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Acquisitions / Gigabit Internet

Cleveland firm completes buyout of Detroit’s Rocket Fiber

CLEVELAND—Rocket Fiber LLC, the Detroit-based internet service provider, has been purchased by Everstream, a Cleveland-based fiber network. The purchase is part of Everstream’s strategy to provide reliable, high-bandwidth connectivity to …

Acquisitions / Material Handling / Software

GR material handling firm bought out

FT. WASHINGTON, Ky.—Material Handling Systems Inc., a provider of material handling automation and software, announced that it has acquired eMotion Controls Co., a controls system integration and software company based …

Acquisitions / Big Data

IBM Buying Ann Arbor Health Analysis Firm For $2.6 Billion

ANN ARBOR — The Watson Health business unit of Armonk, N.Y.-based IBM (NYSE: IBM) announced plans to acquire Truven Health Analytics, an Ann Arbor-based provider of healthcare data analysis. The …

Acquisitions / Manufacturing / Material Handling

Chicago Capital Firm Buys Michigan Manufacturer

CHICAGO — Chicago-based DNS Capital announced the acquisition of Boyne City-based IMI Holding Corp. from the Chattanooga, Tenn. private equity firm River Associates Investments LLC. Terms of the transaction were …

Acquisitions / Staffing

Detroit Staffing Firm Bartech Bought Out For $120M

SOUTHFIELD — Luton, England-based Impellam Group plc (LON: IPEL) has purchased the Southfield-based staffing firm Bartech Holding Corp., the companies announced Wednesday. The purchase price was $120 million — $115.4 …

Automotive Engineering / Finance

TRW To Be Acquired By ZF For $13.5 Billion

LIVONIA — Livonia-based TRW Automotive Holdings Corp. (NYSE: TRW) says it will be bought out by the German auto supplier ZF Friedrichshafen AG for $105.60 a share in cash. The deal values …

Information Technology / Software

Compuware CEO: Growth Ahead Despite Buyout

DETROIT — As Compuware Corp. goes private in a buyout by a Chicago private equity firm, its CEO says you can expect some layoffs in the “resources that we have …

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