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The satellite TV company owned by Charlie Ergen, DISH Network Corp (NASDAQ:DISH) (Closed: $36.77, Down by: 2.29%) has offered to buy-out Sprint Nextel Corporation (NYSE:S) (Closed: $7.06, Up by 13.50%) for $25.5 billion. This, in a definite bid to challenge the bid put forth by...

The largest electronics’ custom manufacturer in the world, Foxconn Technology Group has recommenced hiring workers at its factory in China. A person in the know said that it is preparing to start manufacturing a new Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL) (Closed: $419.85, Down by 2.32%) iPhone....

An investor in pharmaceutical royalty-streams, Royalty Pharma, has upped its buy-out offer for Elan Corporation, plc (NYSE:ELN) (Current: $11.78, Down by 1.92%) which now stands at $7.3 billion. This move has threatened the acquisitions-plan that the latter was planning on. The...

By market value, Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc (NYSE:TMO) (Closed: $78.58, Down by 1.27%) is the second-largest maker of life-sciences equipment. In an all-cash deal it has agreed to buy Life Technologies Corp (NASDAQ:LIFE) (Closed: $73.11, Up by 7.51%) for close to $13.6 billion....

So far, both Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE:WMT) (Closed: $78.47, Down by 0.11%) and Sears Holdings Corp (NASDAQ:SHLD) (Closed: $48.70, Down by 6.78%) have disagreed to be part of the group of companies such as Li & Fung Ltd in offering compensation to victims of a blaze that...