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- Agilent to acquire Dako for $2.2B
Agilent Technologies Inc. agreed to buy Dako, a Danish maker of cancer-diagnostics tools, for $2.2 billion.
Santa Clara-based Agilent (NYSE: A), a maker of scientific-testing equipment, is looking to expand its life-science business with the purchase.
The acquisition is the largest ever for Agilent, a company that was spun out from Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE: HPQ) more than 10 years ago.
- Agilent to buy Dako for $2.2B
Agilent Technologies said that it has agreed to buy Danish cancer diagnostic test company Dako for $2.2 billion in cash.
The Santa Clara-based test and measurement equipment company is buying Dako from private equity group EQT.
The deal is expected to expand Agilent's clinical diagnostics offerings and close within 60 days.
- Agilent to buy cancer-diagnostic company Dako for $2.2B
Agilent Technologies Inc. said on Thursday that it has agreed to buy Danish cancer diagnostic test company Dako for $2.2 billion in cash.
The Santa Clara-based test and measurement equipment company (NYSE:A) is buying Dako from private equity group EQT.
The deal is expected to expand Agilent's clinical diagnostics offerings and close within 60 days.
“In the rapidly growing diagnostics market, Dako’s products and capabilities are a strategic complement to Agilent’s existing offerings,”...
- Denmark aims low with green energy policy
SAMSO, Denmark (Reuters) - Over a beer or two, Danes like to tell a story that goes like this: One night the energy ministers of the countries around the North Sea got together to divide up its oil and gas wealth. The Danish minister got very drunk, but the Norwegian managed to stay sober. As a result, Norway carved out a jagged shape that included Ekofisk, which has proved to be a major field, and Denmark was left with the dregs. ...
- AP Moller-Maersk posts Q1 profit
Danish shipper and oil group A.P. Moller-Maersk says first quarter earnings of 8.5 billion kroner ($1.5 billion) were unsatisfactory and the result of low rates in the container and tanker markets.
- Villa's Herd new face in Australia squad
 Aston Villa's Chris Herd was the only new face in a 26-man Australian squad named Tuesday for next month's friendly against Denmark and their World Cup qualifiers against Oman and Japan.
- EU's Rompuy says euro an irreversible project
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - European Council President Herman Van Rompuy said on Friday that the single European currency is irreversible and the European Union must persuade citizens that the economic and financial crisis will be overcome. Van Rompuy also said he was "very concerned" about the situation in Greece. He called it the "defining moment for the country" and urged Greek political leaders to support a solution to the crisis. "We must make clear that the euro is an irreversible project and this crisis will be overcome," van Rompuy told a conference on EU affairs in the Danish capital. ...
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