Many of the polls on which we have reported measuring the closely-watched contest in Washington between three-term Democratic Sen. Patty Murray and Republican challenger Dino Rossi have had this as a close race where the point spread between the two has more often than not been within the margin of error. But a new survey [...]
Onex, the Canadian private equity firm, and Canada Pension Plan are expected to announce Thursday the closing of their acquisition of Tomkins, a U.K.-based manufacturer everything from auto transmissions to bathtubs. DealBook rarely, if ever, covers deals when they close (we write about them when they’re announced), but this morning we’ll make an exception. Why [...]
Republican Tom Corbett has a one point lead over Democrat Dan Onorato in the gubernatorial race, while GOP Senate candidate Pat Toomey is 4 points ahead of Democrat Joe Sestak, according to a Critical Insights Research poll of likely voters conducted Sept. 14-16 for the Wilkes-Barre Times Leader. Corbett, the state’s attorney general, leads Onorato, [...]
West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin, notched the seventh statewide election victory of his career when he won the Democratic nomination last month to run for the seat held for 51 years by the late Sen. Robert Byrd, but he faces a competitive race against businessman John Raese, according to a Rasmussen Reports poll conducted Sept. [...]
Intel was near a deal late on Sunday to acquire the wireless chip unit of Infineon Technologies, whose products are used in the Apple iPhone and other smartphones, for more than $1 billion, people involved in the negotiations said. The effort is the second major takeover Intel has pursued this month; it announced a deal [...]
The fights for the governorship and Senate in California are close ones, with former Hewlett-Packard chief executive Carly Fiorina moving out ahead of three-term Sen. Barbara Boxer and onetime eBay chief executive Meg Whitman in a statistical tie with state Attorney General Jerry Brown, according to a SurveyUSA poll released Thursday by CBS 5 KPIX-TV. [...]
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