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Baker Hughes To Buy Rival In Services To Oil Fields

Aug. 31, 2009
Baker Hughes will buy BJ Services in a cash-and-stock deal that the company said will allow it to expand internationally.
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Baker Hughes agrees to buy BJ Services

HOUSTON, Aug. 31 (UPI) -- Texas oil development service company Baker Hughes said Monday it agreed to purchase BJ Services Co., a rival, for $5.5 billion.
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Russian Maria Sharapova signs autographs after winning her French Open womens first round match against Romanian Alexandra Cadantu at Roland Garros in Paris on May 29, 2012. Sharapova defeated Cadantu 6-0, 6-0 to advance to the next round. UPI/David Silpa