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"Richard Schulze, the founder of Best Buy, is trying to take the struggling electronics retailer private by working out a bid for the purpose. He is negotiating with Credit Suisse bankers to put up the bid. He is the retailer's largest shareholder with a stake of 20.1 percent. "

"Technology distributor Ingram Micro Inc has agreed to buy wireless device distributor BrightPoint Inc for about $650 million in cash in order to expand in new growth areas due to the dwindling sales of personal computers. "

"Cielo, Brazil's largest card payment processor, will buy for Merchant e-Solutions, a US provider of card payment processing solutions for $670 million. "

"Bristol-Myers Squibb Co has agreed to acquire Amylin Pharmaceuticals Inc, a maker of diabetes therapies at a total cost of $5.3 billion as it is desperately trying to replace revenue that it is losing from the declining sales of its blood thinner that is facing generic competition."

"The aerospace division of the world's number two truck maker Volvo is being acquired by GKN, the British engineering group, for 633 million pounds ($986 million). The move is designed to boost the capacity and range of GKN's engine component portfolio."

"German industrial gas producer Linde AG announced Sunday that it will acquire Lincare Holdings Inc, a Florida-based provider of oxygen and respiratory therapy services to patients in the home, for $4.6 billion, to take advantage of the potential growth rate of 6 to 9 percent annually in the home care market."

"The 58-year-old host has recently purchased a Hollywood Hills home for a staggering $1,115,000. Her new 1,783sq ft mansion that is located near celeb-favourite Runyon Canyon with a vantage of the Hollywood sign and the iconic Griffith Observatory comprises three-bedroom, two-bathroom property."

"If there is one industry that has more than kept pace with the times, it is undoubtedly the watch sector. Today, you have a mind boggling variety of trendy quartzes to fashion watches to designer watches and even unbelievably wonderful sports watches. There are watches for men and women separately. The arrival of online shopping in India big time has helped the watches to sell more and to a wider audience. "

"Mixed ratings have been given to Facebook's stock by Wall Street analysts at the end of the 40-day quiet period after its IPO. Some have given it "Neutral" and others "Buy" ratings Wednesday."

"The Japanese advertising company, Dentsu is buying Britain's Aegis Group Plc for 3.16 billion pounds ($4.9 billion) in order to create a global media and marketing network. A company with 33,000 workers will be created as a result of this deal. "