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Mergers and acquisitions involving Minnesota companies that were announced in the past week.
Target Acquirer
Date location location Description
1/4 465-mile transmission line Allete Inc. Allete purchased a transmission line that will Duluth connect a wind-generation site in North Dakota to its substation in Hermantown, Minn. 1/4 Twinco Romax ShoreView Industries Twinco Romax, a distributor and manufacturer Medina, Minn. Minneapolis of automotive fluids, was sold to ShoreView Industries, a private equity fund manager. 1/4 Darby Creek Publishing Lerner Publishing Group Lerner Publishing, which has carried Darby Plain City, Ohio Minneapolis Creek titles since 2003, purchased a publisher of K-12 fiction and nonfiction titles 1/5 National Default Exchange Dolan Media Co. Dolan increases its ownership in the mortgage- Addison, Texas Minneapolis default processing services business. 1/6 Iggyshouse.com Webdigs Inc. Webdigs expands by acquiring a company that Minneapolis Minneapolis allows home sellers to list their house on the Multiple Listing Service and provides a website for home sellers. 1/7 Quovadx Holdings Inc. Lawson Software Inc. Lawson agreed to acquire Healthvision Dallas St. Paul solutions, a provider of integration technology for health care organizations, from privately held Quovadx Holdings Inc.ADVERTISEMENT
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