Bridgestone to buy Bandag
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Japanese tire maker Bridgestone Corp.  said on Tuesday that it would pay $1.05 billion in cash for Bandag Inc. , a U.S. maker of retreading materials and equipment, to expand its range of services to cost-conscious truck fleets.
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NEW YORK/AMSTERDAM  - Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc , in its second acquisition this week, agreed to buy the NRG NV reinsurance unit of ING Group NV  for about 300 million euros ($441 million).
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The bond-trading firm is selling its privately held BGC Partners brokerage unit to eSpeed, in a deal valued at $1.3 billion.
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The Standard & Poorâs unit of the McGraw-Hill Companies agreed to buy the Goldman Sachs Commodity Index and two other products from Goldman Sachs Group, S.& P. said.
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The Carlyle Group  is in talks to buy Booz Allen Hamilton's government consulting business, a source familiar with the matter said on Tuesday.
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Formula One outfit Sauber will switch to Michelin tyres next season after six seasons using Bridgestones. The Swiss team&#39;s move means Ferrari are the only top team contracted to Bridgestone although Jordan and Minardi both used them in 2004.
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NEW YORK, December 27  - Chesapeake Energy (CHK.NYS) announced today that it has agreed to acquire privately held BRG Petroleum Corp for $325 million in cash.
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Cooper Tire and Rubber Co. has signed  a deal to sell its automotive business to an entity formed by  The Cypress Group and Goldman Sachs Capital Partners for about  $1.165 billion, Cooper said on Friday.
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Vulcan Materials Co. , a maker of highway construction materials, said on Monday it agreed to buy Florida Rock Industries Inc.  in a cash and stock deal worth around $4.6 billion.
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Dow Chemical Co.  on Monday said DuPont Co.  will buy its remaining equity stake in DuPont Dow Elastomers LLC, a 50/50 joint venture between the two companies, for &#36;87 million.
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Financial group ING has agreed to sell Baring Asset Management to US groups MassMutual and Northern Trust and says it will make a net gain of 250 million euros (176 million pounds) on the deal.
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Ispat International, the steel producer controlled by the Indian billionaire Lakshmi Mittal, today announced it had agreed to buy LNM Holdings and International Steel Group in
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The maker of oil and gas drilling equipment said it will acquire Grant Prideco for about $7.4 billion, creating a company with an estimated market value of $32 billion.
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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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Blackstone Group  has agreed to  buy 20 percent of chemical maker China National BlueStar  (Group) Corp for up to $600 million, the private equity groups  said on Monday, marking its first major investment in the  fast-growing market.
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A unit of private equity giant  Blackstone Group  will buy knee and ankle brace maker DJO  Inc.  for $1.3 billion, the companies said on Monday.
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The Boston Red Sox's principal owner  will buy half of the top team on the NASCAR racing circuit,  Roush Racing, in the first investment by a major league  baseball team in the country's fastest-growing sport.