Holcom in Talks About Buying Aggregate
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Switzerland's Holcim Ltd., the world's second largest cement maker, is in talks about the possibility of paying about &#36;3.4 billion for the construction and building group Aggregate Industries PLC., the companies said Wednesday. Aggregate's shares soared.
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The Home Depot Inc. and a group of private equity firms are discussing cutting the $10.3 billion price on the company's proposed sale of its wholesale distribution business by about $1 billion, a person with direct knowledge of the situation said Friday.
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Potential purchasers of Northern Rock will have until February 4 to make a bid to the government
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TD Ameritrade Holding Corp.  has been talking to rival online brokers about potential deals, its CEO said the day after the company disclosed that two hedge funds had pushed it to pursue a merger.
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The Deutsche Boerse wants to convince London Stock Exchange management over the next two to four weeks to back its offer to buy the business, a supervisory board member told Reuters on Sunday.
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Bargain hunters may want to keep an eye on this stock.
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Bank of America said to be in talks to buy beleaguered lender Countrywide Financial.
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Discussions are taking place to secure a private sale of Northern Rock, the prime minister confirms.
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Lazard&#39;s board is set to meet to consider a sale of shares to the public that could end a long history of private ownership at the independent investment bank and possibly buy out the bank&#39;s founding family.
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Freescale Semiconductor Inc. FSL.N   said on Monday that it was in talks regarding a possible   business transaction after the New York Times reported that a   consortium of investment firms was near acquiring the company   for more than $16 billion.
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CME Group Inc , the world's largest derivatives exchange, hopes to broaden its reach by buying the energy and precious metals mart Nymex  for $11 billion, the companies said on Monday.
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CME Group Inc , the world's largest derivatives exchange, hopes to broaden its reach by buying energy and precious metals mart Nymex  for $11 billion, the companies said on Monday.
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Business & money: Â· Lender tells shareholders that dividend is on hold  Â· Group of hedge funds is rumoured to be in talks
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TORONTO - TD Bank confirmed Wednesday it is negotiating a possible deal that could see it buy a stake in Banknorth Group Inc. of Maine.
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Business & money: Â· Group in talks with banks as deadline loomsÂ· Only increased offer will win over Rio Tinto board
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Carlyle Group, the US private equity fund, is in talks with the Hanjin Group over the purchase of some of the South Korean conglomerate&#39;s transport and logistics
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TD Bank Financial Group is discussing "a possible transaction" with the Northeast regional banking company Banknorth Group Inc., the companies confirmed Wednesday amid reports that the Canadian bank was seeking ...