VC Firms Buy Captain D's Seafood Chain
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Two venture capital firms have bought Captain D's, the nation's second-largest.   The price wasn't disclosed, but officials say the two firms, Maryland-based Grotech Capital Group and Charlesbank Capital Partners, have arranged for 100 (m) million dollars in financing.
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GlaxoSmithKline PLC said Friday it had acquired the privately held biotechnology company Domantis Ltd. for 230 million pounds ($454 million) in cash.
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Stelmar Shipping Ltd. (SJH.N: Quote, Profile, Research) , an oil tanker operator, has agreed to be acquired by affiliates of private equity firm Fortress Investment Group LLC for $677 million in cash, Stelmar said on Monday.
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Bristol Farms, the industry-leading Southern California specialty and fresh grocery chain, has announced it will sell Safe Harbor certified seafood exclusively in all of its 15 Southern California stores and its San Francisco store beginning this week.
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San Miguel Corp., the largest food and beverage maker in the Philippines, agreed to buy National Foods Ltd., Australia&#39;s biggest dairy company, for A$1.78 billion ($1.4 billion), raising
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Landry's Restaurants Inc., whose operations include Rainforest Cafe and The Crab House, is buying the Golden Nugget hotel casino in downtown Las Vegas, a first step in a strategy to get a slice of the lucrative gambling business and expand its profit pipeline. Landry's shares surged more than 12 percent on the news.
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The businessman, who has made his fortune through investing in pizzas and pubs, is at the head of a consortium buying four closed life insurance businesses, including Pearl Life, for Â£1 billion from HHG.
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Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co., the owner of A&P, Super Fresh and Food Emporium supermarkets, agreed to buy Pathmark Stores for $1.3 billion to create the largest grocery chain in the Northeast.
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Ihop Corp., the largest US pancake-house chain, agreed to buy Applebee's International Inc. for $1.9 billion and sell securities backed by franchisee fees to finance the purchase.
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The acquisition of privately held Gullivers, a wholesaler of hotels, travel packages and group tours, also includes online travel seller OctopusTravel.
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he Rouse Company, the mall developer and manager that has helped reshape the nation&#39;s landscape, agreed yesterday to be acquired by General Growth Properties, the big owner of shopping centers, for $7.
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By Stella M. Hopkins, The Charlotte Observer, N.C.  Feb. 21--Dave Singer was on Lance's board in 2005 when directors decided the Charlotte snack maker needed a management overhaul to reverse dwindling profits.
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One of Boston's oldest and largest law firms, Ropes &amp; Gray, is acquiring the New York intellectual property firm Fish &amp; Neave, joining what is shaping up to be a record number of consolidations in the legal community in 2004.
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UK off-licence chain Threshers has been sold to an investment consortium led by Edmund Truell, reports say.
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Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP in Houston has signed a definitive agreement to buy nine refined petroleum products terminals in the Southeast, including one in Greensboro, from Charter Terminal Co.
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SCOTTISH &amp; Newcastle is to buy 37.5% of India&#39;s United Breweries, best-known for the favoured curry house tipple Kingfisher, India&#39;s number one beer brand.
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Private investment firm Sun Capital Partners Inc. yesterday said an affiliate has completed the acquisition of Boston Market Corp. from McDonald's Corp.