business

Target Acquirer

Date Location Location Description

3/1 GasBuddy Organization Inc. Oil Price Information Service Oil Price Information has acquired a provider of a mobile

Brooklyn Park Wall, N.J. application and website for gas-pricing information.

3/4 Water Works Manufacturing Nelson Global Products Inc. Nelson Global Products has acquired Water Works,

Cambridge, Minn. Stoughton, Wis. a manufacturer of formed metal parts.

3/5 Horizon Milling ConAgra Foods Inc. ConAgra Foods will combine with Horizon Milling, a joint

Omaha venture between Cargill and Inver Grove Heights-based CHS,

to form Ardent Mills, a new flour milling company that

will serve the baking and food industries.

3/6 Exam Design Inc. Pearson VUE Pearson VUE, a unit of Pearson PLC, has acquired Exam

Durham, N.C. Bloomington Design Inc., a provider of examination development software

used in high-stakes testing.

3/7 Nevro Corp. Multiple investors Nevro Corp., a developer of spinal cord stimulation therapy

Menlo Park, Calif. products to relieve chronic pain, has raised $48 million

in funding from investors that include the Mayo Clinic.