Ingersoll-Rand to buy Trane for about $10.1 bln
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Diversified manufacturer Ingersoll-Rand Co Ltd  on Monday said it agreed to acquire Trane Inc , an indoor heating and air conditioning systems maker, for about $10.1 billion in cash and stock to expand its climate control business.
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BlackRock Inc., the largest publicly traded US mutual-fund company, agreed to buy the investment unit of Quellos Group LLC for as much as $1.7 billion, more than doubling its hedge-fund assets.
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Standard &amp; Poor&#39;s on Thursday raised its outlook on Ingersoll-Rand Co. to &quot;positive&quot; from &quot;stable,&quot; citing the proposed sale of its Dresser-Rand business unit.
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General Electric Co. GE.N on Monday  said it would buy a fire detection systems business from SPX  Corp. SPW.N for nearly $1.4 billion in cash in a move to  bolster its building and security systems unit.
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Gartner Group, the information technology research company, has agreed to buy rival Meta Group, for $162m in cash. Gartner is offering $10 a share, a 54 per cent premium to Meta&#39;s previous closing price on Nasdaq.
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NYSE Euronext  said on Thursday it agreed to acquire the American Stock Exchange (Amex) for $260 million in stock to boost its business in options, exchange traded funds and cash products.
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Diversified manufacturer Ingersoll-Rand Co Ltd  said on Monday it would buy Trane Inc , a maker of heating and air conditioning systems, for about $9.56 billion in cash and stock.
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Italian energy group Eni and its French partner Altergaz aim to capture 10 percent of the French gas market now that it is fully open to competition, the director of the French group said Tuesday.
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U.S. conglomerate General Electric  has agreed to buy British oilfield services firm Sondex  for 288.7 million pounds ($583.1 million) in cash, the two firms said on Monday.
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BreitBurn Energy Partners is buying natural gas assets in the Midwest from Quicksilver Resources for $1.45 billion, a deal that will cut the stake that BreitBurnâs major shareholder has in the partnership.
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The Spanish power company Iberdrola SA plans to buy regional utility owner Energy East Corp. for $4.5 billion in cash, giving it a foothold in the United States, the companies said yesterday.
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ROME Enel, the largest Italian utility, said Friday that it would receive E1.9 billion in investment compensation from the government as it sells most of its stake in the power grid operator Terna.
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U.S. conglomerate General Electric   has agreed to buy British oilfield services firm Sondex   for 288.7 million pounds ($583.1 million) in cash, the  two firms said on Monday.
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Ingersoll-Rand Company Ltd. IR.N said  on Monday it will buy the remaining 70 percent of Italian  lockmaker CISA SpA for about 200 million euros cash ($267.7  million) to expand its safety and security business.
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Transatlantic exchange NYSE Euronext   said on Thursday it agreed to acquire the  American Stock Exchange (Amex) for $260 million in stock to  boost its options business, exchange traded funds (ETFs) and  cash products.
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Heavy equipment maker Ingersoll-Rand Co. said Thursday that it will sell its energy conversion unit Dresser-Rand to private equity firm First Reserve Corp.
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The industrial conglomerate agreed on Monday to buy Trane, the air-conditioning company that is the successor to American Standard, for $10.1 billion.