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Sat, 7 Nov 2009 10:41:00 GMT

Fitch Solutions Offers Liquidity Scores for CDS Assets to Buy-Side

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Sat, 7 Nov 2009 10:41:00 GMT

Saturday Papers: Kraft preparing hostile takeover for Cadbury -- bid news and gossip

 * Kraft is preparing a hostile takeover bid for Cadbury in its ambition to create a combined global confectionery group  * Rio Tinto rises as date nears for BHP Billiton to renew its takeover bid  * National Lottery firm Camelot up for sale  * AG
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 10:12:00 GMT

Denbury's Encore Takeover Creates CO2 Flood Champion

Texas-based Denbury Resources has agreed to acquire fellow US independent Encore Acquisition for a total of around US$4.5bn. The deal will create one of the largest tertiary extraction specialists in the US and demonstrates the market's confidence in the
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 10:07:00 GMT

From The High-Street To The Web: M&A In The Private Sales Space

To help combat the recession hit high-street, firms are busy shopping for targets to help them enter the online retail arena, which has proven to be more defensive during the downturn. While retailers have been left battered by shoppers cutting back on
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 10:07:00 GMT

Saturday Papers: Kraft preparing hostile takeover for Cadbury -- bid news and gossip

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Sat, 7 Nov 2009 09:54:00 GMT

Acquisition For Virtusa (posted Yesterday at 11:16am)

Worcester Business Journal Staff Writer Yesterday Westborough-based global IT services company Virtusa Corp. has acquired privately held technology consulting firm InSource LLC for $7.3 million. The Connecticut company, which has about 50 employees, will
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 09:52:00 GMT

Biovitrum and Swedish Orphan to merge

Biovitrum and Swedish Orphan will be combined forming Swedish Orphan Biovitrum with pro forma revenues 2009 of approximately SEK 2 billion and an EBITDA margin of 15 per cent. Biovitrum will pay an upfront consideration of SEK 3.5 billion (on a cash and
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 09:45:00 GMT

Fitch Solutions Offers Liquidity Scores for CDS Assets to Buy-Side

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Sat, 7 Nov 2009 09:35:00 GMT

Opawica Announces Yukon Massive Sulphide Project Acquisition, Completion of Financing, and New President and CEO

News Release Opawica Explorations Inc. ('Opawica' / the 'Company') announces:1. Yukon Massive Sulphide Bro Project The Company has obtained regulatory consent and made the required payment of 2,000,000 shares of the Company, under the Bro Property option
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 09:28:00 GMT

New orleans bank to take over Detroit bank

Home Federal Savings Bank, in Detroit, Michigan, was shuttered Friday by the Office of Thrift Supervision, which appointed the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) as receiver. To protect depositors, the FDIC entered into a purchase and
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 09:15:00 GMT

Pangilinan to buy half of Lopezes' Meralco stake

The Lopezes have decided to stick it out with the group of businessman Manuel V. Pangilinan, entering into a deal in which the latter’s infrastructure-based holding firm could end up owning an additional 6.7 percent of Manila Electric Co. (Meralco),
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 09:08:00 GMT

Landry's Okay's $1.2B Merger Agreement

Search for Dallas Commercial Real Estate Thursday, November 05, 2009 - After a year-long struggle, Landry's Restaurants Inc.'s board of directors has entered into a definitive merger agreement with a company owned by Landry's founder, chairman and CEO
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 08:31:00 GMT

Enterprise Acquisition Corp. and ARMOUR Residential REIT, Inc. Announce Closing of Merger Transaction

ARMOUR Residential REIT, Inc. Announce Closing of Merger Transaction BOCA RATON, Fla., Nov. 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ Enterprise Acquisition Corp. ('Enterprise') (NYSE Amex: EST; EST.U; EST.WS) and ARMOUR Residential REIT, Inc. ('ARMOUR') today announced
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 08:29:00 GMT

Fitch Solutions Offers Liquidity Scores for CDS Assets to Buy-Side

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Sat, 7 Nov 2009 08:29:00 GMT

