Bausch & Lomb Buys a Competitor
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Bausch & Lomb, the eye health company, said it had acquired rival, eyeonics Inc., for an undisclosed amount.
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Advanced Medical Optics Inc., a maker of eye-care and surgical products, bid $75 a share for rival Bausch &amp; Lomb Inc., topping an offer from private-equity firm Warburg Pincus LLC, a person familiar with the matter said.
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By Bloomberg, AP and Staff Reports  A company based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, has acquired the operations of a Nowata manufacturer.
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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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The German savings bank federation DSGV on Friday bought the regional Landesbank Berlin (LBB) for 4.62 billion euros (6.1 billion dollars), ending years of uncertainty over its future.
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Aeroflex Inc. , which provides  technology solutions to the aerospace and other markets, said  it agreed to be acquired by private equity firms General  Atlantic and Francisco Partners for about $1.0 billion.
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Bausch &amp; Lomb Inc., propelled once more by a sharp rise in sales of contact lenses, eye-care drugs and vision-correction surgical products, posted a 34 percent jump in third-quarter
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Shareholders of Bausch & Lomb Inc   approved a proposed $3.67 billion takeover by private  equity firm Warburg Pincus on Friday, the eye care company  said.
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BlackRock Inc. BLK.N, one of the  largest U.S. fixed income managers, on Thursday said it will  buy its far smaller competitor State Street Research &  Management Co. in the biggest takeover in the asset management  industry this year.
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Ravelston Corp., the company owned by Conrad Black to control his newspaper publisher, offered about $61 million to buy Hollinger Inc.
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The Atex Group, a British maker of publishing software, agreed to buy the Unisys CorporationÂs media unit, another publisher of software, for undisclosed terms. Atex, based in Reading, England, raised more than $50 million for the purchase and for the costs of integrating the businesses. The media unit makes software that helps publishers manage production tasks and news agency reports. The acquisition may increase AtexÂs newspaper clients by almost half. Unisys, based in Blue Bell, Pa., is selling the unit to focus on computers and consulting services.
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Belgian biopharmaceutical group UCB has made a friendly takeover offer of 4.4 billion euros (5.6 billion dollars) to buy German company Schwarz Pharma, the two firms said.
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US buyout specialist Kohlberg Kravis Roberts is buying Masonite International (MHM.TO: Quote, Profile, Research) (MHM.N: Quote, Profile, Research) , a Canadian-based maker of building products, in an all-cash deal worth C$3.1
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The Canadian aluminum company has agreed to be purchased by the Indian company Hindalco Industries.
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The world's leading sports management and marketing firm is to be bought by a New York  investment firm for an undisclosed fee.
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ABB, the Swiss engineering company, will sell an oil and gas production plant, Lummus Global, to the Chicago Bridge and Iron Company for $950 million, ABB said. The buyout, subject to approval by regulators and Chicago Bridge shareholders, is expected to close in the fourth quarter, ABB said. ABBâs chief executive, Fred Kindle, said the sale was the final step in his companyâs strategy to focus on power and automation technology. Lummus Global provides proprietary process technologies, project management, engineering and procurement services to the oil and gas industry. It has 2,400 employees and reported sales of $988 million last year. Chicago Bridge is based in the Netherlands.
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Bausch & Lomb Inc.  turned in belated financial reports on Wednesday showing its first-quarter profit rose 56 percent, less than it expected, as it deals with the recall last year of its ReNu with MoistureLoc lens cleaning solution.