USA: Abbott Laboratories to acquire EAS
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US pharmaceuticals company Abbott Laboratories has announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire US nutrition company EAS.
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Abbott Laboratories Inc. said on Tuesday said it is seeking U.S. regulatory approval for a drug to treat advanced prostate cancer that has spread through the body.
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Abbott Laboratories Monday said it has agreed to pay $320 million in cash to acquire EAS, a privately held company that sells nutritional products including AdvantEdge low-carbohydrate nutrition bars.
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LONDON, December 20  - Cambridge Antibody Technology plc (CAT.ISE) has won a court ruling against its US partner Abbott Laboratories (ABT).
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Arlington, Va.-based EADS North America has purchased Racal Instruments Inc., a designer, manufacturer and marketer of electronic tests and measurement equipment, for $105 million.
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Germany&#39;s Bayer has agreed to sell its blood products business to US investment firms Cerberus and Ampersand Ventures for about $590 million as it continues to narrow the focus of its health-care business.
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European Aeronautic Defense and Space Co. NV, the parent of aircraft maker Airbus, Wednesday said it has agreed to acquire Racal Instruments Group for up to $130 million.
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General Electric Co. (GE.N: Quote, Profile, Research) on Monday said it would buy the Edwards Systems Technology business from SPX Corp.
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Defence firm BAE Systems agrees to sell its 20% stake in plane firm Airbus to EADS for Â£1.87bn.
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Russian state-owned bank VTB has acquired more than 5 percent of EADS, the parent of airplane maker Airbus, the European defense company said Monday.
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BAE Systems plc has announced that its wholly-owned US subsidiary, BAE Systems North America, has entered into a definitive merger agreement to acquire DigitalNet Holdings Inc.
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General Electric pulls out of an $8bn deal to buy the diagnostics arm of medical firm Abbott Laboratories.
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DaimlerChrysler  has placed a 7.5 percent stake in EADS  with a public-private consortium in a 1.5-billion-euro ($1.95-billion) deal that maintains the Franco-German balance of power at the aerospace group.
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BERLIN - Bayer AG, the German drug and chemical company, has agreed to sell its plasma products business for $590 million in cash and stock to the private US investment groups Cerberus Capital Management and Ampersand Ventures.
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U.S. antitrust authorities on Wednesday approved AstraZeneca Plc's  plan to buy biotechnology company MedImmune Inc.  for more than $15 billion.
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Golden-based supplement maker selling for $320 million EAS will allow Abbott to expand into the healthy-adult market. No changes are expected in staff or operations.
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The European aerospace group EADS named on Wednesday three companies -- MT Aerospace of Germany, Latecoere of France and Britain's GKN -- to take over six plants being divested as part of a restructuring plan at its Airbus unit.