Nexen to Buy EnCana Unit for $2.1 Billion
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Nexen Inc. has agreed to buy a  U.K.-based subsidiary of EnCana Corp. in an all-cash deal worth  $2.1 billion, enabling Canada's fourth largest oil explorer to  expand into the U.K. sector of the North Sea.
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TORONTO (CP) - The Onex Corp. conglomerate has signed a $980 million deal to buy two US health services companies owned by former Canadian transportation giant Laidlaw International Inc.
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Independent oil and gas producer Anadarko Petroleum Corp.  said on Monday it would sell part of its stake in the K2 Unit offshore field in the Gulf of Mexico for $1.2 billion to two unnamed parties.
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Independent oil and gas producer Anadarko Petroleum Corp.  said on Monday it will sell part of its stake in the K2 Unit offshore field in the Gulf of Mexico for $1.2 billion to two unnamed parties.
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MONTREAL/LONDON  - Anglo-Australian miner Rio Tinto Ltd/Plc  offered $38.1 billion to buy Canada's Alcan Inc in an agreed deal to create the world's No. 1 aluminum producer, trumping a hostile bid by Alcoa Inc
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LONDON The Mexican cement company Cemex said Monday that it would buy the British concrete maker RMC Group for Â£2.3 billion to expand in Europe and increase its product line.
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Canadian telecom equipment giant Nortel  Networks Corp.  has signed a $2-billion (C$2.32  billion) supply deal with Verizon Wireless  to help the  carrier cope with an explosion in demand for broadband Internet  access.
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Canadian aluminum producer Alcan Inc. reported Wednesday that it paid a $110 million Enron Corp.-related settlement to Powerex, a unit of British Columbia electric utility BC Hydro.
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Nexen Inc. (NXY.TO: Quote, Profile, Research) , Canada&#39;s fourth largest oil explorer, said on Friday it would buy a UK-based subsidiary of EnCana Corp.
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Pancake house operator IHOP Corp. said Monday it agreed to buy fellow restaurant operator Applebee's International for about $2.1 billion.
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A North American energy company which operates a major North Sea oil field is selling its British division for 2.1 billion (Â£1.14 billion), it was announced today.
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Coeur d&#39;Alene Mines Corp. on Monday formally launched a $2.1 billion effort to buy all the outstanding common shares of rival Wheaton River Minerals Ltd.
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A Pennsylvania-based casino and racetrack operator will buy the owner of Lawrenceburg&#39;s Argosy riverboat casino in a $2.2 billion deal that will create the third-largest gambling company in the nation.
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Japanese auto parts maker Asahi Tec Corp.   5606.T said on Friday it will buy U.S. rival Metaldyne Corp.   in a deal totaling $1.2 billion, including debt.
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The real estate arm of diversified  conglomerate General Electric Co.  agreed on Wednesday to  buy a $2.2 billion portfolio of U.S. industrial, residential  and commercial properties, but said it would sell some retail  properties to another investor.
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Battery and razor maker Energizer Holdings Inc.  said on Thursday it would buy Playtex Products Inc.  in an all-cash deal worth about $1.16 billion to grow Energizer's personal care product range.
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Great Plains Energy has agreed to buy the crosstown utility operator Aquila for about $1.7 billion.