Quest Diagnostics in Lyndhurst, one of the largest providers of diagnostic medical testing and services, acquired Angelholm, Sweden’s HemoCue, a provider of so-called near patient testing, for $420 million. EQT II, a group of private equity funds, sold HemoCue to Quest. The deal will put Quest into the near patient, also known as point-of-care,...

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Beijing Sino-US Jinche Yingang Auto Technological Services, also known as AutoMart, acquired Matawan-based Deep Field Technologies through a reverse merger announced today. AutoMart will own 85 percent of the combined company, which has an estimated market

Andrew Graham has been named president and CEO of management consulting firm Kepner-Tregoe (KT) in Princeton. Graham joined KT, Australia, in 1994 and was appointed managing director of KT’s operation in Japan in 2000. In 2002, he was promoted to managing partner of KT’s

Equity Office Properties Trust, a real estate investment trust in Chicago, asked its shareholders to vote in favor of a $54 per share or, $38.3 billion, buyout offer from private equity firm The Blackstone Group in New York City. Vornado Realty Trust (NYSE: VNO) in Paramus has already filed a $39.2 billion offer

While more firms got money, fewer dollars were shelled out

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BIZ SPOTLIGHT - Mergers & Acquisitions

Free-flowing money made Garden State part of a record year for deals

Getting the merger deal signed is just one step in a process