Ownership changes

Ownership changes

• BP sells stake in North Sea gas field for $28 mln

  Oil company BP has sold its half interest in a North Sea gas field to SSE PLC for $288 million. BP said Monday that the disposal of its 50 percent ... 

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  Thousands in Spain protest health privatization

  Several thousand Spanish public health workers and other people marched from four main hospitals in Madrid to converge on a main square in the capital ... 

• Discovery to buy Nordic TV networks for $1.7B

  The parent company of the Discovery Channel said Friday that it is buying 12 TV networks in Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Finland in a deal worth about ... 

• Discovery Channel close to deal on Eurosport

  The parent company of the Discovery Channel is close to buying a stake in Europe's leading sports network, Eurosport. TF1, the Paris-based media group ... 

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  Global corporate deals nearly halved in 5 years

  The value of mergers and acquisitions deals around the world in 2012 was nearly half the amount made five years ago, when the financial crisis first ... 

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  Delta buys 49 percent stake in Virgin Atlantic

  Delta Air Lines said it will buy almost half of Virgin Atlantic for $360 million as it tries to catch up to rivals in the lucrative New York-to-London ... 

• Ingersoll-Rand to spin off security business

  Industrial conglomerate Ingersoll-Rand says it will spin off its security technology business and buy back $2 billion of shares. The Ireland-based ... 

• Amgen buying deCODE Genetics for $415 million

  Biotech pioneer Amgen Inc., in a bid for a big edge in using people's genetic information to find better ways to attack diseases, is buying human ... 

• Baxter to buy Swedish firm Gambro in $2.76 B deal

  Drug and medical device maker Baxter International plans to buy the privately held Swedish company Gambro AB for about $2.76 billion to broaden its ... 

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  Shoppers' habits not changed by garment plant fire

  Before purchasing a shirt, shoppers will run their hands over the fabric, look at the price tag and wonder how it will hold up in the washing machine. 

• Siemens to spin off majority in Osram unit

  Industrial conglomerate Siemens AG has announced plans to shed a majority stake in its Osram unit, which makes light bulbs, in a spinoff to ... 

• UK firm buys Texas-based Healthpoint for $782 mln

  British medical technology company Smith & Nephew PLC said Wednesday it is buying Texas-based Healthpoint Biotherapeutics for $782 million. 

• Abu Dhabi-controlled TAQA buys BP North Sea assets

  British oil company BP is selling its interests in some North Sea oil and gas fields to TAQA, a company controlled by Abu Dhabi Water and Electricity ... 

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  French minister wants steel firm ArcelorMittal out

  Many European countries with lagging economies are trying to draw in foreign investors. But in France, a Socialist minister says he wants to kick the ... 

• Fiat Industrial and CNH reach merger agreement

  The Italian heavy-duty vehicles maker Fiat Industrial reached an agreement Monday for a full merger with its U.S. subsidiary, the farm equipment maker ... 

• CNH advisers recommend Fiat Industrial merger

  Fiat Industrial says advisers for the U.S. farm equipment maker CNH Global N.V. have recommended that the board accept the latest offer for a full ... 

• Glencore shareholders back Xstrata merger

  Shareholders in Glencore International PLC, one of the world's biggest commodity traders, have voted to approve a merger with Anglo-Swiss mining ... 

• French retailer Carrefour sells Indonesia stake

  French supermarket group Carrefour is selling off its business in Indonesia for €525 million ($670 million) as part of a broader effort at turning ...