Ingersoll-Rand to Buy Rest of Lockmaker
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Ingersoll-Rand Company Ltd. IR.N said  on Monday it will buy the remaining 70 percent of Italian  lockmaker CISA SpA for about 200 million euros cash ($267.7  million) to expand its safety and security business.
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Bain Capital LLC has made a 25  billion rand ($3.48 billion) buyout offer for South Africa's  largest fashion retailer Edgars Consolidated Stores (Edcon)   in the country's biggest private equity deal yet.
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U.S. stocks to watch: ARTISAN COMPONENTS INC (ARTI.O) British semiconductor designer ARM Holdings Plc (ARM.L) agreed to buy U.S. technology firm Artisan for &#36;913 million, to boost its product range, but ARM shares slumped on Monday on concerns it had overpaid. Artisan shares ended at &#36;23.88 on Nasdaq on Friday.
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Diversified manufacturer 3M Co  said on Thursday it has agreed to buy a Brazilian maker of orthodontic products for an undisclosed amount.
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Johnson &amp; Johnson, the pharmaceutical and health care giant, has announced an agreement to buy Guidant, one of the largest US makers of devices to treat heart and circulatory illnesses, for $25.4 billion.
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Volvo , the world's number two truck maker, said on Tuesday it had agreed to buy the road construction machinery business of U.S. diversified manufacturer Ingersoll-Rand  in a $1.3 billion cash deal.
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U.S. stocks to watch: ARTISAN  COMPONENTS INC ARTI.O British semiconductor designer ARM  Holdings Plc ARM.L agreed to buy U.S. technology firm Artisan  for $913 million, to boost its product range, but ARM shares  slumped on Monday on concerns it had overpaid. Artisan shares  ended at $23.88 on Nasdaq on Friday.
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NEW YORK -- Private equity firm First Reserve Corp. continued its buying spree on Thursday by announcing its $1.2 billion purchase of industrial equipment maker Dresser-Rand Co.
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LONDON ARM Holdings, a British semiconductor designer, said on Monday that it would buy Artisan Components for $913 million to broaden its product range.
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A privately-owned Dutch steelmaker headed by billionaire Lakshmi Mittal is buying US-based International Steel Group Inc. for about $4.
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Toolmaker The Stanley Works (SWK.N: Quote, Profile, Research) said on Monday it has agreed to acquire Security Group, Inc., which manufactures locks and locking systems for the financial, government and retail markets.
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The knee and ankle brace maker said it agreed to be bought by the medical device maker ReAble Therapeutics for about $1.6 billion including debt.
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Germany's fifth-largest bank, WestLB, said Sunday it is selling its majority stake in steel distributor Kloeckner &amp; Co. AG to a U.S. investment firm as part of efforts to unload noncore assets.
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US investment fund Steel Partners II on Thursday offered to buy 90 percent of Gencorp Inc. (GY.N: Quote, Profile, Research) it does not already own for about $700 million
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Kohlberg Kravis Roberts, the US buy-out giant, last night agreed to buy Masonite International, a Canadian door products manufacturer, for about C$3.1bn (US$2.5bn) in cash.
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Stanley Works has agreed to buy Security Group Inc., a maker of locks and access systems, and said it completed the acquisition of Cal-Dor Specialties Inc.
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US buyout specialist Kohlberg Kravis Roberts &amp; Co. is buying Masonite International (MHM.TO: Quote, Profile, Research) , a Canadian-based maker of building products