Consortium nears $16 billion deal for Freescale: report
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A consortium of investment firms was   near a deal late Sunday to acquire Freescale Semiconductor Inc.   FSL.N for more than $16 billion, the New York Times reported   on Monday.
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Comcast Corp., the U.S. largest cable  television provider, and Walt Disney Co. are close to signing a  comprehensive new programming deal that will now include free  video-on-demand shows, according to a person familiar with the  talks.
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Euronext  and NYSE Group  are close to obtaining approval from the Dutch Finance Ministry for a $14 billion merger plan to create the first transatlantic stock exchange.
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Hamilton, Bermuda, Aug. 17 (UPI) -- A European consortium has agreed to pay $3 billion and assume debt to acquire the world&#39;s No. 2 satellite provider, the Financial Times reported Tuesday.
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Frank P. Quattrone, the banker whose deal making helped fuel the 1990Âs technology boom, is expected to receive a sentence of 16 months.
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Freescale Semiconductor Inc. FSL.N   said on Monday in a statement that it was in talks regarding a   "possible business transaction" after the New York Times   reported that it was nearing a $16 billion buyout with private   equity firms.
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Microsoft Corp  has offered to buy Norwegian Internet-search software firm Fast Search & Transfer  for 19 crowns per share, valuing it at about $1.2 billion, the companies said on Tuesday.
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Two groups of private equity firms are   bidding to buy chip maker Freescale Semiconductor Inc. FSL.N   for about $16 billion, sources familiar with the matter said on   Monday, which if completed would be the technology industry's   largest leveraged buyout ever.
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Bank of New York Co. Inc.  on  Monday announced plans to buy Mellon Financial Corp.   for about $16.5 billion, creating a powerhouse in securities  servicing and asset management.
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Cadence Design Systems Inc. , a maker of software for designing microchips, is in talks with at least two buyout firms about a possible sale, the New York Times reported in its online edition on Monday.
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The consortium that had agreed to buy Sallie Mae for $25 billion may scuttle the deal if it is unable to negotiate a lower price.
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Italian stock market operator Borsa   Italiana is ready to study a joint offer with Deutsche Boerse   for Euronext ENXT.PA, which has already agreed a $10 billion   deal to merge with the NYSE, Il Sole 24 Ore newspaper said.
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In a rare buyout battle, a Blackstone-led alliance said it won the bidding for chip maker Freescale Semiconductor.
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Simon Robinson of 451 believes that the market for storage virtualization technologies will undergo a &quot;significant realignment&quot; over the next 18 months.
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British life insurers Resolution   and Friends Provident  confirmed on Monday that they are  in advanced merger discussions that could lead to the creation  of a group worth over 8 billion pounds ($16.4 billion).
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Chipmaker Freescale agrees to be bought by a private equity group in one of the biggest-ever technology deals.
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The $155 million cash deal is the latest in a wave of acquisitions for the computer maker.