en-us http://www.newsique.com/m_and_a/ Get Informed. Choose Your News. http://www.businessdose.com/m_and_a/ladish_completes_acquisition_of_/ CUDAHY, Wis. (AP) -- Ladish Co. Inc., which makes parts for the aerospace and industrial markets, said Friday it had completed its acquisition of Chen-Tech Industries Inc., a forger of jet engine components. Ladish earlier valued the deal at about $59 mi news m_and_a 2008-09-05 18:01:41 http://www.businessdose.com/m_and_a/ladish_completes_acquisition_of_/ biz.yahoo.com http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080905/ladish_acquisition.html Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.businessdose.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.businessdose.com/m_and_a/ladish_completes_acquisition_of_/#comments http://www.businessdose.com/m_and_a/tube_city_ims_corporation_announ/ PITTSBURGH, September 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Tube City IMS Corporation, a service provider to steel mills and foundries throughout the world, today announced it has completed the acquisition of Hanson Resource Management Limited and its subsidiary Hanson Suppo news m_and_a 2008-09-05 18:01:37 http://www.businessdose.com/m_and_a/tube_city_ims_corporation_announ/ biz.yahoo.com http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/080905/3734253en_public.html Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.businessdose.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.businessdose.com/m_and_a/tube_city_ims_corporation_announ/#comments http://www.businessdose.com/m_and_a/sunstone_hotel_investors_inc_ann/ SAN CLEMENTE, Calif., Sept. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc. (NYSE: SHO - News) announced today that it has acquired 32.6 acres of land underlying its Renaissance Orlando Resort at SeaWorld, for a gross purchase price of $30.4 mi news m_and_a 2008-09-05 18:01:31 http://www.businessdose.com/m_and_a/sunstone_hotel_investors_inc_ann/ biz.yahoo.com http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/080905/laf011.html Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.businessdose.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.businessdose.com/m_and_a/sunstone_hotel_investors_inc_ann/#comments http://www.businessdose.com/m_and_a/report_samsung_working_to_acquir/ SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- Samsung Electronics Co. is pursuing an acquisition of U.S. computer memory card maker SanDisk Corp., a South Korean online business newspaper reported Friday. Both Samsung and SanDisk neither confirmed nor denied the report. Bu news m_and_a 2008-09-05 18:01:26 http://www.businessdose.com/m_and_a/report_samsung_working_to_acquir/ biz.yahoo.com http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080905/skorea_samsung_sandisk.html Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.businessdose.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.businessdose.com/m_and_a/report_samsung_working_to_acquir/#comments http://www.businessdose.com/m_and_a/claymore_announces_transfer_from/ LISLE, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Claymore Securities, Inc., the third-fastest growing exchange-traded fund provider in 2007*, today announced that it will transfer the listing of the Claymore ETFs set forth below, which are currently listed on the American S news m_and_a 2008-09-05 18:01:17 http://www.businessdose.com/m_and_a/claymore_announces_transfer_from/ biz.yahoo.com http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/080905/20080905005705.html Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.businessdose.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.businessdose.com/m_and_a/claymore_announces_transfer_from/#comments http://www.businessdose.com/m_and_a/analysts_argentina_airline_takeo/ BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) -- Argentina's nationalization of a struggling, Spanish-owned airline brings costly responsibilities that could drain public resources and force fare hikes unless oil prices fall, analysts said Friday. Argentina's Senate this news m_and_a 2008-09-05 18:01:11 http://www.businessdose.com/m_and_a/analysts_argentina_airline_takeo/ biz.yahoo.com http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080905/argentina_airline_nationalization.html Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.businessdose.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.businessdose.com/m_and_a/analysts_argentina_airline_takeo/#comments http://www.businessdose.com/m_and_a/image_entertainment_acquires_exc/ TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Image Entertainment, Inc. (NASDAQ:DISK - News), a leading independent licensee, producer and distributor of home entertainment programming in North America, announced today at the Toronto International Film Festival that it has a news m_and_a 2008-09-05 15:01:33 http://www.businessdose.com/m_and_a/image_entertainment_acquires_exc/ biz.yahoo.com http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/080905/20080905005038.html Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.businessdose.