NasdaqGS: LCUT), a global provider of branded housewares products, announced it has acquired the business and certain assets of Easy Aces, Inc., which operates under the name Fred® & Friends (“F&F”). F&F designs and...
NYSE: PNK) and Ameristar Casinos, Inc. (Nasdaq GS: ASCA) announced that the companies have entered into a definitive agreement under which Pinnacle will acquire all of the outstanding common shares of Ameristar for $26.50...
Despair was replaced with certain amount of optimism on Monday with both Nasdaq and S&P 500 opening higher after House Speaker John Boehner, over the weekend, indicated that Republicans were ready to raise taxes...
NYSE: HPY), one of the nation’s largest payments processors, has expanded its Campus Solutions division by acquiring ECSI, a leading provider of cost-effective, customized payments processing solutions for the higher education industry. Founded in...
NYSE: PAY) announced an agreement with ANZ Bank New Zealand Limited (ANZ NZ) to acquire EFTPOS New Zealand Limited (ENZ). Additionally, VeriFone announced an agreement with the Sektor Group of New Zealand to acquire...
NYSE: LM) and affiliate Permal have announced a definitive agreement to acquire Fauchier Partners, a leading European based manager of funds of hedge funds, from BNP Paribas Investment Partners. Fauchier Partners will be combined...
NYSE:AVT) announced that it has agreed to acquire substantially all of the operating assets of Universal Semiconductor, Inc., “USI Electronics,” a distributor of discrete semiconductor, passive and electromechanical components to the military and aerospace...
NYSE: AJG) announced the acquisition of Western Benefit Solutions, LLC headquartered in Boise, Idaho. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 1997, Western Benefit Solutions, LLC (WBS) provides a wide range of...
NYSE: PX), has acquired PortaGas, Inc., a leading producer of portable cylinder gases for the specialty gases market. PortaGas has 40 employees at its new and fully-automated specialty gases facility located in the greater...
While continued policy logjam in Washington with regard to deficit reduction issue was hurting the U.S. economy, according to the Federal Reserve’s Chairman, Ben Bernanke, he is confident that lawmakers will succeed in finding...