday.