Hilton selling Scandic to EQT for $1.1 billion
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Hilton Hotels Corp.  said on Friday it would sell its Scandic Hotel chain to private equity group EQT for about $1.1 billion as it seeks to reduce debt amid buoyant lodging valuations.
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First Reserve, a private equity firm specializing in energy industry investments, said Thursday it is buying Ingersoll-Rand&#39;s Dresser-Rand subsidiary for $1.
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Highland Hospitality Corp. a lodging real estate investment trust, said Friday that it bought four hotels from Wyndham International Inc. for $227 million, plus closing adjustments.
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ECI Telecom, an Israeli maker of telecommunications equipment, agreed to be bought by the Swarth Group and the Ashmore Group for $1.2 billion.
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U.S. electronic stock market Nasdaq  has agreed to buy Nordic markets owner OMX  for $3.7 billion, as Nasdaq seeks to expand abroad following a series of rival stock market mergers.
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British advertising agency company WPP Group PLC has clinched a deal to buy Grey Global Group of New York in a cash-and-stock deal valued at $1.
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Business & money: American private equity company Blackstone swoops on the Hilton Hotels empire.
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The Blackstone Group's agreement earlier this week to acquire Hilton Hotels for $26 billion sent hotel stocks soaring yesterday as investors scrambled to buy shares of other big lodging firms, particularly Starwood and Marriott International, speculating they too could be takeover targets.
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Amid rising use of online travel services, Cendant (Quote, Chart) will pay $1.25 billion in cash for Orbitz , the companies confirmed this morning.
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German industrial conglomerate MAN AG   MANG.DE will offer cash and shares to buy Scania AB SCVb.ST   in a bid that values the Swedish truckmaker at 9.6 billion   euros ($12.2 billion) in total, MAN said early on Monday.
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Sun Microsystems will pay US$1 billion for Swedish software company MySQL, whose open-source database is used for some of the most widely visited Web sites in the world.
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Hilton Group, the operator of Hilton hotels outside the United States, is selling about a dozen of its British hotels as it focuses on the country&#39;s main cities.
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Dallas-based Ashford Hospitality Trust Inc. (NYSE: AHT ) is buying a 21-property, 4,094-room hotel portfolio for $250 million, including assumed debt.
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SAN FRANCISCO (CBS.MW) -- A group led by privately held Colony Capital is close to reaching an agreement to buy the Atlantic City Hilton and three other casinos in the Chicago area and Mississippi for about $1.
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U.S. private equity firm Blackstone Group agreed on Tuesday to buy Hilton Hotels Corp. for about $26 billion, the richest in a series of recent private equity offers for hotel companies.
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Ashford Hospitality Trust Inc. (NYSE:AHT) said Monday it has agreed to buy a 21-property, 4,094-room hotel portfolio for $250 million, including assumed debt.
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Newton-based Hospitality Properties Trust , the owner of 310 hotels, has agreed to buy TravelCenters of America Inc. for about $1.9 billion, adding 161 rest stops along US highways that sell food and fuel to truckers and other motorists.