Posted by Reuters: Business News on August 15, 2011
OSLO (Reuters) – World No.1 oil drilling contractor Transocean is to pay $1.43 billion for Aker Drilling , almost double its market price, to boost its presence in Norway and at the high-tech end of the industry.
Posted by Reuters: Business News on June 7, 2011
DETROIT (Reuters) – Ford Motor Co is aiming to expand its presence in the fast-growing auto markets of India and China with an eye toward increasing the number of vehicles it sells per year by 50 percent by the middle of the decade.
Posted by The Distressed Debt Report on May 24, 2011
Business advisory Macquarie Group expanded its West Coast presence with the acquisition of boutique …
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Posted by Reuters: Business News on May 12, 2011
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s Takeda Pharmaceutical Co is in talks to buy privately-held Swiss rival Nycomed for more than $12 billion, seeking to boost its presence in Europe and emerging markets, said two sources with direct knowledge of the matter.
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TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s Takeda Pharmaceutical Co is in talks to buy privately-held Swiss rival Nycomed, which has a significant presence in Europe and emerging markets, in a deal that could be worth more than 1 trillion yen ($12 billion), two sources told Reuters.
Posted by Reuters: Business News on March 29, 2011
BOSTON (Reuters) – General Electric Co reached a $3.2 billion agreement to acquire a maker of automation systems used in the oil and gas sector, marking the latest in a series of deals to boost its presence in the energy industry.
Posted by Reuters: Business News on December 9, 2010
LONDON/BRUSSELS (Reuters) – MasterCard is buying the prepaid cash card business of foreign exchange group Travelex for 290 million pounds ($459 million), boosting its presence in a fast-growing…
Posted by Reuters: Business News on November 24, 2010
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Johnson & Johnson said on Wednesday it is recalling 9 million more bottles of its Tylenol painkiller because they do not adequately warn customers about the presence of trace…
Posted by Reuters: Business News on October 1, 2010
MADRID/BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese refiner Sinopec Group will buy 40 percent of Spanish oil major Repsol’s Brazilian arm for $7.1 billion, strengthening resource-hungry China’s presence in Latin America.
Posted by Reuters: Business News on September 27, 2010
WASHINGTON/CHICAGO (Reuters) – Southwest Airlines, the nation’s largest low-cost airline, plans to buy AirTran Holdings for $1.04 billion to expand into major East Coast markets as well as growth in the Caribbean.
