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Lehman Sets Pact to Buy All of Archstone for $1.58 Billion
Wall Street Journal
By ROBBIE WHELAN And ELIOT BROWN Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. has struck a deal to buy the 26.5% stake that it doesn't already own in apartment giant Archstone for $1.58 billion, according to people familiar with the matter. Lehman is buying the stake ...
Lehman Said to Agree to Buy Rest of Archstone From BanksBloomberg
Report: Lehman estate to buy Archstone stakeBusinessWeek
Lehman to Buy Remainder of Archstone for $1.58 BillionNew York Times

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SAP to buy Ariba, boosts cloud bet
Reuters
By Noel Randewich and Jim Finkle | SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Top European software company SAP AG plans to buy Ariba Inc in a deal valuing the business and commerce network company at $4.3 billion, its latest maneuver against Oracle in the fast-growing ...
SAP to Buy Ariba for $4.3 Billion in Biggest Push Into CloudSan Francisco Chronicle
SAP agrees to buy Sunnyvale-based Ariba for $4.3 billionSan Jose Mercury News
SAP to buy Ariba for $4.3 billion; ups focus on cloudEconomic Times
Insurance & Technology -E-Commerce Times
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Buffett says his firm likely to buy newspapers
The Associated Press
(AP) ? Warren Buffett says his company is likely to buy more newspapers in the next few years, and Berkshire Hathaway will not try to influence the editorial policies of any of them. Buffett wrote a memo this week to the editors and publishers of all ...

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Hollywood Dreams Led Chinese Firm To Buy Into US
NPR
The company recently announced it was buying AMC movie theaters for $2.6 billion. The move is seen as part of a larger effort by the Chinese conglomerate to move into the US market. Moviegoers watch a 3-D IMAX movie at a Beijing theater run by the ...

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O'Dwyer's PR News (blog)

Best Buy Names Matthew Furman New Communications Chief
Reuters
MINNEAPOLIS -May 24, 2012 - Best Buy Co., Inc. (NYSE: BBY) today announced that Matthew Furman is joining the company as senior vice president, Communications and Public Affairs. Furman will report to company CEO (interim) Mike Mikan, effective June 22 ...
Struggling Best Buy names Furman its comms chiefPRWeek
Slumping Best Buy Plugs in Comms ChiefO'Dwyer's PR News (blog)

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USA TODAY

Don't buy into HP turnaround hype
MarketWatch
The price tag is difficult to calculate because of all the small companies and private businesses HP gobbled up, but consider this: The 10 largest of that group ? including the 2008 deal to buy Electronic Data Systems for $13.9 billion and the 2011 ...
2 High Value Tech Stocks To Buy On DipsSeeking Alpha

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CIO Today

Thursday 5/24 Insider Buying Report: BBY, RGR
Forbes
As the saying goes, there are many possible reasons for an insider to sell a stock, but only one reason to buy ? they expect to make money. So let's look at two noteworthy recent insider buys. At Best Buy (BBY), a filing with the SEC revealed that on ...
Best Buy Interim CEO Promises Bold Changes To ComeWall Street Journal
Best Buy 1Q profit falls, but adjusted profit, revenue beat Wall Street's ...Washington Post
Best Buy vows to change tack; mum on CEO searchReuters
San Francisco Chronicle -CIO Today -MarketWatch
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Rescue Elusive as ECB Resists Rajoy Bond-Buy Urge: Euro Credit
BusinessWeek
The central bank should cut its benchmark rate by half a percentage point from its current 1 percent and start a new, pre-announced program of buying sovereign debt from all 17 euro nations, as well as extending further loans to the region's banks, ...

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Moneycontrol.com

Bharti to Buy 49% of Qualcomm's India Broadband Business
Wall Street Journal
By KENAN MACHADO MUMBAI ? Bharti Airtel Ltd. said Thursday it will buy a 49% stake in the Indian broadband business of Qualcomm Inc. for about $165 million in a deal that will enable the company to expand its fourth-generation high-speed data services.
Bharti To Buy 49% Of Qualcomm's India Broadband Business For $165 MillionNASDAQ
Bharti Airtel to buy 49% of a Qualcomm India lineMarketWatch
Bharti to buy Qualcomm's India unitLivemint
Hindustan Times -Moneycontrol.com -Indian Express
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The Republic

NBC in Talks to Buy Out Microsoft's MSNBC.com Stake
Wall Street Journal
By KEACH HAGEY NBCUniversal is in talks to buy Microsoft Corp. out of their jointly owned MSNBC.com website, NBC News said Thursday, in a deal that would complete the unwinding of a software-media partnership long regarded as an awkward holdover from ...
NBCUniversal in Talks to Buy Out Microsoft's Stake in MSNBC.comBloomberg
Report: NBCUniversal talks to Microsoft about buying its MSNBC.com stakeThe Seattle Times
NBC may buy Microsoft's MSNBC.com stake - AdweekReuters India
Forbes -Economic Times
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