Topps Urges Holders to Reject Upper Deck Bid
Topps urged its shareholders to reject a tender offer from Upper Deck. The baseball-card and bubblegum maker agreed to be acquired by Tornante and Madison Dearborn in March.
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07/06/07
Samsonite to Be Acquired by CVC Capital
Samsonite agreed to be acquired by private-equity firm CVC Capital Partners for about $1.1 billion.
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Trump Entertainment Says
Acquisition Talks Ended
By ANTHONY BUCCINO
July 2, 2007 10:09 a.m.
06/27/07
People's United to Buy Chittenden
People's United agreed to buy Chittenden for $1.9 billion in cash and stock to expand its banking operations in New England.
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People's United to Buy Chittenden,
Adding to New England Presence
By ANTHONY BUCCINO
June 27, 2007 10:38 a.m.
05/25/07
Areva Yields to Suzlon in Battle for REpower
Areva will abandon its $1.53 billion bid to take over German wind-power turbine maker REpower Systems.
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05/01/07
Royal Caribbean Posts Lower Profit
Royal Caribbean posted lower profit, reflecting soft cruise demand and its acquisition of tour operator Pullmantur.
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04/30/07
Cost Cutting Lifts RadioShack's Profit
RadioShack's expense cutting generated a sharp increase in profit, but same-store sales fell 9.2%, reflecting weakness in cellphones and satellite radios.
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04/25/07
Norfolk Southern's Net Falls 6.6%
Norfolk Southern's profit fell 6.6%, as weakness in the automotive and housing industries damped the railroad operator's revenue.
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04/25/07
Corning's Profit Climbs 27%
Corning said quarterly net rose 27% and issued a rosy forecast on surprisingly strong demand for fiber-optic equipment in the telecom arena.
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04/24/07
Burlington Northern Profit Falls
Burlington Northern said its profit fell 15%, weighed down by a charge. The railroad operator's revenue climbed, led by coal-shipment results.
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04/24/07
McClatchy Profit Plummets
McClatchy posted a sharp drop in profit, reflecting the downturn in the newspaper industry. Revenue surged on the addition of newspapers from Knight Ridder.
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04/17/07
Catalina Marketing Agrees to Deal
Catalina Marketing agreed be acquired by Hellman & Friedman, a private-equity firm, for about $1.56 billion in cash, plus the assumption of debt.
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04/17/07
McClatchy Joins Alliance for Online Ads
Yahoo expanded its online ad partnership with the newspaper industry, adding McClatchy to the consortium and broadening the venture beyond help-wanted ads.
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04/12/07
Rite Aid's Net Falls Sharply
Rite Aid's quarterly profit fell sharply from a year earlier, when the company realized a big income tax benefit. Revenue fell 4.4%.
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04/12/07
MGM, Mubadala Ink Joint Venture
MGM Mirage agreed with Mubadala Development to develop luxury nongaming hotels and resorts globally, starting with Abu Dhabi and Las Vegas.
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04/09/07
$Agilent Agrees to Acquire Stratagene
Agilent agreed to buy Stratagene for $245.5 million in a deal that would boost the medical-test and equipment maker's life-sciences unit.
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04/06/07
$KB Home Fills New Top-Level Post
KB Home named Hilton CEO Stephen Bollenbach as nonexecutive chairman. The home builder's chairman quit last year amid an options-backdating scandal.
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04/04/07
$Monsanto Raises Full-Year Outlook
Monsanto's quarterly profit rose 23%, helped by surging demand for corn-based ethanol as an alternative fuel. The seed company also raised its full-year earnings forecast.
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04/03/07
$Winston Hotels Accepts Buyout Offer
Winston Hotels agreed to be acquired by Inland American for about $438 million, after canceling its merger with Wilbur Acquisition Holding.
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04/03/07
$Dubai Aerospace to Buy Two Carlyle Entities
Dubai Aerospace agreed to buy two North American companies that service aircrafts from private-equity firm Carlyle Group for $1.8 billion.
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03/28/07
$Delta Applies for NYSE Listing
03/27/07
$New Consoles Lift GameStop's Profit
GameStop said profit rose 53% boosted by strong sales of software for new videogame consoles. The retailer plans to open more than 500 stores this year.
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03/26/07
$Dollar General's Net Slides 66%
Dollar General's profit dropped 66% as the discount chain, which is being bought out by KKR, showed the effects of restructuring moves.
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02/16/07
$Molson Coors Posts Higher Profit
Molson Coors Brewing's net income rose sharply in the fourth quarter, as results were helped by an extra week of operations.
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02/01/07
$Anheuser-Busch Profit Rises 31%
Anheuser-Busch's profit jumped 31%, boosted by strong gains in a foreign-equity stake as well as a lower tax rate. Net sales rose 1.8%.
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Lower Taxes, Higher Volume
Boost Anheuser-Busch Profit
By CANDACE CUMBERBATCH and ANTHONY BUCCINO
February 1, 2007 3:41 p.m.
01/26/07
$Union Pacific's Net Climbs 64%
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