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Kirkland & Ellis LLP advised Baxter International Inc., the world’s second-largest maker of dialysis products, on an agreement to buy Swedish competitor Gambro AB for 18.3 billion kronor ($2.8 billion) to expand its kidney- equipment business.
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Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP’s profits per equity partner fell 6.9 percent to 1.3 million pounds ($2.1 million) as the highest-grossing U.K. law firms braced for “uncertainty’’ amid the European sovereign debt crisis.
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Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP revenue fell by about 0.9 percent to 1.13 billion pounds ($1.75 billion) for the 2011-12 financial year, dropping it to the rank of fourth-largest London-based law firm by revenue.
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Fulham and Atletico Madrid both came from behind to advance to the Europa League soccer final.
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Atletico Madrid’s victory in the Europa League final means at least one soccer trophy is headed to the Spanish capital this season.
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A U.K. privacy group asked London police to investigate whether Google Inc. should face criminal charges for collecting wireless Internet data from homes while photographing thousands of residential streets.
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Sportingbet Plc may sell about 125 million pounds ($206 million) of stock to fund a bid for Australian betting company Centrebet International Ltd. , two people with direct knowledge of the matter said.
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Andy Carroll scored three goals as newly promoted Newcastle secured a 6-0 Premier League home win over Aston Villa today. Manchester United drew 2-2 at Fulham.
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Linklaters LLP , one of the U.K.’s highest-grossing law firms, said revenue fell 8.8 percent to 1.18 billion pounds ($1.8 billion) as the global mergers and acquisitions market stalled.
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William Hill Plc, a U.K. bookmaker with about 2,350 outlets, said full-year profit fell 11 percent after a writedown on its loss-making telephone betting business which saw a decline in amounts wagered and win margins.
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