Houghton Mifflin to be acquired by Riverdeep
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Riverdeep Inc., an Irish educational software publisher, agreed to buy U.S. textbook publisher Houghton Mifflin for about $1.75 billion in cash and the assumption of about $1.61 billion in net debt, the companies said on Wednesday.
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Hilton Hotels Corp. said yesterday it had agreed to be acquired by Blackstone Group LP in a transaction valued at $26 billion.
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Barcelo Crestline Corp., a privately held McLean hotel company, said yesterday it plans to acquire a Missouri-based firm that is one of the country&#39;s largest independent owners and operators of hotels.
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Riverdeep Inc., an Irish educational  software publisher, is close to a deal to buy U.S. textbook  publisher Houghton Mifflin for about $3.5 billion including  debt, two sources familiar with the situation told Reuters on  Wednesday.
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Eastman Kodak EK.N on Monday said it  would buy printing technology firm Creo Inc. CREO.O CRE.TO  for about $980 million in cash to bolster its strategy to push  more aggressively into commercial printing.
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Children's Place Retail Stores Inc.  PLCE.O on Wednesday said it will buy Walt Disney Co.'s  DIS.N chain of North American retail stores and pledged to  invest $100 million in them.
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- Houghton Mifflin Co. said it agreed to acquire Anglo-Dutch publisher Reed Elsevier's  Harcourt education and trade arms in a deal valued at about $4 billion to strengthen its educational publishing business.
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Argosy Gaming Co., the owner of Sioux City&#39;s riverboat casino, has been sold to Penn National Gaming Inc. in a $1.4 billion deal that would create the nation&#39;s third-largest operator of casinos.
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Film and television studio  Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. MGM.N on Monday said it agreed in  principle to be acquired by a consortium led by Sony Corp. of  America for $12 a share in cash, plus assumed debt.
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For the third time in five years, Boston publisher Houghton Mifflin Co. has a new owner.
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The publisher of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch has agreed to sell to Lee Enterprises.
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Robert Mondavi Corp. (MOND.O: Quote, Profile, Research) on Wednesday agreed to be acquired by Constellation Brands Inc. (STZ.N: Quote, Profile, Research) , the
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Topps Co., maker of baseball trading  cards and Bazooka gum, said on Tuesday it would be acquired by  an investment firm run by former Walt Disney Co. chief Michael  Eisner and private equity firm Madison Dearborn Partners for  $385 million.
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The proposed merger between Constellation and The Robert Mondavi Corp. has been finalised. The two companies yesterday (3 November) signed a definitive merger agreement in which Constellation will acquire
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Web magazine pioneer Slate is to be snapped up by the Washington Post, the two companies have announced. The Post will buy the publication from current owner Microsoft, but details of the deal were not released.
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Real estate investment trust Archstone-Smith  on Tuesday said it agreed to be acquired by Tishman Speyer and investment bank Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.  in a deal valued at $13.5 billion, reflecting the strong demand for high-end real estate by private investors.
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Eastman Kodak EK.N on Monday said it  agreed to buy printing technology firm Creo Inc. CRE.TO for  about $980 million to bolster its strategy to push more  aggressively into the commercial printing business.