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Actavis buying Warner Chilcott in $8.5B deal

Actavis is buying Warner Chilcott in an all-stock deal valued at about $8.5 billion that would create the third-biggest specialty pharmaceutical company in the U.S. market.

BUSINESS

Royalty Pharma increases bid for drugmaker Elan

Royalty Pharma is raising its offer to buy Elan on the condition that shareholders reject the Irish drugmaker's push to refocus its business through a string of recently announced deals.

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BUSINESS

Blackstone group offers to take Pactera private

Private equity firm Blackstone Group LP, along with Pactera's CEO and other managers, have offered to take Pactera private in a deal that values the Chinese technology consulting and outsourcing firm at $680.4 million.

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BUSINESS

Warren Buffett meets with young entrepreneurs

Billionaire Warren Buffett is spending his day listening to business pitches from a select group of kids, but the ideas aren't likely to generate new acquisitions for Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway conglomerate.

1 hour ago

BUSINESS

Oil rises on higher US stocks, falling dollar

The price of oil rose Monday, taking its cue from the stock market and the dollar.

BUSINESS

Idaho couple and Sun Valley in Twitter tussle

A central Idaho couple is suing the Sun Valley Co. and the Twitter Inc. social media site seeking to bar the resort from using the handle "SunValley."

2 hours ago

BUSINESS

Seamless and GrubHub to combine, no terms revealed

Rival online takeout services Seamless North America and GrubHub on Monday announced plans to combine and create a new company covering more than 20,000 restaurants in 500 cities across the U.S.