Mergers, Acquisitions & Buyouts

Gartmore's Christmas flotation set to buoy IPO market

Published Date: 21 November 2009 FUND manager Gartmore yesterday confirmed plans to list before Christmas in a move likely to value it at £1 billion, sparking hopes of a run of initial public offerings of private equity-backed...

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Volkswagen, Porsche move closer to merger

German carmakers Volkswagen AG and Porsche said they had come closer to merging the two companies, a process they hope to complete in 2011. By George Frey, AP Business Writer FRANKFURT — German carmakers Volkswagen and Porsche...

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P&G Says It's Still Interested in Acquisitions

Procter & Gamble says its still interested in acquisitions in household, personal care brands By DAN SEWELL AP Business Writer CINCINNATI November 20, 2009 (AP) The Associated Press Post a Comment Procter & Gamble Co. is still...

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Hershey trust pushing for rival bid for Cadbury

By Ilan Brat, Jeffrey McCracken and Dana Cimilluca WALL STREET JOURNAL The charitable trust that controls Hershey Co. (HSY) is pushing the chocolate maker to launch a rival $17 billion bid for Cadbury PLC (CBY) that would be...

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China Holdings Acquisition Corp. Closes Business Combination Forming China Ceramics Co., Ltd.

China Holdings Acquisition Corp. (AMEX:HOL), a special purpose acquisition company, previously announced that its stockholders approved the Company's previously announced proposed business combination with Success Winner...

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Sword Group Acquires AgencyPort

The deal unites AgencyPort’s front-end solutions and client base with Sword’s core processing and CRM capabilities. By Anthony O'Donnell Property/casualty industry distribution solutions vendor Sword Group (New York) has...

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Merge Healthcare Continues DICOM Leadership with Latest Toolkit Release

In fulfillment of its ongoing 20 year commitment to the medical imaging development community, Merge Healthcare (NASDAQ: MRGE), announced the release of MergeCOM-3™ Version 4.1, with the latest standard supplements to its...

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Agilysys Announces Special Meeting of Shareholders to Vote on Proposed Control Share Acquisition...

CLEVELAND, Nov. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Agilysys, Inc. , a leading provider of innovative IT solutions, announced today it will hold a special meeting of shareholders on January 5, 2010 for the purpose of considering and...

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UPDATE 3-Ad agency Cossette favors Mill Road takeover

By Pav Jordan TORONTO, Nov 20 (Reuters) - Cossette Inc, Canada's largest homegrown ad firm, urged shareholders late on Friday to accept an buyout offer from Mill Road Capital, saying a higher proposal from another firm did not...

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Motorola Buys RadioFrame's iDEN Business

Integrated Digital Enhanced Network products have been The acquisition will enhance its push-to-talk technology delivered over an integrated Digital Enhanced Network, Motorola says. InformationWeek's RSS Feed is brought to you...

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