FirstGroup picks up US Greyhound bus operator Laidlaw
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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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NEW YORK, October 4  - A group led by Lockheed Martin (LMT.NYS) has been selected by the US Postal Service to provide managed network services across the entire Postal Service enterprise in a deal estimated to be worth $3 billion.
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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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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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A US private equity group tonight said it had bought a majority stake in luxury shoe label Jimmy Choo in a deal valuing the company at Â£101 million.
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Charterhouse has beaten off competition from another private equity player to buy Saga, the company that provides services to the over-50s, for Â£1.
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U.S. group Applied Materials  , Switzerland's Unaxis  and investor Texas  Pacific Group are interested in parts of BOC Edwards, a unit of  British industrial gases firm BOC , a newspaper reported  on Monday.
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First Health Group Corp. is the latest in a series of acquisitions that Coventry has made to try to boost its leverage with hospitals, doctors and pharmaceutical companies when negotiating costs.
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Citigroup Inc. C.N the world's  largest financial services company, said on Monday it will  acquire Texas-based First American Bank.
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Samsonite Corp. of Mansfield, the world's top luggage maker, said yesterday it has been sold to private equity firm CVC Capital Partners Ltd. for $1.1 billion.
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Citigroup Inc. C.N the world's  largest financial services company, said on Tuesday it will  acquire Texas-based First American Bank.
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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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British bus firm FirstGroup announced the agreed purchase of Laidlaw International, owner of iconic US inter-city bus operator Greyhound, for 3.6 billion dollars (2.8 billion euros).
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First Albany Capital on Wednesday raised SuperGen Inc.&#39;s (SUPG.O: Quote, Profile, Research) stock rating to &quot;buy&quot; from &quot;neutral,&quot; following its cancer-drug deal with MGI Pharma Inc.
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TORONTO (CP) - The Onex Corp. conglomerate has signed a $980 million deal to buy two US health services companies owned by former Canadian transportation giant Laidlaw International Inc.
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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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Cendant, the US travel group which owns Cheaptickets.com, continued to blaze an acquisitive trail yesterday with the agreed $1.1bn (Â£570m) purchase of private UK-based holiday wholesaler Gullivers Travel Associates.