Private equity group to buy Biomet
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Orthopedic device maker Biomet Inc.  said on Monday it will be acquired by a private equity consortium for about $10.9 billion, eight months after putting itself on the auction block.
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Smiths Group Plc, which makes insulin pumps and anthrax-detection systems for the US Postal Service, agreed to buy Medex Inc. for $625 million in cash to expand its medical-equipment division.
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The world's leading sports management and marketing firm is to be bought by a New York  investment firm for an undisclosed fee.
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Gartner Inc., a provider of research for the information technology industry, on Monday said it will buy Meta Group Inc. for $10 per share, or $162 million in cash.
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A group of private investors that could include a founder of Biomet Inc. has offered $10.9 billion for the Warsaw, Ind.-based maker of orthopedic products as they seek to capitalize on baby boomers who want to turn back the clock.
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Biomet Inc.  on Thursday  accepted a sweetened takeover bid of $11.4 billion from a group  of private equity firms after an influential shareholder  advisory firm urged the orthopedic device maker&#39;s shareholders  to reject the previous $10.9 billion offer.
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Novar, the UK building supplies group, is today expected to announce that it has agreed to be acquired by the US industrial giant Honeywell in a cash deal worth more than Â£800m.
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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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Don't bite the Hands that feed you... A private equity buy-out at EMI is looking increasingly likely with Guy Hands - the money man behind Terra Firma - hiking the bid to buy the music firm with a new offer of Â£3.7bn.â¦
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British-based wealth management and insurance group HHG Plc. is to sell its Life Services business to a venture capital group for 1.025 billion pounds (1.97 billion US dollars).
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Biomet, a major manufacturer of artificial hips and knees, said today that it had agreed to be acquired by a private investment consortium for $10.9 billion.
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A unit of private equity giant  Blackstone Group  will buy knee and ankle brace maker DJO  Inc.  for $1.3 billion, the companies said on Monday.
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UnitedHealth Group Inc., the nation&#39;s largest health insurer, is buying privately-held benefits provider Definity Health Corp.
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Information technology research firm Gartner on Monday said it will acquire fellow research outfit Meta Group for $162 million in cash in an effort to spur growth.
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General Electric Co., the world&#39;s biggest non-bank lender, will buy Australian Financial Investments Group for about $300 million to boost its share of that nation&#39;s mortgage market, people familiar with the plan said.
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The luggage maker said it agreed to be bought by the private equity firm in an all-cash deal, including assumption of debt.
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Biomet Inc.  on Thursday accepted a sweetened takeover bid of $11.4 billion from a group of private equity firms after an influential proxy advisory service urged the orthopedic device maker's shareholders to reject a previous $10.9 billion offer.