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.businessdose.com/m_and_a/image_entertainment_acquires_exc/#comments http://www.businessdose.com/m_and_a/vector_intersect_security_ac1/ RIDGEFIELD PARK, N.J., Sept. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Vector Intersect Security Acquisition Corporation (OTC Bulletin Board: VTRQ - News), a special purpose acquisition company, today announced that it has secured up to $4.75 million through a private news m_and_a 2008-09-05 15:01:27 http://www.businessdose.com/m_and_a/vector_intersect_security_ac1/ biz.yahoo.com http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/080905/nyf043.html Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.businessdose.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.businessdose.com/m_and_a/vector_intersect_security_ac1/#comments http://www.businessdose.com/m_and_a/ladish_completes_merger_with_che/ CUDAHY, Wis., Sept. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Ladish Co., Inc. (Nasdaq: LDSH - News; http://www.ladishco.com ) announces that it completed the merger of Chen-Tech Industries, Inc. ("Chen-Tech") with a wholly owned subsidiary of Ladish on September 4, 20 news m_and_a 2008-09-05 15:01:24 http://www.businessdose.com/m_and_a/ladish_completes_merger_with_che/ biz.yahoo.com http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/080905/clf060.html Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.businessdose.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.businessdose.com/m_and_a/ladish_completes_merger_with_che/#comments http://www.businessdose.com/m_and_a/altria_in_advanced_talks_to_buy_/ CHICAGO (Reuters) - Cigarette company Altria Group Inc (NYSE:MO - News) is in advanced talks to buy Skoal and Copenhagen smokeless tobacco maker UST Inc (NYSE:UST - News), a source familiar with the discussions told Reuters on Friday. The New York Times news m_and_a 2008-09-05 15:01:19 http://www.businessdose.com/m_and_a/altria_in_advanced_talks_to_buy_/ biz.yahoo.com http://biz.yahoo.com/rb/080905/ust_altria.html Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.businessdose.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.businessdose.com/m_and_a/altria_in_advanced_talks_to_buy_/#comments http://www.businessdose.com/m_and_a/platte_river_ventures_closes_pur/ DENVER, Sept. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Platte River Ventures announced today that it acquired all of the outstanding stock of Hetsco, Inc. ("Hetsco" or the "Company") in partnership with senior management. Headquartered in Greenwood, Indiana, Hetsco is the leadi news m_and_a 2008-09-05 15:01:15 http://www.businessdose.com/m_and_a/platte_river_ventures_closes_pur/ biz.yahoo.com http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/080905/laf052.html Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.businessdose.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.businessdose.com/m_and_a/platte_river_ventures_closes_pur/#comments http://www.businessdose.com/m_and_a/greater_atlantic_financial_c2/ RESTON, Va., Sept. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Greater Atlantic Financial Corp. ("Greater Atlantic") (Pink Sheets: GAFC - News) announced today that its shareholders overwhelmingly approved the terms and conditions of the proposed merger of Greater Atlant news m_and_a 2008-09-05 15:01:13 http://www.businessdose.com/m_and_a/greater_atlantic_financial_c2/ biz.yahoo.com http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/080905/nef046.html Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.businessdose.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.businessdose.com/m_and_a/greater_atlantic_financial_c2/#comments http://www.businessdose.com/m_and_a/air_products_completes_us_health/ LEHIGH VALLEY, Pa. (AP) -- Air Products & Chemicals Inc. said Friday it has completed the sale of its U.S. health care businesses to Landauer Metropolitan Inc., a provider of medical equipment and services. Financial terms were not disclosed. Air Produc news m_and_a 2008-09-05 12:02:33 http://www.businessdose.com/m_and_a/air_products_completes_us_health/ biz.yahoo.com http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080905/air_products_sale.html Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.businessdose.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.businessdose.com/m_and_a/air_products_completes_us_health/#comments http://www.businessdose.com/m_and_a/google_reigns_as_worlds_most_pow/ MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (AP) -- When Larry Page and Sergey Brin founded Google Inc. on Sept. 7, 1998, they had little more than their ingenuity, four computers and an investor's $100,000 bet on their belief that an Internet search engine could change the wo news m_and_a 2008-09-05 12:02:22 http://www.businessdose.com/m_and_a/google_reigns_as_worlds_most_pow/ biz.yahoo.com http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080905/google_at_10.html Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.businessdose.