DEVELOPER MAKES OFFER FOR MAGNA ENTERTAINMENT
Date: 14 July 2004
By Bloomberg News
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MI Developments Inc, real estate developer controlled by Frank Stronach, founder of horse racetrack operator Magna International Inc, offers to buy 38 percent of Magna Entertainment Corp it does not own from $285.8 million in stock and cash (S)
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BIDDER FOR COLE NATIONAL SAID TO RECEIVE FINANCING
Date: 14 July 2004
By Bloomberg News
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Cole National Corp, owner of Pearle Vision optical stores, says Moulin International Holdings has received financing for its offer to buy company for $25 per share in cash; HAL Holding, which owns about 19 percent of Cole National's outstanding shares, offer substantial financing, and Moulin has other commitments from undisclosed investors (S)
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VULCAN CAPITAL RAISES BID FOR PLAINS RESOURCES
Date: 13 July 2004
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Plains Resources says Paul G Allen's Vulcan Capital has raised its takeover offer by 3 percent, to $423 million (S)
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MELLON FINANCIAL PLANS GROWTH IN SOUTHWESTERN U.S.
Date: 13 July 2004
By Bloomberg News
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Mellon Financial, which runs Dreyfus mutual funds, acquires Paragon Asset Management Co to expand its wealth management business in Las Vegas (S)
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HEALTHCARE REALTY TO BUY BUILDINGS FOR $133 MILLION
Date: 13 July 2004
By Bloomberg News
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Healthcare Realty Trust acquires 20 medical buildings from Baylor Health Care System and its affiliates for about $133 million; properties are on or near hospital campuses in Dallas-Fort Worth area (S)
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OAKLEY TRIMS ITS EARNINGS FORECAST FOR THE YEAR
Date: 13 July 2004
By Bloomberg News
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Sunglass maker Oakley cuts its earnings forecast for 2004 and says its second-quarter sales will be less than analysts expected (S)
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J.P. MORGAN CHASE UNIT TO BUY SAFETY-KLEEN
Date: 13 July 2004
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Electra Partners Europe, buyout unit of J P Morgan Chase & Co, acquires Safety-Kleen Europe, British maker of solvents and cleaners for automotive industry, for about 275 million pounds ($510 million) (S)
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ALLERGAN SHARES FALL AFTER PSORIASIS DRUG RULING
Date: 14 July 2004
By Bloomberg News
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Shares of Allergan Inc fall 6.3 percent after Food and Drug Administration panel votes against approval of company's oral tazarotene treatment for psoriasis (S)
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SELECT COMFORT MATTRESS MAKER CUTS REVENUE OUTLOOK
Date: 14 July 2004
By Bloomberg News
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Select Comfort Corp, maker of Sleep Number mattresses, cuts its forecast for revenue and profit for year, setting off 26 percent decline in its share price (S)
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Trade Gap Narrows as Exports and Imports Rise to Records
Date: 14 July 2004
By Bloomberg News
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Commerce Department reports US trade deficit narrowed in May for first time in six months as exports surged to record; $46 billion gap follows record shortfall of $48.1 billion in April; exports rose 2.9 percent, to $97.1 billion; trade deficit with Japan narrowed to $5.5 billion, from $6.4 billion; trade gap with China rose to $12.1 billion, from $12 billion, with exports to China rising to $2.9 billion, from $2.7 billion; deficit with Canada narrowed to $4.8 billion, from $5.6 billion; gap with Mexico widened to $3.8 billion, from $3.2 billion (M)
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