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Last update: November 8, 2009 - 1:17 PM

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Mergers and acquisitions involving Minnesota companies that were announced in the past week.

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Date location location Description

10/31 Multiple targets U.S. Bancorp U.S. Bancorp, through its lead bank, acquires Minneapolis nine banks, 150 branches and $18 billion in assets from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. 11/3 Carlson Marketing Group Groupe Aeroplan Inc. Groupe Aeroplan buys the Carlson Marketing Plymouth Montreal business to add to its loyalty management business for $175.3 million 11/6 DiscoverReady Dolan Media Co. Dolan acquired 85 percent equity interest in a New York City Minneapolis provider of outsourced discovery management and fixed-fee document review services

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