Walgreen to buy 45 percent of Alliance Boots for $6.7 billion

Walgreen Co said it would buy a 45 percent stake in KKR & Co-backed Alliance Boots for $6.7 billion in a cash and stock deal.


Search engine Bright plays matchmaker in job hunt

jobs search engine Bright has secured $6 million in initial venture capital to kick off a service that analyzes job seekers and matches them with posted jobs across the Internet.

Deals of the day -- mergers and acquisitions

bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals involving European, U.S., Canadian and Asian companies. The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals involving European, U.

Deals of the day -- mergers and acquisitions

Bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals involving European, U.S. and Asian companies. The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals involving European, U.


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Business software company Yammer Inc has agreed to sell itself to Microsoft Corp for more than $1 billion.
Cathay Financial, Taiwan's top financial holding firm, will raise up to T$40 billion ($1.33 billion) to acquire rivals or build partnerships in China.
Sovereign wealth fund Kuwait Investment Authority (KIA), money manager BlackRock Inc (BLK.N), and twenty other cornerstone investors will buy around 62 percent of Malaysian firm IHH Healthcare's up-to-$2 billion IPO.
Nokia has agreed terms for EQT VI, part of the leading private equity group in Northern Europe, to acquire Vertu.
Trucking company Arkansas Best Corp will buy Panther Expedited Services from private equity firm Fenway Partners for $180 million including debt .
British oil firm Cairn Energy (CNE.L) said it agreed to buy UK-focused Nautical Petroleum (NPE.L) for 414 million pounds.
Danish wind turbine maker Vestas Wind Systems (VWS.CO) is to sell a tower factory in Denmark to Chinese group Titan Wind Energy 002531.SZ for an undisclosed sum.
Asia private equity fund Unitas Capital said on Wednesday it will invest $162.4 million on a significant minority stake in South Korea's NEPA Company Ltd.
Bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals involving European, U.S. and Asian companies. The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals involving European, U.
Sagard Capital Partners agreed to buy healthcare services provider IntegraMed America Inc for $169.5 million.