Select Medical in $2.3 Billion Merger
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Acute care hospital operator Select Medical Corp.(SEM.N: Quote, Profile, Research) said on Monday it has agreed to merge with a new company formed by a private equity firm for $18 per share in cash or about $2.
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ATLANTA -- Walgreen Co. , the largest US drugstore chain, agreed to buy Option Care Inc. for $673 million to gain 100 specialty pharmacies.
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Advanced Medical Optics Inc.  on Thursday confirmed it was interested in acquiring Bausch & Lomb Inc.  and was willing to pay more than the $3.67 billion proposal the eye care company accepted from a private equity firm.
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Round two of US wireless industry consolidation is officially under way, with Sprint Corp. and Nextel Communications Inc.making the much anticipated announcement that they have agreed to a $35 billion merger Wednesday, Dec.
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LONDON - US cellular operators Sprint and Nextel have confirmed they are planning a $35 billion merger to create the third largest mobile carrier with almost 40m subscribers, behind Cingular, the market leader, and Verizon Wireless, a joint venture
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Investors approved a merger between the three Deutsche property trusts to form a $3 billion group, in one of the latest examples of consolidation in the listed property sector.
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Triad Hospitals Inc., up $6.38 at $49.65.   The hospital operator agreed to go private in a $4.7 billion deal from affiliates of CCMP Capital Advisors and Goldman Sachs.   Herbalife Ltd., up $7.02 at $40.12.
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The management and employees of American healthcare company Medex will receive $105m (Â£54m) as a result of its acquisition by Smiths Group, the British engineering concern.
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Just hours after winning approval from Georgia, Anthem Inc. and WellPoint Health Networks Inc. announced the completion of a $16.5 billion merger creating the nation&#39;s largest health insurance company.
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Advanced Medical Optics Inc.  has offered to buy rival eye-care company Bausch & Lomb Inc.  for $4.23 billion, topping a rival offer of $3.67 billion from private equity firm Warburg Pincus , sources familiar with the situation said on Thursday.
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Roche Holding AG  has overcome Ventana Medical System Inc's  resistance to its takeover bid by raising the price, acquiring the diagnostics maker for $3.4 billion to boost its cancer testing business.
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Health insurer UnitedHealth Group Inc.  said on Monday it would acquire Sierra Health Services Inc.  for more than $2.4 billion to help it expand in the fast-growing U.S. Southwest region.
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Consolidation in Europe's drugs   sector gathered steam on Thursday as Germany's Merck MRCG.DE   unveiled a $13.3-billion deal to buy Europe's top biotech firm   Serono SEO.VX, and Denmark's Nycomed won the drugs unit of   Altana ALTG.DE.
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MINNEAPOLIS - UnitedHealth Group said Monday that it will acquire Definity Health Corp. of Minneapolis for $300 million cash. Definity is best known for offering what are commonly called consumer driven health
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With merger and acquisition fever hitting new highs, which deals will work out?
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InfoWorld - Microsoft announced plans to acquire health care search engine Medstory on Feb. 26, positioning the deal as a strategic move into the consumer health market.
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Sprint and Nextel Communications could announce a &#36;35 billion merger this week in a deal that would forge a third goliath in the quickly consolidating wireless industry.  The union would complete Sprint's transformation from perennial also-ran in the troubled long-distance business.