Gerdau Ameristeel to buy Chaparral for $4.22 billion
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Gerdau Ameristeel Corp.   said on Tuesday it has agreed to acquire Chaparral Steel Co.  for $4.22 billion in cash, in a move to diversify its product offering into high value added steel products.
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A consortium led by Royal Bank of Scotland  unveiled a bid for ABN AMRO  on Tueday valued at 38.40 euros per share, worth a total 71.1 billion euros ($95.6 billion).
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Harrah's Entertainment Inc., the world's biggest casino operator, on Monday said it received a $15 billion buyout offer from private equity firms Apollo Management and Texas Pacific Group..
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Dutch financial group SNS Reaal  said on Monday it will acquire the Dutch insurance operations of France's AXA  for 1.75 billion euros ($2.35 billion), which will be partly funded by an equity issue.
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Hyatt Corp. has agreed to buy the AmeriSuites hotel chain from affiliates of private equity firm The Blackstone Group, Hyatt said on Thursday.
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Teck Cominco  said on Tuesday it would buy Aur Resources  in a friendly cash and stock offer worth C$4.1 billion ($3.9 billion) that will significantly boost Teck's copper production.
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Private equity group Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.  said on Monday that it would acquire discount retailer Dollar General Corp.  for $22 a share in cash.
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Chaparral Steel has accepted a $4.22 billion takeover offer from Gerdau Ameristeel in the latest consolidation move in the steel industry.
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Private equity group Kohlberg Kravis  Roberts & Co.  said on Monday that it would acquire  discount retailer Dollar General Corp.  for $22 a share  in cash.
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Berkshire Hathaway said Tuesday that it would pay $4.5 billion for a controlling stake in Marmon Holdings, an industrial conglomerate owned by the Pritzkers.
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Warren Buffett's investment company announced Tuesday it will pay $4.5 billion for 60 percent of Marmon Holdings Inc., a private company of more than 125 manufacturing and service businesses
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Morgan Stanley's  real estate unit agreed to buy Australia's Investa Properties Ltd.  for A$4.7 billion ($3.9 billion) on Thursday, the nation's third-largest property trust takeover.
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Scottish Power PLC said Tuesday it has agreed to a $22.5 billion buyout offer from the Spanish utility Iberdrola SA that would create one of Europe's biggest utilities.Comment
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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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Global Tower Partners, a U.S. wireless  tower operator, is to be bought by a consortium of  infrastructure funds managed by members of Australia&#39;s  Macquarie Group in a deal valued at $1.4 billion.
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LAS VEGAS -- Private equity bidders extended their shopping spree for casino companies yesterday as Station Casinos Inc. said it received a $4.7 billion buyout offer from its founding family and an affiliate of Colony Capital LLC.
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Hyatt Corporation, the hotel operator owned by the Pritzker family, yesterday said it would buy the AmeriSuites chain from Blackstone, the private equity group, in a deal believed to be worth about $600m.