Cerberus to buy United Rentals for $4 bln: report
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Cerberus Capital Management is near a $4 billion deal to buy United Rentals Inc. , the largest equipment rental company by fleet size, for $34.50 a share, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday.
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Sabre Holdings, the travel reservation company, is in advanced talks to be sold to a consortium of private equity firms for more than $4 billion.
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LONDON  - British fire and safety product manufacturer Kidde said it had agreed to a 1.44-billion-pound (2.09-billion-euro, 2.80-billion-dollar) takeover offer from US group United Technologies Corp.
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Continental Airlines Inc. expects to  take $19 million in fourth-quarter charges for future lease  payments and return conditions for aircraft retirements, the  No. 5 U.S. airline said in a filing on Friday.
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LONDON  - Kidde PLC, the British fire and safety company, said Thursday it had agreed to a 1.4-billion-pound (&#36;2.8-billion-US) takeover by United Technologies Corp.
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At least four private equity groups  have been in preliminary talks with DaimlerChrysler AG  (DCXGn.DE) about buying Chrysler, the Financial Times reported  on Friday on its website.
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U.S. stocks to watch on Wednesday: UNITED PARCEL SERVICE INC. : The world's top parcel delivery group cut fourth-quarter guidance.
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Bank of America Corp said on Friday it would buy mortgage lender Countrywide Financial Corp for $4 billion in a move that could avert one of the biggest collapses in the U.S. housing crisis.
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Bank of America Corp on Friday said it agreed to acquire struggling mortgage lender Countrywide Financial Corp for about $4 billion  (2.04 billion pounds) in stock, a move that could help avert one of the biggest collapses in the U.S. housing crisis.
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Belgian drugmaker UCB UCBBt.BR has   agreed to buy Germany's Schwarz Pharma SRZG.DE for around 4.4   billion euros ($5.6 billion) in stock and cash, in the third   major drug sector transaction in Germany in five days.
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NEW YORK CITY-Newly formed Riley Property Holdings LLC, which is comprised of affiliates of locally based Cerberus Capital Management LP and its real estate affiliate Blackacre Institutional Capital Management LLC, will acquire LNR Property Corp.
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Legg Mason Inc. LM.N, one of the  fastest-growing U.S. asset management companies, on Wednesday  said it plans a public offering of 4 million shares, a sale  that could raise almost $300 million.
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Deal to buy UK travel company expected to close next April, funded with Wright IPO proceeds. NEW YORK  - Travel and real estate company Cendant Corp.
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At least four private equity groups have been in preliminary talks with DaimlerChrysler AG  about buying Chrysler, the Financial Times reported on Friday on its website.
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LONDON (CBS.MW) -- United Technologies (UTX) said its $2.8 billion cash offer for UK fire safety group Kidde (UK:KID) has been accepted by Kidde&#39;s board.
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Battery maker Rayovac Corp. ROV.N is  close to a deal to acquire privately held United Industries  Corp., a maker of lawn and garden products, for about $476  million in cash and stock in a bid to diversify its product  mix, sources close to the situation said on Monday.
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General Electric Co. agreed to buy a Citigroup business that provides lending and leasing services to the trucking industry for $4.4 billion in cash to build its commercial finance unit in areas where it already has expertise.