UnitedHealth to buy Sierra Health for $2.4 bln
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Health insurer UnitedHealth Group Inc.  said on Monday it would acquire Sierra Health Services Inc.  for more than $2.4 billion to help it expand in the fast-growing U.S. Southwest region.
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UK-BASED investment manager and life services provider HHG Plc has agreed to sell its Life Services business for an estimated $2.46 billion.
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Coventry Health Care Inc. CVH.N on  Thursday said it agreed to buy rival health plan First Health  Group Corp. FHCC.O for $1.8 billion in stock and cash as it  looks to expand its geographic reach and keep pace with rivals.
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Health-care insurer Humana Inc. on Monday said it agreed to acquire CarePlus Health Plans of Florida for about $408 million in a transaction expected to give a solid boost to 2005 earnings.
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Nestle , the world's largest food group, is buying the medical nutrition business of Swiss pharmaceutical group Novartis AG  for $2.5 billion, the companies said on Thursday.
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The Coca-Cola Company announced today that it will buy Glaceau, the maker of Vitaminwater, for $4.2 billion in cash.
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PacifiCare Health Systems Inc. (PHS.N: Quote, Profile, Research) , one of the biggest Medicare plan providers, said on Wednesday it has agreed to buy health-care benefits provider American Medical Security Group Inc.
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DOWNERS GROVE, Ill. - Coventry Health Care Inc. is buying managed health care company First Health Group Corp. for $1.8 billion in cash and stock in a deal that would create a national health benefits company
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Pharmaceutical services company   AmerisourceBergen Corp. ABC.N said on Monday it has agreed to   buy Health Advocates Inc. for about $83 million in cash in a   move that will expand its workers' compensation business.
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UnitedHealth Group Inc. UNH.N on  Monday said it would buy Definity Health Corp. for $300  million, as the No. 1 U.S. health insurer seeks to offer more  health savings accounts, which give consumers incentives to  rein in health costs.
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Health insurer UnitedHealth Group  Inc.  said on Monday it would acquire Sierra Health  Services Inc.  for $43.50 per share to help it expand in  the fast-growing U.S. Southwest.
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Manor Care, the nursing home operator and long-term health care provider, said that it had agreed to be acquired by the Carlyle Group for $4.9 billion.
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AMP&#39;S former British arm HHG will return $2.2 billion to long-suffering shareholders after finally striking a deal to sell its life insurance assets for $2.62 billion.
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United Technologies said Thursday that it had agreed to buy the British fire-safety company Kidde for $2.8 billion, ending months of negotiations.
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HCA Inc. , the No. 1 U.S.  hospital chain, on Monday agreed to be acquired by an investor  group for about $21 billion in the second largest leveraged  buyout deal ever excluding HCA's debt.
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NEW YORK/PHILADELPHIA  - Pharmacy benefits manager Medco Health Solutions Inc  said on Tuesday that it would buy PolyMedica Corp , which distributes blood-glucose tests, for $1.2 billion to expand its services for diabetics.
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Triad Hospitals Inc., up $6.38 at $49.65.   The hospital operator agreed to go private in a $4.7 billion deal from affiliates of CCMP Capital Advisors and Goldman Sachs.   Herbalife Ltd., up $7.02 at $40.12.