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Yemenia, the official carrier of the state of Yemen, based in Sanaa, has signed a firm contract for ten Airbus A350 XWB aircraft as part of its long haul fleet modernization programme.
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Tiger Airways, Asia Pacific's fast growing low-fare carrier, has signed a contract for an additional 30 Airbus A320s and 20 options.
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Vietnam Airlines has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for 10 A350-900 XWBs, as well as for 20 additional A321s.
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British Airways will buy 12 Airbus A380 aircraft as part of the airlines' long term fleet modernisation. The announcement marks the first time British Airways has selected to introduce Airbus aircraft for the company's long haul fleet.
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India's Kingfisher Airlines has ordered two versions of the Rolls-Royce Trent to power 25 new Airbus widebody airliners. The value of the engine business at list prices is $1 billion.
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Logitech International today announced that its board of directors has approved a new share buyback program, which authorizes the Company to invest up to $250 million to purchase its own shares, subject to the approval of the Swiss Takeover Board.
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Boeing announced orders for 11 787-8 Dreamliners and 50 Next-Generation 737s with TUI Group, Europe's largest integrated-tourism company. The orders were previously recorded on Boeing's Orders and Deliveries Web site as unidentified. The value of the orders is approximately $4.7 billion at list prices.
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Pearson, the international education and information company, today announces that it has agreed to acquire Harcourt Assessment and Harcourt Education International from Reed Elsevier for $950m in cash.
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Yahoo! today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Right Media Inc., creator of the Right Media Exchange. The acquisition of Right Media will build upon Yahoo!'s leadership in online advertising and is a key step towards executing the Company's long-term strategy to transform how online advertisers connect to and engage with their customers - both on and off the Yahoo! network.
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The Managing Board and the Supervisory Board of ABN AMRO today announce the sale of ABN AMRO North America Holding Company which principally consists of the retail and commercial banking activities of LaSalle Bank Corporation ("LaSalle") to Bank of America for USD 21 billion in cash. ABN AMRO's North American Asset Management businesses and certain businesses within ABN AMRO's North American Global Markets and Global Clients operations do not form part of the sale.
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Motorola, Inc. and Terayon Communication Systems, Inc. today announced that the two companies have signed a definitive merger agreement, under which Motorola will acquire all of the outstanding shares of Terayon's common stock for $1.80 per share in cash. The transaction will have a total equity value of approximately $140 million on a fully-diluted basis.
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AstraZeneca to acquire MedImmune for $58 per share in a fully recommended, all-cash
transaction with a total enterprise value of $15.2 billion.
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Microsoft Corp. today announced it will acquire Tellme Networks, Inc., a leading provider of voice services for everyday life.
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Philips announced that it has completed its acquisition of Partners in Lighting International.
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Siemens AG, one of the world's largest electrical engineering and electronics companies, agreed Wednesday to buy business software maker UGS Corp. from three private-equity firms for about $2.1 billion and assume $1.4 billion in UGS debt, the companies said.
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General Electric Company said on Thursday it will buy the in-vitro diagnostics unit and its Point-of-Care diagnostics unit from Abbott Laboratories Inc. GE would buy the two units for $8.1 billion cash.
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General Electric Co., agreed to buy Smiths Aerospace, a U.K.-based supplier of integrated systems for aircraft manufacturers and components for engine builders, for $4.8 billion in cash as rising demand for travel drives record sales of commercial aircraft at Boeing Co. and Airbus SAS.
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