Business news for Thu, 29 Nov 2007 & with words buy+million. 5 news.

National Australia Bank agreed to buy Great Western Bank for $798 million, as it expands its agribusiness banking model into the American Midwest farming market.

Telus has struck a friendly deal with Emergis to buy the e-commerce company for $763 million, the two companies announced Thursday.

National Australia Bank, the nation’s largest bank, agreed to buy U.S.-based Great Western Bancorporation for $798 million, its biggest acquisition since the 1998 purchase of HomeSide Lending led to billions of dollars in losses. National Australia will complete the purchase of Omaha- based Great Western, which has assets of more than $3.4 billion and about 100 [...]

Pacific Northwest American Greetings, the creator of the namesake cards, agreed to buy Seattle-based PhotoWorks for $26.5 million in cash, or...

So far this year, a record 23 million toys have been recalled. Consumers need to be cautious, but there are ways to find safe products this holiday season.