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Bank of New York Agrees to Acquire Mellon

Deere's CEO says the company was approached by a private-equity group, and more deal news

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Company	Symbol	Date	Price	Comment
DEERE & CO	DE	12/6/2006	98	Citigroup says CEO acknowledged DE has been approached by a private-equity group, but dismissed possibility of a buyout.
DOCUCORP INTL	DOCC	12/6/2006	10	Skywire Software to buy: $10 = DOCC.
GALLAHER GROUP A	GLH	12/6/2006	92	Confirms it recently received approach that may or may not lead to an offer.
INTL COAL GROUP	ICO	12/6/2006	5	Denies rumors that it was target of a management leveraged buyout offer.
BANDAG, INC	BDG	12/5/2006	51	Bridgestone Americas Holding Inc. to buy: $50.75 = BDG.
DIRECT GENERAL	DRCT	12/5/2006	21	Affiliate of Fremont Partners, Texas Pacific Group to buy: $21.25 = DRCT.
NOVELLUS SYSTEMS	NVLS	12/5/2006	35	S&P ties recent rise in NVLS shares to unconfirmed Bloomberg report that Tokyo Electron may be interested in buying co.
AGERE SYSTEMS	AGR	12/4/2006	19	LSI to buy: 2.16 LSI = AGR.
BANK OF NEW YORK	BK	12/4/2006	40	To merge with MEL: 0.9434 share of merged co. = BK.
CHICAGO MERCANT	CME	12/4/2006	531	Dept. of Justice asks CME for additional information about its proposed merger with CBOT.
GOLD KIST	GKIS	12/4/2006	21	PPC to buy: $21 = GKIS.
MELLON FINANCIAL	MEL	12/4/2006	43	To merge with BK: 1 share of merged co. = MEL.
RECKSON ASSOCIAT	RA	12/4/2006	46	ACP offers $49 per share in cash, stock.
STATION CASINOS	STN	12/4/2006	83	Fertitta Colony Partners bids $82/share.

CLAIRE'S STORES	CLE	12/1/2006	33	Hires Goldman to explore alternatives, including possible sale of co..
HOME DEPOT	HD	12/1/2006	39	NY Post reports wealthy buyout firms including Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co., Texas Pacific Group considering buyout deal of HD that could be worth $100B.
ABINGTON COMMUNI	ABBC	11/30/2006	19	Says it, Abington Mutual Holding Co. will merge into Abington Savings Bank.
DIGITAL INSIGHT	DGIN	11/30/2006	38	INTU to buy: $39 = DGIN.
NEW YORK TIMES'A	NYT	11/29/2006	24	NY Post reports insurance titan Maurice Greenberg has begun buying huge blocks of NYT stock to break Sulzberger family's stranglehold on the media empire.
TRIBUNE CO	TRB	11/29/2006	32	Extends its strategic review process through first quarter of 2007.
DOLLAR GENERAL	DG	11/28/2006	17	Seen higher on report of private equity interest.
HARRAH'S ENTERT	HET	11/28/2006	78	Shares higher on rumors PENN, hedge fund D.E. Shaw considering making bid for HET.
LOUISIANA-PACIF	LPX	11/28/2006	21	Seen higher amid takeover speculation.
RITA MEDICAL SYS	RITA	11/28/2006	4	ANGO to buy for $220M plus assumption of $3.3M in net debt.
SCOTTISH POWER	SPI	11/28/2006	57	Iberdrola SA to buy: 400 pence, $0.1646
SERVICEMASTER	SVM	11/28/2006	13	Says it exploring alternatives, including possible sale of co.
SWIFT TRANSPORT	SWFT	11/27/2006	28	Rejects $29/share buyout proposal from its largest shareholder, Jerry Moyes, but says it willing to discuss higher bids.

ADVANCED SEMI EN	ASX	11/24/2006	6	Receives interest regarding possible offer by consortium for NT$39 for each ASE share (about US$5.94 per ADR).
INTL DISPLAYWKS	IDWK	11/24/2006	6	Exchange ratio for FLEX's acquisition of IDWK will be IDWK = 0.5653 FLEX.

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