Nexen to Buy EnCana Unit for $2.1 Billion
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Nexen Inc. has agreed to buy a UK-based subsidiary of EnCana Corp. in an all-cash deal worth $2.1 billion, enabling Canada&#39;s fourth largest oil explorer to expand into the UK sector of the North Sea.
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Apax Partners Worldwide LLP and Cinven Ltd. agreed to buy VNU NV&#39;s directories unit for 2.1 billion euros ($2.6 billion), betting they can repeat Apax&#39;s past success in buying and selling yellow pages assets.
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Dynegy Inc. (DYN.N: Quote, Profile, Research) on Tuesday said it would buy a package of power plants from Exelon Corp. (EXC.N: Quote, Profile, Research) in New York
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Independent power producer Dynegy Inc.   DYN.N said on Friday it agreed to pay over $2 billion in   stock and cash for the merchant power plant portfolio of   private equity fund LS Power Group, which will have a 40   percent stake in the combined company.
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Enbridge Inc. (ENB) will buy Shell&#39;s Gulf of Mexico natural gas pipelines for $613 million in a move that will make it a major transporter in the huge gas-producing area, Canada&#39;s No.
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LONDON: Mexico&#39;s Cemex, the world&#39;s third-largest cement maker, has agreed to buy Britain&#39;s RMC Group for around Â£2.3bil (US$4.
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A Canadian steel maker, Ipsco, said it was buying the NS Group, a maker of steel pipes and tubes used in oil fields, for about $1.46 billion. The deal will be used to broaden IpscoÂs sales to the energy industry, the chief executive, David Sutherland, said. ÂThis is a transaction thatÂs all about growth, and if anything, what we will see over the next three years is a growth in the output of all of their facilities, as well as the continuing demand on our own,Â Mr. Sutherland said in a conference call. Ipsco agreed to pay $66 a share for the NS Group, which was a 43 percent premium to its closing price on Friday. After the transaction is complete, the new company is expected to have combined annual revenue of more than $4 billion. Ipsco, which is based in Regina, Saskatchewan, and has executive offices in Leslie, Ill., operates three steel mills and six pipe mills in the United States and Canada. The NS Group is based in Newport, Ky.
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The Asahi Tec Corporation agreed to buy the American auto parts supplier Metaldyne for $1.2 billion, including assumed debt.
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Oil and gas producer Noble Energy Inc. (NBL.N: Quote, Profile, Research) agreed to buy Patina Oil &amp; Gas Corp. (POG.N: Quote, Profile, Research) in a cash and stock deal, helping it expand
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Enbridge Inc., Canada&#39;s second- largest pipeline company, agreed to buy Shell Gas Transmission LLC for $613 million to gain pipelines in the Gulf of Mexico for the first time.
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Valassis Communications Inc.  said on Tuesday it would buy fellow direct marketer ADVO Inc.  for $1.2 billion, as the two companies agreed on a lower price for a disputed takeover and dropped lawsuits against one another.
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Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd  said it planned to buy the Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern Railroad Corp for at least $1.48 billion to expand its network and increase its access to U.S. Midwest markets.
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After having gone public, EnerNOC buys company that orchestrates energy contract bids.
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Italian electricity group Enel -- which has seen its ambitions to acquire French group Suez blocked by a plan for Suez to buy Gaz de France (GDF) -- said on that it made a net profit of nearly 2.0 billion euros in the first six months of the year.
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LONDON (CBS.MW) -- Independent Canadian oil and gas company Nexen is to buy the UK subsidiary to fellow Canadian independent Encana for $2.
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The electronic-payment processor agreed to buy a rival, the eFunds Corporation, for about $1.8 billion to bolster its debit card business.
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Enbridge Inc.ENB.TO said on Wednesday  it will buy Shell's natural gas pipeline in the Gulf of Mexico  for $613 million, in a move that will make the Canadian company  a major natural gas transporter in the area.