Parent of Washington State Utility Accepts $7.4 Billion Buyout Offer
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SEATTLE, Oct. 26  Â Puget Energy, parent company of Puget Sound Energy, Washington Stateâs largest private utility, said Friday that it had agreed to be acquired and taken private by a consortium of investors for $30 a share in cash, a transaction that the company valued at $7.4 billion, including debt.
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Home improvement retailer Home Depot  Inc said on Monday that under a tender offer that expired on  August 31, it agreed to buy 289.331 million shares of its  common stock for a total value of $10.7 billion.
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Dow Jones & Co Inc.  said on  Tuesday that its board was prepared to recommend that its  shareholders accept a $5 billion buyout offer from Rupert  Murdoch&#39;s News Corp. (NWSa.N).
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CMS Energy announced today the company intends to offer 22 million shares of common stock to the public. The underwriters will be granted an option to purchase an additional 3.3 million common
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The owner of four power plants in the Washington region agreed to reduce air-polluting emissions substantially in the next six years and to pay a $500,000 fine, according to a settlement announced yesterday by environmental and company officials.
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Scottish Power gives its backing to a Â£11.6bn takeover offer from Spanish energy company Iberdrola.
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General Electric Co.&#39;s  energy  unit will pay $603 million for a stake in Regency Energy  Partners LP , an owner of natural gas pipelines and  storage equipment, The Wall Street Journal Online reported on  Tuesday.
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Scottish Power PLC said Tuesday it has agreed to a $22.5 billion buyout offer from the Spanish utility Iberdrola SA that would create one of Europe's biggest utilities.
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Station Casinos Inc.  said on  Monday it agreed to a $5.4 billion management-led buyout, after  the investor group buying the company raised its offer by about  10 percent.
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The most satisfied new-home buyers in the Washington area last year were those who purchased a home from Pulte Homes Inc., the nation's largest builder, according to a survey released this week.
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Management leads a $4.7 billion buyout bid. Are other bids on the way?
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The Austrian state holding company that owns 14.7 percent of energy and water group VA Technologie said it will accept German engineering giant Siemens' offer of 55 euros (71 dollars) a share to take over VA ...
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Exelon, which owns utility companies in Illinois and Pennsylvania, has said that it will buy Public Service Enterprise Group of New Jersey in a deal valued at about $12.8 billion that would create the largest power company in the United States.
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The most satisfied new-home buyers in the Washington area last year were those who purchased a home from Pulte Homes Inc., the nation&#39;s largest builder, according to a survey released this week.
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The Austrian state holding company that owns 14.7 percent of energy and water group VA Technologie said it will accept German engineering giant Siemens' offer of 55 euros (71 dollars) a share to take over VA Tech.
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Station Casinos Inc.   said on Monday it received a management-led buyout offer from a group including its chairman and Chief Executive Frank Fertitta for $82 per share, or $4.7 billion.
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Penn National Gaming Inc., parent of the Hollywood Casino in Aurora, has struck a $1.4 billion deal to buy the parent of Joliet&#39;s Empress Casino, a deal that could make it the nation&#39;s third-largest casino operator, Chicago Sun Times reported.