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Company Symbol Date Price Comment
SEARS, ROEBUCK S 11/17/2004 55 KMRT to buy, form holding company called Sears Holdings Corp... $50 or 0.5 Sears Holdings share = S
SMTEK INTL SMTI 11/17/2004 14 CTS to buy: $14.20-$15 in cash, stock = SMTI
FIDELITY NATL FI FNF 11/16/2004 42 NYT says Thomas H. Lee Partners, Texas Pacific Group mulling possible $9B buyout of co. or purchase of smaller stake.
PENNROCK FINANCI PRFS 11/16/2004 39 CMTY to buy: 1.4 CMTY = PRFS
MARKETWATCH INC MKTW 11/15/2004 18 DJ to buy: $18 = MKTW
GENCORP GY 11/11/2004 17 Steel Partners II L.P. offers to buy for $17/share, subj. to certain conditions.
HOLLYWOOD ENTERT HLYW 11/11/2004 11 BBI says it interested in acquiring HLYW for $11.50 per share cash.
ROGERS WIRELESS RCN 11/11/2004 41 RG plans exchange offer for all RCN Cl. B shares outstanding at 1.75 RG per RCN.
AMER PACIFIC BAN AMPB 11/10/2009 11 RIVERVIEW BANCORP INC. to buy for $34.4M.
VISX INC EYE 11/10/2009 24 AVO to buy: 0.552 AVO, $3.50 = EYE
WELLPOINT HLTH N WLP 11/9/2004 116 California Insurance Commissioner drops his objections to ATH's purchase of WLP.





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