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Novartis to Buy Chiron for $5B
Author: Elena Todorova
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Last Update: 9:44 AM EST October 31 2005

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Asian-Pacific markets surged with the Nikkei in the lead, rising 2%, followed by markets in Australia, South Korea, and Hong Kong. European stocks also traded higher, boosted by merger-and-acquisition news. Novartis has agreed to acquire all the remaining public shares of Chiron for $5.1 billion. PMC-Sierra Inc. is buying Agilent Technologies for $425 million.

 
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