Ownership changes

Ownership changes

• Carlyle Group to buy Getty Images in $3.3B deal

  The Carlyle Group, one of the biggest private equity firms in the world, plans to buy a controlling stake in the photo and video distributor Getty ... 

• GlaxoSmithKline to sell brand rights in Australia

  British drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline PLC will sell the rights to several of its products in Australia to Aspen Pharmacare Holdings Ltd. for nearly $270 ... 

• Sears spinning off some stores into separate co.

  Sears is moving forward with plans to spin off its Hometown and Outlet stores as well as some hardware stores into a separate publicly traded company. 

• Pfizer files IPO plan for animal health business

  Pfizer Inc. plans an initial public offering of a minority stake in its animal health business to pay off debt. The long-anticipated offering by the ... 

• BP sells US refinery, Arco retail to Tesoro

  Oil company BP says it has agreed to sell its refinery in Carson, California and other West Coast assets to Tesoro Corp. BP said Monday that Tesoro ... 

• Julius Baer to buy Merrill Lynch non-US assets

  The Julius Baer Group says it has agreed to pay 860 million francs ($879 million) to buy Bank of America Corp.'s Merrill Lynch wealth management ... 

• BP sells 2 Texas gas plants to Eagle Rock Energy

  Oil company BP is selling two gas processing plants in Texas to Eagle Rock Energy Partners. BP said Monday that Eagle Rock Energy Partners is paying ...