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    SeaWorld makes waves on the NYSE as stock climbs after $702 million IPO

    April 19 NEW YORK — SeaWorld Entertainment Inc. made a splash Friday in its first day of trading on the New York Stock Exchange. The owner of theme parks famous for…

    Manager of top-performing Matthew 25 Fund was confident a rebound would come

    April 12 When the Matthew 25 Fund fell 40 percent in 2008, it kept Mark Mulholland awake at night. Mulholland, the founder and sole manager of the mutual fund — named after…

    Thermo Fisher to buy Life Technologies in $13.6 billion cash deal

    April 15 Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. plans to pay about $13.6 billion for Life Technologies Corp. in a deal that will position the scientific instrument maker to benefit from the expected…

    Correction: Thermo Fisher-Life Technologies-Acquisition story

    In an April 15 story about Thermo Fisher Inc.’s plan to buy Life Technologies Corp., The Associated Press misidentified the gender of Morningstar analyst Charlie Miller, who is a woman.…

    ING Groep to float stake in US arm for $1.5 billion; business worth much less than book value

    April 17 AMSTERDAM — ING Groep NV says it will sell a 25 percent stake in its U.S. arm for around $1.4-$1.5 billion in an initial public offering, as part of…

    Satellite operator Intelsat to raise almost $472 million in initial public offering

    LUXEMBOURG — Satellite operator Intelsat SA says it expects to raise around $471.7 million from an initial public offering It has set the price for 19.3 million common shares at…

    Morgan Stanley CFO says companies still cautious on deal-making; bank rejiggers business plan

    April 18 NEW YORK — After getting bludgeoned in the financial crisis, Morgan Stanley is staking its future on the steadier, if less spectacular, business of wealth management. In the first…

    2 Rivals Complicate Deal for Dell

    March 24, 2013 Chip East/ReutersThe activist investor Carl Icahn. Two rival bids for Dell Inc. have emerged, threatening to complicate or change — or upend — an effort to take…

    Morning Take-Out

    June 13, 2013JPMorgan Chief Is Expected to Play Down Trade Risks at Hearing  |  When JPMorgan’s chief executive, Jamie Dimon, appears Wednesday on Capitol Hill, he plans to play down…

    Penney Enlists Blackstone to Help It Raise Money

    April 11, 2013 J. C. Penney has hired the Blackstone Group to help it raise much-needed cash, people briefed on the matter said on Thursday, as the embattled retailer seeks…