Drugs firm Warner Chilcott agrees to 1.6 bln pound takeover
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Warner Chilcott, the speciality women's healthcare group, said that it had agreed to a 1.62-billion-pound (2.33 billion euros, 2.98 billion dollars) takeover bid from private equity funds run by JP Morgan and Credit Suisse First Boston.
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Cendant, the world&#39;s largest travel group, yesterday continued its buying spree with the $1.1bn (Â£570m) purchase of Gullivers Travel Associates and Octopus.
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British fire and safety product manufacturer Kidde said it had agreed to a 1.44-billion-pound takeover offer from US group United Technologies Corp.
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Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra lodges an Â£81.6m formal takeover bid for Manchester City.
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The government gives the go-ahead for the Â£1.06bn sale of helicopter maker AgustaWestland, based in Somerset.
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Britain's FirstGroup Plc  said on Friday it was buying U.S. firm Laidlaw International Inc. , which operates the iconic intercity Greyhound buses, in a $3.6 billion deal.
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Northern Irish drug maker Warner Chilcott has received a bid approach worth 837 pence per share which values the company at 1.53 billion pounds.
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LONDON (CBS.MW) -- Northern Irish drugmaker Warner Chilcott (UK:WCRX) said it&#39;s received a third offer at a price of 837 pence a share - a 2.2 percent premium to the share&#39;s 818.
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ReAble Therapeutics, the orthopedic-device maker controlled by the private equity company Blackstone Group, agreed to purchase DJO for $1.6 billion.
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AstraZeneca said yesterday that it completed its $15.6 billion acquisition of MedImmune, capping the Gaithersburg firm's rise from a small start-up 19 years ago to one of the world's largest biotech companies.
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LONDON (Dow Jones)--Goldman Sachs (GS) and private equity company Carlyle Group are considering a GBP1.6 billion-plus counter offer to halt the sale of Northern Ireland pharmaceutical company Warner Chilcott (WCRX, WCRX.
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Two leading names in the travel industry were today bought for Â£1.1 billion dollars (Â£563 million) - the second major UK deal by US giant Cendant this month.
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LifePoint Hospitals Inc.  said  on Monday it agreed to acquire Province Healthcare Co.   for about $1.125 billion in cash and stock.
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Utility firm AWG has said it had agreed a consortium takeover worth 2.213 billion pounds (3.272 billion euros, 4.145 billion dollars) -- but has also received approaches from other bidders.
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The battle for Warner Chilcott moved to the next round today when the drugs group confirmed an approach that could value it at more than Â£1.
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Drugs group Warner Chilcott today gave its blessing to a Â£1.62 billion takeover by a private equity consortium. Directors of Warner announced they were recommending an
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LONDON The British government said Wednesday that it had struck an agreement with the pharmaceutical industry to cut prescription drug prices by 7 percent at the end of the year, saving more than Â£1.