Topic: Financial Services Sector
MetLife seals Alico deal after two-year quest
Reuters US Online Report Business News
NEW YORK (Reuters) - MetLife Inc <MET.N> pursued AIG's <AIG.N> foreign life insurance business for two years before finally clinching a $15.5 billion purchase that will give it beachheads in 47 nations from Peru to Bangladesh. The deal for American Life Insurance Co ...
Stocks trade flat after more corporate dealmaking
AP Features
Stocks ended mixed after a new round of mergers and acquisitions raised some hope for the economy. Financial shares are up Monday after insurer American International Group Inc. reached a deal to sell one of its major foreign divisions to MetLife Inc. for $15.5 billion. Meanwhile, health care stocks ...
Obama wagers political fate on health care
AFP American Edition
A fired-up President Barack Obama launched a populist assault Monday on price-gouging American insurance firms, escalating his last-ditch bid to pass a historic health reform bill. Obama laid a bold bet with his remaining political capital in an event in metropolitan Philadelphia, painting insurance firms as villains and seeking to ...
Microchip Tech raises bid for Silicon Storage
AP News
Microchip Technology raises bid for Silicon Storage a second time to thwart CerberusMicrochip Technology Inc. on Monday raised its purchase price for Silicon Storage Inc. a second time, competing with a private-equity firm for the maker of flash memory cards used in digital cameras and MP3 players. Microchip is now ...
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