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Kodak to sell document imaging businesses, focus on commercial printing
24 Aug 2012
Though Kodak did not disclose how much it hopes to raise from the sale, it needs $700 million to pay its creditors and emerge from bankruptcy
Aetna to buy Coventry Healthcare in $5.7-bn deal
22 Aug 2012
US health insurer Aetna Inc, on Monday signed a deal to buy rival Coventry Healthcare Inc for $5.7 billion in order to expand its Medicaid business
BAA agrees to sale of Stansted
21 Aug 2012
Qatar Holding buys stake in British airport operator BAA in $1.4 bn deal
18 Aug 2012
Qatar Holding, which has bought out Spanish infrastructure firm Ferrovial S A, will buy another 10 per cent from Britannia Airport Partners and Singapore’s GIC, taking a fifth of the airport operator’s equity for €1.144 billion ($1.4 billion)
Heineken raises bid for Asia Pacific Breweries to $4.5 billion
18 Aug 2012
At S$53 per share, the offer is still S$2 less than the price offered by Thai Beverage for a partial stake in Singapore-listed APB
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