MetLife to Buy Travelers for $11.5 Bln
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MetLife Inc. on Monday agreed to  acquire Travelers Life & Annuity from Citigroup Inc. for $11.5  billion, bolstering its product reach while sounding  Citigroup's retreat from the one-stop financial supermarket  concept.
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MetLife Inc. , the largest life insurance company in the United States, said on Tuesday that fourth quarter earnings rose fivefold from a year ago on gains from the sale of its New York apartment complexes and higher revenues.
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Amadeus Global Travel Distribution SA has agreed to be acquired by two British private investment funds for about 4.34 billion euros ($5.69 billion), the company's main shareholders said Wednesday in a filing ...
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New York-based Cendant Corp. Wednesday said it will buy online travel company Orbitz Inc. for $1.25 billion in cash. The real estate and travel services firm will pay $27.
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Cendant, the US travel group which owns Cheaptickets.com, continued to blaze an acquisitive trail yesterday with the agreed $1.1bn (Â£570m) purchase of private UK-based holiday wholesaler Gullivers Travel Associates.
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Deal to buy UK travel company expected to close next April, funded with Wright IPO proceeds. NEW YORK  - Travel and real estate company Cendant Corp.
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NEW YORK, August 26 (New Ratings) - BlackRock Inc (BLK.NYS), a leading US-based fixed-income asset management company, has reportedly agreed to buy State Street Research &amp; Management Company, a unit of MetLife Inc, for $375 million in a cash and stock
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Sabre Holdings Corp. , owner of  Web site Travelocity, agreed Monday night to be sold to private  equity firms Silver Lake Partners and Texas Pacific Group   for about $4.3 billion, the New York Times reported on  its Web site on Tuesday, citing people involved in the  negotiations.
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Sabre Holdings Corp. , owner of the Travelocity Web site, on Tuesday said it has agreed to be sold to private equity firms Silver Lake Partners and Texas Pacific Group  for $32.75 per share in cash, or about $4.45 billion.
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Bar-code scanning system maker   Metrologic Instruments Inc. MTLG.O said on Tuesday that it   agreed to be bought for about $420 million in cash by its   founder and other investors.
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MetroPCS Communications, the mobile telephone company that sells only prepaid service, offered to buy Leap Wireless International for about $5.5 billion.
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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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Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd  has agreed to buy the Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern Railroad Corp for at least $1.5 billion cash to expand its network and increase access to U.S. Midwest markets.
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Hotel franchisor Cendant Corp. agreed to buy online travel company Orbitz Inc. for about $1.25 billion. The $27.50 a share cash offer, which has been approved by boards of both companies but still needs regulatory
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Two private equity firms will buy Sabre Holdings Corp. , owner of the Travelocity hotel and flight-booking Web site, for $4.45 billion as they look to profit from a boom in travel services.
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Chemicals maker Huntsman Corp.   said on Thursday it agreed to be bought for $6.5 billion by  Apollo Management&#39;s Hexion Specialty Chemicals, which trumped  an earlier bid for the U.S. company by rival Basell .
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MetLife Inc. MET.N on Wednesday said   it has received several "robust" offers for two massive New   York City apartment-building complexes, the latest stage in a   historic sale that could reach $5 billion.