StreetInsider.com Notable Mergers and Acquisitions of the Day

November 28, 2007 10:04 AM EST


  • Dow Jones & Company (NYSE: DJ) is exploring strategic alternatives for its Ottaway group of community newspapers and media franchises.

    Dow Jones is in a definitive merger agreement with News Corp.

  • Microsemi Corporation (Nasdaq: MSCC) announced the signing of an agreement in principle to acquire substantially all of the assets of Microwave Device Technology Corporation (MDT) for $7.8 million in cash.

    The acquisition will enable Microsemi to both enter into the sensor market and to expand its portfolio of microwave semiconductors by adding GaAs microwave diodes to its arsenal of products.

  • Investment management firm, K.J. Harrison & Partners Inc. of Toronto, filed a shareholder resolution with Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. (NYSE: MMC) for inclusion in the proxy statement for the 2008 annual meeting of shareholders seeking the spin-off of its Kroll and Mercer subsidiaries.

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