Hexion to buy Huntsman, trumps Basell
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Chemicals maker Huntsman Corp.  said on Thursday it agreed to be bought for $6.5 billion by Hexion Specialty Chemicals, which trumped an earlier bid for the U.S. company by rival Basell .
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The Macerich Company, which owns stakes in 63 United States shopping malls, said yesterday that it would acquire Wilmorite Properties and Wilmorite Holdings for $1.45 billion, in a deal to expand its portfolio of properties in the Northeast.
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NEWARK, Del., Feb. 14, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Innospec Inc. (Nasdaq:IOSP) today announced that its Innospec Finetex business has partnered with Huntsman Corporation (NYSE:HUN) to launch TAURANOL(r) SCMI-85 (Sodium Cocoyl Methyl Isethionate), a new surfactant for the personal care industry.
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Wilbur Ross, whose buyout firm created International Steel less than two years ago, is selling the company to Lakshmi N. Mittal, the billionaire steel tycoon, for $4.5 billion.
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Dow Jones & Co., the publisher of The Wall Street Journal, will buy MarketWatch Inc. for about $519 million in a deal that would end a monthlong bidding war for the online financial news and information provider.
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An internet casino operator said it is offering Donald Trump $US400 million ($561.25 million) for a stake in his ailing casino company.
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The company that owns the Wall Street Journal has agreed to pay $519 million to buy the financial news Web site CBS MarketWatch. The weekend deal, which came after an auction that included bidders like Viacom
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LONDON/AMSTERDAM  - Private equity and trade buyers are lining up bids for Dutch retailer Ahold's  3 billion euro ($3.8 billion) U.S. Foodservice division, British newspaper The Business reported on Sunday.
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Berkshire Hathaway Inc , the conglomerate headed by billionaire investor Warren Buffett, said on Tuesday it planned to buy 60 percent of manufacturing and services group Marmon Holdings Inc. for $4.5 billion.
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Billionaires forge a deal: Lakshmi Mittal, one of the richest men in the UK, will merge his steel assets and buy International Steel Group (nyse: ISG - news - people ), which counts US billionaire Wilbur L. Ross Jr.
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Qatar has bought shares in Credit Suisse , and plans to spend as much as $15 billion on European and U.S. bank stocks during the next 12 months, Bloomberg News reported, citing the Qatari prime minister.
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US buyout specialist Kohlberg Kravis Roberts &amp; Co. is buying Masonite International (MHM.TO: Quote, Profile, Research) , a Canadian-based maker of building products
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The private equity firm Apollo Management raised its offer for the chemical company Huntsman by 2.8 percent, to $6.5 billion.
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Dow Jones & Co., publisher of the Wall  Street Journal, said it is to buy online news site operator  MarketWatch Inc. to grow the revenues it derives from the  Internet.
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Dow Jones & Co., publisher of The Wall  Street Journal, has agreed to buy online financial news  provider MarketWatch Inc. for about $463 million in a bid to  boost its revenue from the fast-growing Internet advertising  market.
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U.S. chemical company Huntsman Corp , which has agreed to a $5.6 billion takeover, said on Wednesday it had received an approach at $27.25 per share from an affiliate of U.S. private equity firm Apollo Management.
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Private-equity firm Apollo Management raised its offer for U.S. chemical company Huntsman Corp.  by 75 cents a share Sunday night to $28 a share, The Wall Street Journal Online reported on Monday.