01 September 2005

Keyword News: [buy]


Thursday, September 1, 2005 5:18 AM PDT
Your Keyword News Alert for [buy]
matched the following stories:

Reuters via Yahoo! News, Thu, 01 Sep 2005 4:47 AM PDT
Japan's Seven & I to buy out 7-Eleven http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20050901/bs_nm/retail_japan_seven_dc_1
Japan's biggest retailer, Seven & I Holdings Co. (3382.T), is launching a $1 billion tender offer to buy out its U.S. affiliate 7-Eleven Inc. and invest into the convenience chain to help it better compete.

Reuters via Yahoo! News, Thu, 01 Sep 2005 4:02 AM PDT
Novartis offers $4.5 bln to buy up Chiron http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20050901/bs_nm/novartis_chiron_dc_3
Novartis AG has offered $4.5 billion to buy the remaining shares in U.S. drugs firm Chiron Corp. it does not already own, in a move which would take the Swiss group firmly into the vaccines business.

FT.com via Yahoo! News, Thu, 01 Sep 2005 1:20 AM PDT
Novartis to buy out Chiron investors for $4.5bn http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ft/20050901/bs_ft/fto090120050429578007
Novartis on Thursday surprised investors with a $4.5bn plan to buy out shareholders in Chiron (NASDAQ:CHIR), the US biotechnology company 42 per cent owned by the Swiss pharmaceuticals giant.

Bloomberg.com, Thu, 01 Sep 2005 1:30 AM PDT
BNP Paribas in Talks to Buy a Stake in Chinese Bank (Update2) http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000085&sid=aV3pW73WKsIU
Sept. 1 (Bloomberg) -- BNP Paribas SA, France's second-biggest lender, is in discussions to buy a stake in a Chinese consumer bank, following competitors such as Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc in seeking to expand in the world's most populous nation.

Chicago Tribune, Thu, 01 Sep 2005 3:37 AM PDT
Blagojevich blasts ComEd's plan to buy power through an auction http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-0509010043sep01,1,3475393.story
Gov. Rod Blagojevich on Wednesday blasted Commonwealth Edison's plan to buy power through an auction, even as the utility asked state regulators for a 6 percent increase in the charge it levies to deliver electricity.

The Deal, Thu, 01 Sep 2005 2:44 AM PDT
Chase to buy Sears Canada cards http://www.thedeal.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=TheDeal/TDDArticle/TDStandardArticle&c=TDDArticle&cid=1125016618697
The consolidation of the North American credit card market continued on Wednesday, Aug. 31, as J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. agreed to buy the Sears credit card and Sears MasterCard accounts of Sears Canada Inc. for an undisclosed sum. (

Lansing State Journal, Thu, 01 Sep 2005 1:23 AM PDT
Black Child and Family Institute looks to buy Verlinden School http://www.lansingstatejournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050901/NEWS01/509010348/1001/RSS
The Black Child and Family Institute is ready to buy its own home.

Lexington Herald-Leader, Thu, 01 Sep 2005 3:12 AM PDT
Best Buy program targets soccer moms like `Jill' http://www.kentucky.com/mld/miamiherald/business/national/12488969.htm?source=rss&channel=miamiherald_national
Store manager Jenine Bryant scanned the entrance of the Best Buy, sizing up each customer who passed through. A blond woman in a fashionable white shirt and flower-patterned pants wandered in unsteadily, fumbling inside her purse for a scrap of paper.

New Ratings, Thu, 01 Sep 2005 4:00 AM PDT
Alpha Bank "buy," target price raised http://www.newratings.com/analyst_news/article_996439.html
LONDON, September 1 (newratings.com) - Analysts at Deutsche Bank maintain their "buy" rating on Alpha Bank (ACB.ETR), while raising their estimates for the company. The target price has been raised from 27.00 to 27.40.

New Ratings, Thu, 01 Sep 2005 4:00 AM PDT
Zumiez "buy," estimates raised http://www.newratings.com/analyst_news/article_996325.html
NEW YORK, September 1 (newratings.com) - Analyst Mitch Kummetz of DA Davidson maintains his "buy" rating on Zumiez Inc (ticker: ZUMZ), while raising his estimates for the company. The 12-18 month target price is set to $39.

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