Shire to buy New River for $2.6 bln
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Britain's Shire Plc  has agreed to buy U.S. partner New River Pharmaceuticals  for $2.6 billion to gain full control of the two firms' new drug for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), Vyvanse.
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A unit of First Islamic Bank makes a Â£142m bid to take over South Staffordshire Water, company officials say.
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The London Stock Exchange   is to buy its Italian counterpart for 1.6 billion euros ($2.15  billion), a statement from the two confirmed on Saturday, the  latest step in a global consolidation of exchanges.
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U.S. bank Wachovia Corp.  on Thursday said it would buy A.G. Edwards Inc.  for about $6.8 billion in cash and stock to create the second-largest retail brokerage in the United States.
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CommScope Inc.  plans to acquire rival communications equipment maker Andrew Corp.  for about $2.6 billion to cut costs, the companies said on Wednesday, after failing to reach a deal a year earlier.
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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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General Growth Properties Inc. (GGP.N), the No. 2 U.S. shopping mall owner, on Friday said it would buy Rouse Co. (RSE.N) for &#36;7.2 billion, expanding its holdings of regional shopping centers and commercial property.
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Dominion Resources  said on Monday that it would sell most of its gas and oil exploration and production operations to two different companies for about $6.5 billion as part of its plan to focus on its power business.
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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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Town Meeting next month will consider allowing international biopharmaceutical giant Shire HGT to expand its local facilities, a move officials believe will bolster sagging municipal revenue.
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Clayton, Dubilier &amp; Rice Inc. and two partners will buy an electrical-equipment supplier from France&#39;s Pinault-Printemps-Redoute SA for 2.6 billion euros ($3.45 billion), the New York-based firm&#39;s third European takeover this year.
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Angang New Steel Co., the Hong Kong- traded arm of China&#39;s second-largest steelmaker, agreed to buy assets from its parent for 18 billion yuan ($2.2 billion) as metals demand rises in the world&#39;s fastest-growing major economy.
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By Matt Sabo, Daily Press, Newport News, Va.  Dec. 15--YORK -- Real estate broker Greg Garrett wants to continue occasionally landing helicopters at his multi-million dollar estate on the York River.
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UK water company Mid Kent Water is being bought by Australia's Hastings Fund Management for Â£241m.
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A newly formed company said it plans to buy Miami Beach-based LNR Property Corp. (NYSE: LNR) for $63.10 a share in cash, or about $3.
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Bear Stearns Cos. BSC.N on Tuesday  said its asset management arm agreed to buy Cigna Corp.'s  CI.N TimesSquare Capital Management Inc. bond business, which  oversees $6 billion of assets for pension plans and other  institutional investors.
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TowerBrook Capital Partners has agreed to buy Jimmy Choo Ltd., for $364 million.