FirstGroup buys out US bus firm
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UK rail and bus operator FirstGroup agrees to buy US yellow school bus and Greyhound coach operator Laidlaw.
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International Management Group, a leading sports and celebrity management and marketing firm that has represented athletes such as Tiger Woods, Joe Montana and Derek Jeter, is being sold to funds assembled by a New York buyout specialist firm for an
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Exelon, which owns utility companies in Illinois and Pennsylvania, has said that it will buy Public Service Enterprise Group of New Jersey in a deal valued at about $12.8 billion that would create the largest power company in the United States.
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The Exelon Corporation, the owner of utilities in northern Illinois and eastern Pennsylvania, said yesterday that it would buy the Public Service Enterprise Group of New Jersey in a deal valued
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Merrill Lynch &amp; Co., in its biggest acquisition in almost 10 years, agreed to buy First Republic Bank for $1.8 billion to gain clients with an average net worth of $20 million.
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New York-based parent company Citigroup announced Tuesday that it is buying Bryan-based First American Bank, which has 102 full-service branches throughout Texas.
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United Parcel Service, the US delivery company, is to take direct control of its core international express operations in China, paying US$100m to buy out its local partner, Hong Kong-listed Sinotrans.
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Smiths Group is to buy Medex, a US healthcare company, for $925m (Â£477m), including $300m of debt, in the biggest deal for the UK engineering conglomerate since the merger of Smiths and TI Group in 2000.
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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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One of the largest financial institutions in Texas has drawn the attention of a New York banking giant. Bryan-based First American Bank SSB will be acquired by New York-based Citigroup Inc.
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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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Aeroflex Inc. , which provides  technology solutions to the aerospace and other markets, said  it agreed to be acquired by private equity firms General  Atlantic and Francisco Partners for about $1.0 billion.
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Travelocity takes off as its parent gets bought out.
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Global Tower Partners, a U.S. wireless tower operator, is to be bought by a consortium of infrastructure funds managed by members of Australia's Macquarie Group.
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The Carlyle Group, a Washington-based private equity firm, said today that it has agreed to acquire Annapolis-based ARINC Incorporated, a provider of communicaitons for transportation systems.
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Coventry Health Care, the Bethesda-based managed care company, yesterday announced it has signed an agreement to acquire health benefits services company First Health Group Corp.
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DOWNERS GROVE, Ill. - Coventry Health Care Inc. is buying managed health care company First Health Group Corp. for $1.8 billion in cash and stock in a deal that would create a national health benefits company