Bain Capital to pay $1B for Citigroup’s controlling stake in Japanese call center operator

Citigroup sells stake in Japanese call center

Cott closes sale of $215 million in notes and gets 95 percent response to tender offer

Cott closes sale of $215 million in notes

NEW YORK — Canadian soft drink maker Cott Corp. said Friday its beverages subsidiary closed the private sale of $215 million in notes and repurchased notes due to mature in 2011.

Nortel sells wireless network ops, delays auction of optical networking, carrier ethernet ops

Nortel delays auction deadline for some assets

Airvana to get $39.6 million for sales to Nortel before Nortel bankruptcy protection filing

Airvana to get $39.6M Nortel-related payment

Spoils of Madoff’s feast _ furs, dishes, a Rolex _ going on auction block in Manhattan

Spoils of Madoff’s feast go on the auction block

Toreador creates special board to explore strategic alternatives

Toreador to explore strategic alternatives

Judge delays bankruptcy auction for Philly newspapers 1 week while creditors appeal bid rules

Judge delays auction for Philly newspapers 1 week

Discount retailer Dollar General prices IPO shares at low end of range, trading begins Friday

Dollar General IPO set at $21 per share

PORTLAND, Ore. — Investors looking to have a hand in the future of frugal will watch shares of discount retailer Dollar General, which will begin trading Friday now that the company has priced its initial public offering.

Ameren Energy to sell $250 million worth of senior notes to help repay debt

Ameren Energy prices $250M senior notes sale

Bank of America still in need of new CEO as Ken Lewis’ retirement date approaches

Bank of America CEO search still looms

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — With Bank of America Corp. CEO Ken Lewis retiring in less than seven weeks, analysts don’t see any candidate emerging as a front-runner for his successor.

Discount retailer Dollar General expected to price shares in IPO, begin trading Friday

Dollar General IPO drawing draws investor buzz

AOL may lay off many as it expects up to $200M more in spinoff-related restructuring charges

AOL to log additional $200M in restructuring costs

Dow Chemical unit, DuPont sign deal to make herbicide-resistant soybeans

Dow, DuPont sign soybean development deal

NEW YORK — Dow Chemical Co.’s Dow AgroSciences unit is teaming with DuPont to develop herbicide-tolerant soybeans.

Dow Chemical to divest more assets in 2010; predicts 2012 earnings outlook

Dow Chemical to divest more assets in 2010

Valero says TRC offers to buy up to 5M shares, advises holders to reject below-market offer

Valero advises shareholders to reject TRC offer

United Technologies to buy GE’s security business for $1.82 billion

United Technologies to buy GE’s security business

Energy Conversion completes tender offer to employees

Energy Conversion completes tender offer

ROCHESTER HILLS, Mich. — Solar-products maker Energy Conversion Devices Inc. said Wednesday employees agreed to tender most of the restricted stock units covered by a recent offer.

AOL lays off about 100 employees ahead of separation from Time Warner

AOL lays off 100 employees ahead of spinoff

Toll Brothers’ fiscal 4th-qtr homebuilding revenue drops 30 percent, but signed contracts soar

Toll Brothers fiscal 4Q homebuilding revenue drops

US judge nixes creditors’ use of $300M owed them to buy Philadelphia newspapers at auction

US judge nixes credit in bid for Philly newspapers

2 companies, Idaho city agree to clean up site of former wooden utility pole treatment plant

Settlement reached to clean Idaho superfund site

Qiagen paying $90 million for U.S.-based diagnostic test maker SABiosciences

Qiagen buying test maker for $90 million

NEW YORK — Netherlands-based diagnostic products maker Qiagen NV said Monday it is buying privately held diagnostic test maker SABiosciences Corp. for about $90 million in cash.

HSBC Finance to sell auto loan business to Santander Consumer USA

HSBC Finance sells auto loan business to Santander

EU opens monopoly abuse probe into Thomson Reuters’ datafeeds for traders

EU opens monopoly abuse probe into Thomson Reuters

Bank tests find all but GMAC raised enough capital, but economic forecasts prove unrealistic

Economic forecasts in bank tests miss their mark

AutoNation CEO says sales to stay depressed through next year; predicts gradual recovery

AutoNation CEO sees depressed sales through 2011

Pro-gov’t group defends Argentina media law, counters criticism from international editors

Pro-government group defends Argentina media law

Fed says GMAC only stress-tested bank without enough capital to withstand future downturn

Fed: GMAC to receive more bailout money

WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve said Monday that GMAC is the only one of 19 stress-tested banks that needs more capital to withstand losses if the economy softens.

Kraft takes Cadbury bid to shareholders; hostile offer may need to go higher to seal deal

Kraft’s $16.4B Cadbury bid starts takeover tussle