P&G Offers $54 Bln in Stock for Gillette
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Procter & Gamble Co. PG.N is near a  deal to buy Gillette Co. G.N for more than $54 billion in  stock, creating a dominant consumer products manufacturer with  unprecedented sway over retailers, sources familiar with the  situation said on Thursday.
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Procter & Gamble Co  on Tuesday  posted a 14 percent increase in quarterly profit, helped by  sales of Gillette razors, Charmin toilet paper and Pampers  diapers, the weaker dollar and cost-cutting measures.
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British advertising company WPP  said on Sunday it won an auction for U.S. rival Grey Global, with what sources familiar with the matter said was a cash-and-stock deal worth about &#36;1.34 billion.
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Pfizer (nyse: PFE - news - people ) said it agreed to purchase 90% of UK-based Meridica for approximately $125 million. The deal, which also includes an unspecified &quot;contingent payment&quot; to be paid by Pfizer, is expected to close by the end of the year.
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British advertising group WPP said over the weekend it would acquire rival Grey Global of the United States in a cash and stock deal worth 1.520 billion euros (1.246 billion dollars).
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AT&amp;T Corp. gets taken over by its former Baby Bell spinoff, SBC Communications Inc. Gillette Co. is devoured by consumer products giant Procter &amp; Gamble Co.
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LONDON/NEW YORK  - British advertising company WPP  WPP.L on Sunday said it has won an auction for U.S. rival  Grey Global GREY.O, with what sources familiar with the  matter said was a cash-and-stock deal worth about $1.34  billion.
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Johnson &amp; Johnson has made a deal to buy Guidant Corp. a producer of medical equipment for patients with heart and circulatory illnesses, for $24 billion in stock and cash.
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Procter & Gamble Co.  said on Thursday that it should return to double-digit earnings per share growth in its next fiscal year and will cut the number of its distribution sites in half as it forges ahead with the integration of Gillette.
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U.S. stock futures pointed to a  slightly higher market open on Friday ahead of an economic  report, helped by Microsoft Corp.'s MSFT.O earnings and news  that Procter & Gamble Co. PG.N will buy Gillette Co. G.N to  form a consumer products powerhouse.
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Johnson & Johnson  on Wednesday said it agreed to buy Guidant Corp. , for &#36;25.4 billion in cash and stock, giving the healthcare products maker a foothold in the fast-growing market for implantable devices that regulate heartbeats.
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Exelon Corp. , the nation's largest nuclear power company, has agreed to buy New Jersey utility Public Service Enterprise Group Inc.  for &#36;13.2 billion in stock, creating the nation's largest utility, the companies said on Monday.
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Procter & Gamble Co.  on Friday said it would buy Gillette Co.  in a deal worth about &#36;55.8 billion, uniting two of the world's largest makers of household goods ranging from Pampers diapers to Duracell batteries.
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Marks &amp; Spencer, whose sales have dropped for the fourth straight quarter, has priced a 2.3 billion pound share buyback offer in a 332-380 pence per share range.
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GameStop Corp. (GME.N: Quote, Profile, Research) , a video game and entertainment software retailer, said Monday it bought 6,107,338 shares of its Class B Common Stock held by book store chain Barnes &amp; Noble Inc.
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Ailing British retailer Marks and Spencer is to buy back 635 m shares -- around 27.9 pc of its issued capital -- at 362 pence following the UK&#39;s biggest ever tender offer.
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Finish Line will pay $54.50 a share in cash for Genesco, a 10-percent premium over Fridayâs closing price of $49.50.