BOARD APPROVES NEWS CORPORATION'S MOVE TO U.S.
Date: 11 August 2004
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
News Corp's board unanimously endorses company's plan to shift headquarters to US from Australia (S)
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COORS TO ADD BREWERY TO PACKAGING PLANT IN VIRGINIA
Date: 11 August 2004
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
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MIM TO ACQUIRE CHRONIMED FOR $80 MILLION
Date: 10 August 2004
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
MIM, which manages prescription benefits for health-care plans, acquires special-pharmacy operator Chronimed for about $80 million in stock; Chronimed's shareholders will own 37 percent of company, which will be named BioScrip; MIM shareholders will own 63 percent; Chronimed's chief executive Henry Blissenbach will be chief executive of BioScrip; MIM's chief executive Richard H Friedman will be chairman (S)
U.S. RESTAURANT PROPERTIES PURCHASES COMPETITOR
Date: 10 August 2004
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
US Restaurant Properties, which leases properties to restaurants including Burger King and Pizza Hut, agrees to buy CNL Restaurant Properties for $1.3 billion to create largest company providing financial and real estate services to country's restaurant industry (S)
TERRA INDUSTRIES ACQUIRES MISSISSIPPI CHEMICAL
Date: 10 August 2004
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Terra Industries, producer of liquid-nitrogen fertilizer, acquires Mississippi Chemical for $107 million in stock to expand US and get stake in ammonia plant in Trinidad; transaction's value will be $268 million, including cash and assumed debt (S)
SCOTTS PLANS TO EXPAND REACH OF SMITH & HAWKEN
Date: 10 August 2004
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Scotts Co acquires Smith & Hawken from DDJ Capital Management for $58 million to gain stores that sell expensive garden tools (S)
HOOPER HOLMES QUESTIONS ITS CHIEF'S DONATIONS
Date: 11 August 2004
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Hooper Holmes Inc says ethics inquiry at company is preventing KPMG from finishing its second-quarter audit; hires independent counsel to examine reimbursements to its chief executive James McNamee for charitable donations and other expenses (S)
HOLLINGER SPENT $7 MILLION IN LEGAL FEES IN 2ND QUARTER
Date: 11 August 2004
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Hollinger International Inc spent about $7 million in second quarter on legal fees related to its probe into payments to company executives (S)
Banning Bad News in Iraq
Date: 10 August 2004
Editorial says Iraq's interim Prime Minister Ayad Allawi should not have temporarily closed Al Jazeera; says while more sensitivity and less stridency on Al Jazeera's part would be welcome, it has been healthy and crucially important force for change, often standing almost alone in holding actions of previously unaccountable governments up to public view and encouraging broader public debate; says Allawi is supposed to be pointing way toward more democratic Iraq
World Business Briefing | Asia: Japan: Machinery Orders Rise
Date: 10 August 2004
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Japanese machinery orders rose 3.9 percent in June from May, seasonally adjusted; orders in April-June quarter increased record 10.3 percent from previous three months (S)