L-3 IS PURCHASING CAE'S MARINE CONTROLS UNIT
Date: 02 November 2004
By Bloomberg News
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L-3 Communications Holdings will buy CAE's marine controls unit, which makes shipboard control systems, for 328 million Canadian dollars ($268 million) in cash and assumed debt (S)
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CHUBB RECEIVES NOTICE FROM OHIO REGULATOR
Date: 03 November 2004
By Bloomberg News
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Insurer Chubb Corp receives investigative demand from Ohio Atty Gen Jim Petro in connection with state's probe into possible antitrust violations (S)
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FOREST LABORATORIES DELAYS DEVELOPMENT OF MEDICINE
Date: 03 November 2004
By Bloomberg News
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Forest Laboratories says development of experimental blood-pressure drug larcanidipine will be delayed because patients in clinical trials did not respond as expected (S)
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CHURCH'S CHICKEN CHAIN IS BOUGHT BY CRESCENT CAPITAL
Date: 02 November 2004
By Bloomberg News
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AFC Enterprises will sell its Church's Chicken chain to Crescent Capital Investments for $390 million (S)
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OMNICARE AGAIN EXTENDS ITS BID FOR NEIGHBORCARE
Date: 02 November 2004
By Bloomberg News
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Omnicare, which sells drugs and pharmacy services to nursing homes, again extends its $1.33 billion unsolicited bid for rival NeighborCare (S)
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MEDQUIST DOUBTS RELIABILITY OF '02 AND '03 RESULTS
Date: 03 November 2004
By Bloomberg News
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Medquist says its regulatory filings in connection with 2002 and 2003 are not reliable (S)
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PFIZER BUYS RESEARCH SITE IN CALIFORNIA FOR $372 MILLION
Date: 03 November 2004
By Bloomberg News
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Pfizer Inc acquires research facility in La Jolla, Calif, from Slough Estates of Great Britain for $372 million (S)
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MCCORMICK PURCHASES DUTCH SPICE MAKER FOR $73 MILLION
Date: 03 November 2004
By Bloomberg News
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McCormick & Co acquires Dutch spice maker C M van Sillevoldt for $73.7 million (S)
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G.E. DELAYS BUYING INVISION FOR 2 MONTHS TO ALLOW INQUIRY
Date: 02 November 2004
By Bloomberg News
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General Electric agrees to delay its $900 million purchase of InVision Technologies, maker of bomb-detection machines for airports, for two months while federal officials probe InVision's disclosure of possible improper payments by international distributors; both companies say they remain committed to merger (S)
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DANA REDUCES SALE PRICE OF ITS AUTO PARTS UNIT
Date: 03 November 2004
By Bloomberg News
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Dana Corp reduces acquisition price of its automotive replacement-parts business, which is being bought by Affinia Group, to $1.02 billion (S)
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WAL-MART TO OPEN AS MANY AS 15 STORES IN CHINA NEXT YEAR
Date: 03 November 2004
By Bloomberg News
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Wal-Mart Stores to open 15 new stores in smaller provincial cities in China in 2004; currently has 40 stories in major Chinese cities (S)
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JUDGE RULES MCI CAN SUE ITS FORMER CHIEF OVER LOANS
Date: 02 November 2004
By Bloomberg News
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Judge Arthur Gonzalez rules that MCI, long-distance carrier, can seek recovery of $408 million in loans to former chief executive Bernard J Ebbers without going to trial; dismisses $12 million claim by Ebbers (S)
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