International Business News - Deal http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif Dubai Aerospace Enterprise said on Sunday it has reached a $340 million agreement with International Aero Engines, a consortium led by Rolls-Royce and Pratt & Whitney , for A320 Airbus aircraft engines. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/224116-an-airbus-a320-passenger-plane-is-parked.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091115/international-aero-engines-in-airbus-deal.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091115/international-aero-engines-in-airbus-deal.htm Sun, 15 Nov 2009 07:40:01 EST Kraft Foods Inc posted weaker-than-expected quarterly revenue and cut its full-year sales forecast on Tuesday ahead of a deadline to make a formal bid for British chocolatier Cadbury Plc . http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/223412-a-box-of-kraft-macaroni-and-cheese.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091103/kraft-revenue-misses-cites-cadbury-deal-criteria.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091103/kraft-revenue-misses-cites-cadbury-deal-criteria.htm Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:08:02 EST Economy Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg expressed confidence on Saturday that Germany could address EU concerns about a sale of carmaker Opel to Canada's Magna, saying they did not put the deal at risk. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/222549-people-crowd-aroundopel-astra-car-at-the.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091017/germany-says-eu-concerns-dont-endanger-opel-deal.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091017/germany-says-eu-concerns-dont-endanger-opel-deal.htm Sat, 17 Oct 2009 18:40:01 EDT U.S. carmaker General Motors was close to signing a deal to sell a 55 percent stake in its European arm Opel to Canada's Magna Thursday as talks continued with unions over job cuts. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/222410-a-woman-is-reflected-in-the-logo.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091015/gm-magna-set-to-sign-opel-deal-job-talks-continue.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091015/gm-magna-set-to-sign-opel-deal-job-talks-continue.htm Thu, 15 Oct 2009 06:24:01 EDT Electric Co's deal to provide the parent of No. 2 U.S. carrier American Airlines with $1.88 billion of financing and also to sell engines for up to 100 new jets is its largest aviation finance deal in about a decade, a GE executive said on Thursday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090917/ge-amr-deal-shows-industrial-finance-balance-exec.htm Thu, 17 Sep 2009 15:57:02 EDT Nations aiming to agree on a new global climate deal should focus on achievable greenhouse gas emissions targets, to involve as many nations as possible, said U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/220447-.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090915/climate-deal-must-be-wide-not-overwhelming-chu.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090915/climate-deal-must-be-wide-not-overwhelming-chu.htm Tue, 15 Sep 2009 10:48:46 EDT Industrial distributor W.W. Grainger Inc said it would record a one-time gain in the third quarter, following the completion of its tender offer bid for Japan's MonotaRO Co Ltd. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090914/updategrainger-sees-q3-gain-from-monotaro-deal.htm Mon, 14 Sep 2009 13:19:07 EDT U.S. antitrust regulators have requested more documents in their probe of Microsoft Corp's deal to provide search engine technology to rival Yahoo Inc, the two companies said on Friday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090911/updateus-deepens-review-yahoo-microsoft-deal.htm Fri, 11 Sep 2009 13:28:40 EDT A drive to agree a U.N. climate pact in Copenhagen in December risks failure unless world leaders revive bogged-down negotiations at a U.N. summit in New York on September 22, experts say. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/220117-.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090910/september-un-summit-seen-climate-deal.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090910/september-un-summit-seen-climate-deal.htm Thu, 10 Sep 2009 09:54:38 EDT Biopharmaceutical firm Xoma Ltd said it entered into a research and development deal related to its antibody technologies with a unit of Cephalon Inc. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090909/xoma-cephalon-unit-inmln-antibody-discovery-deal.htm Wed, 09 Sep 2009 08:20:14 EDT Prospects for a new U.N. climate pact in Copenhagen have brightened but negotiations must speed up to meet a December deadline, the head of the U.N. Climate Change Secretariat said on Tuesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/219929-.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090908/prospects-un-climate-deal-brighter-de-boer.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090908/prospects-un-climate-deal-brighter-de-boer.htm Tue, 08 Sep 2009 11:10:48 EDT Biogen Idec said on Friday it had offered to acquire Facet Biotech Corp, a partner in developing multiple sclerosis and cancer drugs, in a deal valued at about $355 million. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090904/biogen-offers-buy-partner-facet-355-mln-deal.htm Fri, 04 Sep 2009 14:29:38 EDT CHICAGO - Brazilian meat giant JBS would likely get U.S. antitrust approval if it decides to buy U.S. chicken producer Pilgrim's Pride even though the already concentrated American meat market would lose yet another player. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090904/us-seen-approvingjbs-pilgrim-pride-deal.htm Fri, 04 Sep 2009 08:51:44 EDT A unit of GreenHunter Energy Inc said on Thursday it signed a 20-year power sales deal for its biomass power plant in California, enabling the company to complete construction. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090903/green-hunter-biomass-plant-power-sales-deal.htm Thu, 03 Sep 2009 16:17:43 EDT Shares of movie rental companies Netflix Inc and Blockbuster Inc fell on Thursday, dragged down by news that online video site YouTube is talking with several major movie studios about renting movies, analysts said. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/219721-.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090903/netflix-blockbuster-shares-fall-on-youtube-deal.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090903/netflix-blockbuster-shares-fall-on-youtube-deal.htm Thu, 03 Sep 2009 16:03:02 EDT Nomura Holdings cemented its position at the top of the M&A league tables in Japan by bagging a mandate to advise Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma on its $2.6 billion acquisition of U.S. drugmaker Sepracor Inc. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090903/nomura-jp-morgan-bag-plum-roles-dainippon-deal.htm Thu, 03 Sep 2009 08:35:29 EDT Epix, the newly-formed premium movie channel, said on Wednesday it has reached an exclusive deal to carry 22 movies from independently-owned Roadside Attractions. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090902/movie-channel-epix-deal-carry-roadside-movies.htm Wed, 02 Sep 2009 08:29:06 EDT NEW YORK - Merck & Co Inc announced plans on Monday for a reorganization once its acquisition of Schering-Plough Corp closes later this year, including naming leaders for five main divisions. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/219457-.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090831/refile-updatemerck-reorganizes-as-schering-deal-nears-close.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090831/refile-updatemerck-reorganizes-as-schering-deal-nears-close.htm Mon, 31 Aug 2009 10:00:43 EDT NEW YORK - Walt Disney Co said on Monday it plans to buy Marvel Entertainment Inc for $4 billion in a deal that would add characters like Iron Man, Spider-Man, and the Fantastic Four to its entertainment empire. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090831/disney-acquire-marvel-inbln-deal.htm Mon, 31 Aug 2009 09:34:57 EDT Facet Biotech Corp (FACT.O) and Trubion Pharmaceuticals Inc (TRBN.O) agreed to jointly develop and market Trubion's experimental drug for a type of blood cancer, the companies said, sending Trubion shares up 76 percent. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090828/facet-trubion-drug-development-deal-trubion-stock-soars.htm Fri, 28 Aug 2009 10:22:55 EDT