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NEW YORK, Aug. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Microbes, Inc. today announced that it has extended its current offer to purchase any and all of its outstanding Class B Common Stock Purchase Warrants, Class 1 and Class B Common Stock Purchase Warrants, Class 2 until 12:..
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NEW YORK (AP) -- Nymex Holdings Inc., which runs the New York Mercantile Exchange, said late Thursday that two proxy advisory firms have recommended shareholders approve its purchase by CME Group Inc.
Earlier this year CME moved to buy Nymex in a deal wo..
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NEW YORK (AP) -- XM Satellite Radio and Sirius Satellite Radio said Tuesday they have completed their long-pending merger.
The combined company plans to use the name Sirius XM Radio Inc. Its stock will continue to be traded on the Nasdaq under the ticker..
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NEW YORK (AP) -- Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. said late Sunday it will go public on the New York Stock Exchange in a deal which calls for the private equity firm to purchase Amsterdam-listed investment fund KKR Private Equity Investors LP.
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Private equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts plans to list on the New York Stock Exchange later this year in a complicated transaction that involves merging with its publicly listed Amsterdam investment fund, two sources familiar with..
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PARIS and NEW YORK, July 25 /PRNewswire/ -- British Airways today announced that it has completed the purchase of French airline L'Avion, which will be integrated with British Airways' new subsidiary OpenSkies. This agreement was initially announced on Ju..
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CHICAGO and NEW YORK, July 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- CME Group Inc. (Nasdaq: CME - News) and NYMEX Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: NMX - News) today announced they have revised the terms of their merger agreement, representing CME Group's full and final offer to..
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NEW YORK (AP) -- BP plans to acquire Chesapeake Energy's stake in about 90,000 acres of natural gas properties in $1.75 billion.
The properties are in the Arkoma Basin Woodford Shale play in Oklahoma.
Oklahoma City-based Chesapeake Energy Corp. says the..
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CHICAGO/NEW YORK (Reuters) - AMR Corp (NYSE:AMR - News), parent of American Airlines, and Delta Air Lines (NYSE:DAL - News) reported large quarterly net losses on Wednesday, blaming rising jet fuel prices that have forced widespread industry downsizing...
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NEW YORK and MIAMI, July 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Kidville Holdings, LLC -- operating as "Kidville" and named 'best of' by New York Magazine and given a five star "extraordinary" customer rating in The Lila Guide: New Parent Survival Guide -- and Longfoot Commu..
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NEW YORK (AP) -- Sen. Charles Schumer on Sunday defended himself against claims by regulators that he was partially to blame for a run on IndyMac Bancorp Inc. that led to the bank's takeover by the government Friday.
At a news conference Sunday, the New..
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NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--CIT Group Inc. (NYSE: CIT - News), a leading global commercial finance company, announced today that it served as the Exclusive Real Estate Advisor to both Victory Memorial Hospital and its Official Committee of Unsecured Credit..
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NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Following its successful bid on June 19 and New York Bankruptcy Court approval on June 26, The Orchard (NASDAQ: ORCD), a global leader in digital music and entertainment, today announced it has acquired substantially all of the..
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PARIS and NEW YORK, July 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Publicis Groupe [Euronext Paris : FR0000130577] announced today that it has acquired Kekst and Company, Incorporated, a leading strategic and financial public relations firm based in New York. Kekst and..
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NEW YORK (AP) -- Clay Felker, the magazine mogul who revolutionized the city magazine genre as founding editor of New York, died Tuesday. He was 82.
Felker died Tuesday morning at his New York City home after a battle with throat cancer, a magazine spoke..
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KENNESAW, Ga., June 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Automated Logic Corporation (ALC) has acquired the business of Building Control Technologies, Inc. (BCT), an independent controls contractor based in Lincoln Park, N.J. This is ALC's third dealership acquisition in t..
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NEW YORK (AP) -- Following is a summary of top stories in the energy sector Friday afternoon.
Crude Breaks Out to Settle at New High
Oil futures climbed to a new record near $143 a barrel as the dollar weakened against the euro, confirming expectations..
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SYRACUSE, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Community Bank System, Inc. (NYSE: CBU - News) and its wholly-owned banking subsidiary, Community Bank, N.A. (CBNA) have entered into an agreement to acquire 18 branch-banking centers in northern New York State from Citiz..
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NEW YORK (Reuters) -The Dow and the S&P 500 ended effectively unchanged on Monday in thin trade as renewed concerns about the outlook for financial shares offset gains in energy stocks and news of a $4.4 billion takeover in the agricultural sector.
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NEW YORK (AP) -- Moody's Investors Service said Friday it has assigned a noninvestment-grade "B1" rating to Newsday LLC's proposed $650 million loan, which is being issued to finance Cablevision Systems Corp.'s acquisition of the newspaper publisher.
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