Great-West Life to buy Putnam for $3.9 bln
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Canadian insurer Great-West Lifeco Inc.  said on Thursday it will buy ailing money manager Putnam Investments from Marsh & McLennan Companies Inc.  for $3.9 billion in a bid to gain a key foothold in the U.S. asset management market.
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Kohlberg Kravis Roberts, the giant buyout firm, said it would pay $6.9 billion to take the discount retailer Dollar General private.
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SAN FRANCISCO/NEW YORK  - Oracle Corp.  said on Thursday it would buy Hyperion Solutions Corp.  for $3.3 billion to boost its position in the fast-growing market for tools to help executives analyze business performance.
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In an unusual deal with the nation's most powerful public pension fund, Putnam Investments yesterday pledged new disclosures and other protections intended to win back the trust -- and business -- of investors who fled the beleaguered firm after its market-timing fraud case last year.
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NEW YORK -- Oracle Corp. , the world's top database software maker, is near an agreement to buy Hyperion Solutions Corp. , which makes software that lets companies analyze and track their performance, for about $3 billion, The New York Times said yesterday in its online edition.
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For the family that built Power Corp. of Montreal into an empire spanning insurance, financial planning and retirement savings services, the $3.9 billion deal to purchase Boston's Putnam Investments was right out of a well-worn playbook.
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Realogy, the giant real estate franchisor, agreed today to be sold to Apollo Group, the private equity firm, for about $9 billion.
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West Corp.  on Wednesday said  it agreed to be acquired by an investor group led by Thomas H.  Lee Partners and Quadrangle Group LLC in a deal valuing the  provider of outsourced communications services at &#36;4.1 billion,  including debt.
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Chip maker Freescale Semiconductor Inc   said on Friday that it had agreed to be bought for  $17.6 billion, or $40 a share, by a consortium of private  equity firms led by Blackstone Group.
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Cellular giant Alltel Corp. said Monday it is buying Western Wireless Corp. in a &#36;4.4 billion cash and stock deal expected to make it the fifth-largest U.S. wireless company.
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MGIC Investment Corp. , the largest U S mortgage insurer, will buy number three Radian Group Inc. for $4.9 billion in stock to reduce computer and salary expenses in a stagnating market.
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General Electric Co.'s  energy unit will pay $603 million for a controlling stake in Regency Energy Partners LP , an owner of natural gas pipelines and processing equipment.
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Motorola said it plans to buy Symbol Technologies for $3.9 billion and make the acquired company &#8220;the cornerstone&#8221; of its enterprise business for mobile and wireless technologies.
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Orthopedic device maker Biomet Inc.  said on Monday it will be acquired by a private equity consortium for about $10.9 billion, eight months after putting itself on the auction block.
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Manor Care Inc. , the largest U.S. owner of nursing homes, on Monday said it agreed to be acquired by Carlyle Group for $4.9 billion, the latest health-care provider taken off the public market by a private equity buyer.
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Canadian financial services giant Power Financial Corp. yesterday said it will pay $3.9 billion to buy Putnam Investments and keep it intact, a deal that solidifies Boston's position as a mutual fund industry center.
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MOSCOW  - Russia's little-known BaikalFinansGroup bought the core production unit of oil giant Yukos at auction for &#36;9.3 billion US on Sunday, gaining control of one of Russia's most prized oil assets.