Target Acquirer
Date Location Location Description
8/29 The Advisory Board Co. Optum Inc. Optum Inc., the information and health services division of
Washington, D.C. Eden Prairie UnitedHealth Group, will acquire the Advisory Board
Co.’s health care business for about $1.3 billion.
8/31 Milgram & Co. Ltd. C.H. Robinson C.H. Robinson Worldwide has acquired Milgram & Co., a
Montreal Worldwide Inc. Canadian integrated logistics services company.
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