FirstGroup to buy Greyhound bus firm for $2.8 bln
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Britain's biggest bus company, FirstGroup Plc , has agreed to buy Laidlaw International Inc. , the U.S. company that runs Greyhound buses, for $2.8 billion, the companies said on Friday.
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Bus firm FirstGroup has announced the agreed purchase of Laidlaw International, owner of iconic US inter-city bus operator Greyhound, for 3.6 billion dollars.
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Coventry Health Care Inc. CVH.N on  Thursday 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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Britain's biggest bus company, FirstGroup Plc , has agreed to buy Laidlaw International Inc. , the U.S. company that runs Greyhound buses, for $2.8 billion plus debt, the two firms said on Friday.
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Public Service Enterprise Group, owner of the state&#39;s biggest gas and electric utility, yesterday agreed to be acquired by Exelon in a $12.2 billion deal that would create the nation&#39;s biggest
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U.S. telecommunications company AT&T  Inc.  said on Friday it will buy rural wireless carrier  Dobson Communications Corp.  for $2.8 billion in cash  to expand its reach in rural and suburban markets.
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Coventry Health Care Inc. on Thursday said it agreed to buy rival health plan First Health Group Corp. 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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Britain's biggest bus company, FirstGroup Plc , said on Friday it had agreed buy Laidlaw International Inc. , the U.S. operator of inter-city Greyhound buses, for $2.8 billion plus debt.
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The real estate arm of diversified   conglomerate General Electric Co. GE.N agreed on Wednesday to   buy a $2.2 billion portfolio of U.S. industrial, residential   and commercial properties, but said it would sell some retail   properties to another investor.
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A group led by Goldman Sachs Group Inc. agreed to buy the Cooper Tire &amp; Rubber Co. business that makes automotive fluid-handling systems and other components for $1.
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MADRID/NEW YORK  - Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA , Spain's second-largest bank, agreed to buy Compass Bancshares Inc.  for $9.6 billion, realizing a long-held goal of gaining a solid foothold in fast-growing southern U.S. states.
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Company send a notice to employees saying its business user organization will move over to Business Objects, a company it's acquiring as part of a $6.8 billion deal.
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Australiaâs largest airline agreed to an $8.7 billion buyout offer from a consortium led by Macquarie Bank and the Texas Pacific Group.
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Petco Animal Supplies Inc.  on  Friday said it agreed to be acquired by two private equity  groups for about &#36;1.68 billion in cash, the latest in a string  of retailers agreeing to go private.
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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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Primaris Airlines Inc. has announced plans to buy 20 Boeing 7E7-8 Dreamliners and 20 737-800s, a deal worth $3.8 billion at list prices, the new low-cost business carrier and the Boeing Co.
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NEW YORK -- Private equity firm First Reserve Corp. continued its buying spree on Thursday by announcing its $1.2 billion purchase of industrial equipment maker Dresser-Rand Co.