PacifiCare to Buy American Medical
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PacifiCare Health Systems Inc. PHS.N  said on Wednesday it agreed to buy American Medical Security  Group Inc. AMZ.N for $502 million, in a bid by the health  insurer to broaden into the individual and small-business  markets.
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NEW YORK, September 27  - Ingram Micro Inc (IM.NYS) has reached a definitive agreement to buy Tech Pacific, an Australian IT product distributor, for about $493 million in cash, including debt assumptions.
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Consumer products company Jarden Corp. (JAH.N: Quote, Profile, Research) on Monday said it would buy American Household Inc. for $745.
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Advanced Medical Optics Inc.  has offered to buy larger eye-care company Bausch & Lomb Inc.  for $4.23 billion, topping a rival offer of $3.67 billion from private equity firm Warburg Pincus , sources familiar with the situation said on Thursday.
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ATLANTA -- Walgreen Co. , the largest US drugstore chain, agreed to buy Option Care Inc. for $673 million to gain 100 specialty pharmacies.
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Johnson &amp; Johnson, the pharmaceutical and health care giant, has announced an agreement to buy Guidant, one of the largest US makers of devices to treat heart and circulatory illnesses, for $25.4 billion.
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Johnson &amp; Johnson&#39;s$25.4bn purchase of Guidant, a medical device maker, will give the big US medical group a range of fast-growing products that manage patients&#39; heart rhythms, a move that will shake up the US medical device industry.
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Health Care REIT will acquire Windrose Medical Properties.
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Advanced Medical Optics Inc.   has offered to buy larger eye-care company Bausch &  Lomb Inc.  for $4.23 billion, topping a rival offer of  $3.67 billion from private equity firm Warburg Pincus ,  the two companies said on Thursday.
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Pharmacy benefit manager Medco Health Solutions Inc.  said on Tuesday it agreed to buy PolyMedica Corp.  for $1.5 billion in cash, in a move to expand its diabetes care services.
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Consumer products maker Jarden Corp. said Monday it will buy American Household Inc. for $745.6 million, including assumed debt, to add such product lines as Coleman, Sunbeam, Mr.
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Acute care hospital operator Select Medical Corp. said Monday it will be acquired by a new company formed by a private equity firm for $18 per share in cash or about $2.
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INDIANAPOLIS - New Jersey-based health care products giant Johnson &amp; Johnson is buying Guidant Corp., one of the world&#39;s top makers of cardiac devices, for about $25.4 billion in cash and stock.
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Consumer products company Jarden Corp.  JAH.N on Monday said it would buy American Household Inc. for  $745.6 million, adding Mr. Coffee and an array of other  housewares to its product line.
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WASHINGTON - Inverness Medical Innovations Inc., a developer of tests for heart disease and stroke, agreed to buy closely held Alere Medical Inc. for $302 million, to provide disease management for cardiac patients.
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American Apparel, known for its casual cotton clothing and provocative advertising, has agreed to be bought by Endeavor Acquisition Corp.  in a deal that will effectively allow the retailer to list shares on an exchange without doing a public offering.
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Smiths Group is to buy Medex, a US healthcare company, for $925m (Â£477m), including $300m of debt, in the biggest deal for the UK engineering conglomerate since the merger of Smiths and TI Group in 2000.