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.businessdose.com/m_and_a/google_reigns_as_worlds_most_pow/#comments http://www.businessdose.com/m_and_a/perini_corporation_shareholders_/ FRAMINGHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Perini Corporation (NYSE: PCR - News), a leading building, civil construction and construction management company, said its shareholders today approved the acquisition of Tutor-Saliba Corporation at the Annual Meeting o news m_and_a 2008-09-05 12:02:15 http://www.businessdose.com/m_and_a/perini_corporation_shareholders_/ biz.yahoo.com http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/080905/20080905005455.html Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.businessdose.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.businessdose.com/m_and_a/perini_corporation_shareholders_/#comments http://www.businessdose.com/m_and_a/utimacos_management_board_and_su/ OBERURSEL, Germany--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Management Board and Supervisory Board of Utimaco Safeware AG today issued a joint statement in response to the voluntary, public takeover offer made on August 21st 2008 by Sophos Holdings GmbH, in accordance with news m_and_a 2008-09-05 12:02:07 http://www.businessdose.com/m_and_a/utimacos_management_board_and_su/ biz.yahoo.com http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/080905/20080905005471.html Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.businessdose.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.businessdose.com/m_and_a/utimacos_management_board_and_su/#comments http://www.businessdose.com/m_and_a/ihs_acquires_divestco_usa_inc_pr/ ENGLEWOOD, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--IHS Inc. (NYSE:IHS - News), a leading global source of critical information and insight, today announced it has acquired the product portfolio of Divestco USA Inc., a strategic provider of comprehensive data and analytic news m_and_a 2008-09-05 12:02:02 http://www.businessdose.com/m_and_a/ihs_acquires_divestco_usa_inc_pr/ biz.yahoo.com http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/080905/20080905005473.html Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.businessdose.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.businessdose.com/m_and_a/ihs_acquires_divestco_usa_inc_pr/#comments http://www.businessdose.com/m_and_a/fpl_group_recommends_rejection_o/ JUNO BEACH, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--FPL Group, Inc. (NYSE:FPL - News) today said it has received notification of an unsolicited “mini-tender offer” by TRC Capital Corporation to acquire up to 2 million shares of FPL Group common stock, representing les news m_and_a 2008-09-05 12:01:56 http://www.businessdose.com/m_and_a/fpl_group_recommends_rejection_o/ biz.yahoo.com http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/080905/20080905005466.html Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.businessdose.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.businessdose.com/m_and_a/fpl_group_recommends_rejection_o/#comments http://www.businessdose.com/m_and_a/2_million_department_store_buyou/ COLUMBUS, Ohio, Sept. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Value City has scored another great buyout for customers, offering huge discounts on men's and kids' apparel from a family-focused, value-oriented neighborhood department store that is one of the nation's largest re news m_and_a 2008-09-05 09:01:28 http://www.businessdose.com/m_and_a/2_million_department_store_buyou/ biz.yahoo.com http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/080905/clf008.html Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.businessdose.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.businessdose.com/m_and_a/2_million_department_store_buyou/#comments http://www.businessdose.com/m_and_a/titan_oil_and_gas_signs_green_pr/ AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Titan Oil and Gas, Inc. (Pink Sheets:TNOG - News) has signed an acquisition agreement for an operational revenue-generating closed-loop green project in the Pacific Northwest. Due to the nature of the agreement, Titan will news m_and_a 2008-09-05 09:01:24 http://www.businessdose.com/m_and_a/titan_oil_and_gas_signs_green_pr/ biz.yahoo.com http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/080905/20080905005153.html Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.businessdose.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.businessdose.com/m_and_a/titan_oil_and_gas_signs_green_pr/#comments