LoJack buys Canadian tracking company
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LoJack Corp., which makes devices for recovering stolen cars, agreed to buy Boomerang Tracking Inc. for about $48 million to expand into Canada. LoJack will pay about $4.32 a share in cash or a combination of cash and stock for the Montreal maker of stolen vehicle recovery equipment, LoJack said. Westwood-based LoJack also gets Boomerang's cash balance of $12 million. ...
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Unicco Service Co., a Newton company that offers janitorial and property-management services, is being bought by United Group Ltd. of Australia for $408 million.
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In a story Oct. 21 on Chinese investments overseas, The Associated Press incorrectly reported that Global Crossing was sold to a joint venture owned by Hutchison and Singapore Technologies Telemedia. Hutchison withdrew from the deal and ST Telemedia proceeded alone in purchasing Global Crossing.
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Cognos Inc., the largest Canadian software maker, offered to buy Sweden&#39;s Frango AB for 390.8 million kronor ($51.7 million) to expand in corporate performance management software.
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Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd   said it planned to buy the Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern Railroad  Corp for at least $1.48 billion to expand its network and  increase its access to U.S. Midwest markets.
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The acquisition of privately held Gullivers, a wholesaler of hotels, travel packages and group tours, also includes online travel seller OctopusTravel.
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The Canadian Pacific Railway agreed to buy the Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern Railroad Corporation, which operates in the Midwest.
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U.S. electronic stock market Nasdaq   has agreed to buy Nordic markets owner OMX   for $3.7 billion, as Nasdaq seeks to expand abroad following a  series of rival stock market mergers.
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L-3 Communications Corp., which supplies products used in aerospace and defense platforms, agreed to buy CAE Inc.&#39;s Marine Controls division for about $225 million cash and the assumption of about $42.
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Intertainment Media Inc. ("Intertainment" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE: INT) is pleased to announce that it has signed an agreement with Trooker Inc, a Delaware corporation with offices in Los Angeles, California and Toronto, Ontario.
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Bell Canada agreed Saturday to be bought by a private partnership led by the Ontario Teachers Pension Plan in a deal valued at C$51.7 billion (US$48.5 billion) that would be the largest leveraged buyout ever.
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Rio Tinto Ltd./Plc. has agreed to buy Canadian aluminum company Alcan Inc. for $38.1 billion, in a move that creates the world's biggest aluminum company.
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United Parcel Service Inc. (UPS.N: Quote, Profile, Research) agreed to buy Menlo Worldwide Forwarding, a unit of CNF Inc. (CNF.N: Quote, Profile, Research) , for $150 million in
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The price for Onex Corp., Canada's biggest buyout firm, and Goldman Sachs Group Inc. to buy Raytheon Co.'s aircraft unit is about $3 billion, a person with knowledge of the agreement said.
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Sept. 22, 2004 - The RxExpress is about to make another drug run to Canada. This time they will pick up pre-selected senior citizens along the East Coast to take them across the northern US border to buy
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U.S. electronic stock market Nasdaq  has agreed to buy Nordic markets owner OMX  for $3.7 billion, as Nasdaq seeks to expand abroad following a series of rival stock market mergers.
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Cendant, the worldâs largest travel group, continued its buying spree, saying on Thursday it had agreed to buy privately held Gullivers Travel Associates, the UK-based travel company, and Octopus Travel for about $1.1bn cash.