Sweden: Acquisition finance for Biovitrum

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Sat, 7 Nov 2009 08:19:00 GMT

Takeover of LFT compounder in progress

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Sat, 7 Nov 2009 08:16:00 GMT

REWE acquisition of COOP’S Sky network gets government approval

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Sat, 7 Nov 2009 08:16:00 GMT

EDEKA/TENGELMANN discount merger deadline extended

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Sat, 7 Nov 2009 08:15:00 GMT

CVS Caremark must change pitch to save merger: analysis

CHICAGO (Reuters) - When Tom Ryan orchestrated the $27 billion marriage of CVS and Caremark in 2007, he may not have imagined his sharpest critics would come back to haunt him more than two years later.
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 08:12:00 GMT

FLASH: ITV upgraded to buy from add at Numis, target price 61p

Story provided by Business Financial Newswire What the Papers Say 03:24 From bad to worse: Broken bank RBS lost... source: The Daily Mail
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 08:03:00 GMT

FLASH: Rightmove raised to buy from add at Numis, target price 693p

Story provided by Business Financial Newswire What the Papers Say 03:24 From bad to worse: Broken bank RBS lost... source: The Daily Mail
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 08:03:00 GMT

Devin James "Goes Hood" for the NBA All-Star Weekend 2010 -- AutoHood Media's Taxi Take Over

Dallas, TX (BlackNews.com) - If you thought Devin James, Sr.'s international cigar venture, 'Exhale with Style' was a big accomplishment at his young age, he is gearing up for another major move. Devin James, the 27 year-old Owner/Chief Marketing
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 07:56:00 GMT

IN Media Enters Into Merger Agreement with Tres Estrellas

(Close-Up Media via COMTEX) -- Tres Estrellas Enterprises, Inc. announced that it has entered into a definitive merger agreement with IN Media Corp of Los Altos, California. IN Media is a developer of Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) appliances and
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 07:51:00 GMT

BPO Firms Merge - November 6 2009

BPO (business processing outsourcing) firm American Pacesetters has acquired Indian BPO company IQ Resource (IQR), which supports customers in the US and UK. The combined firms will now be known as iPacesetters and be headquartered in Mesa, Arizona.
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 07:42:00 GMT

Detroit Edison Credit Union and NuUnion Credit Union Announce Intent to Merge

Several additional steps needed to gain full approval Lansing and Plymouth, Michigan (Vocus) November 6, 2009 -- The Boards of Directors of Detroit Edison Credit Union headquartered in Plymouth, Michigan and NuUnion Credit Union headquartered in
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 07:38:00 GMT

Fitch Solutions Offers Liquidity Scores for CDS Assets to Buy-Side

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Sat, 7 Nov 2009 07:31:00 GMT

Takeover Target bids farewell

On a day when All Silent raised the bar for Australian sprinters at Flemington, a huge crowd turned out at Randwick to farewell a true champion in Takeover Target. Caps, buttons and doughnuts in his red, white and black colours were everywhere as trainer
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 07:17:00 GMT

How to buy a £1m home with a difference

Britain's high property prices mean that even if you had £1m to spend you wouldn't get much choice. An Englishman's home...Could be a French castle for less than £1m WANT TO KNOW MORE? OTHER STORIES But why settle for a bog standard executive home when
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 07:15:00 GMT

Top Cadbury Holder Franklin Bought for M&A Awaits Kraft Offer

Franklin Resources Inc. fund managerAnne Gudefin, whose company is the biggest investor in CadburyPlc, said she targeted the U.K. confectioner as a takeovercandidate before Kraft Foods Inc.'s unsolicited approach. "We have an idea of a bid price for ...
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 07:04:00 GMT

Danish Carlsberg to buy Hue Brewery

Danish brewers Carlsberg will receive the support of the Thua Thien-Hue Province People's Committee in acquiring the committee's 50 per cent stake in the Hue Brewery Company, basing on a memorandum of understanding signed between the committee and the
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 06:58:00 GMT