Black & Decker

...business for $769 million. This is good news for the metro-Baltimore economy and helps make up for the fact that the region is losing Black & Decker's headquarters to Connecticut. Connecticut-based Stanley Works is buying Black & Decker and...

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...by 2.5 percent. Black & Decker also has cut 1,200 jobs. Thursday's disclosure comes a week after Black & Decker announced it was merging with Connecticut-based Stanley Works in a $4.5 billion all-stock deal. Stanley becomes the...

In this article: Black & Decker Corp., Stanley Works, and Connecticut

State relying too much on government spending It wasn't on the agenda, but the loss of Black & Decker's headquarters was drinks-and-hors d'oeuvres chatter at the Maryland Chamber of Commerce's policy conference in Cambridge on Thursday.

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Some of the workers at the Easton plant are making only $7.35 an hour. November 2002: A week before Thanksgiving, Black & Decker announces it will close the Easton plant, cutting 1,300 jobs and ending manufacturing operations in the state.

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...maker Black & Decker By Ashley M. Heher, Associated Press CHICAGO The tool maker Stanley Works is buying rival Black & Decker (BDK) in a deal the companies value at $4.5 billion, uniting two of their industry's most iconic brands. The...

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...to acquire Black & Decker in a $4.5 billion all-stock deal, the companies said Monday. Under the terms of the deal, Black & Decker (BDK, Fortune 500) shareholders will receive 1.275 shares of Stanley Works (SWK) common stock for each B&D...

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...makers, Black & Decker is focused on power tools while Stanley Works is a top hand tool maker. Shares of Black & Decker, whose brands include its namesake line, DeWalt, Kwikset and Price Pfister, gained 18 percent in after-hours trading,...

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...quotes, share reaction) By Michael Erman and Bhaswati Mukhopadhyay Stanley Works <SWK.N> struck a deal to buy rival Black & Decker Corp <BDK.N> for $3.46 billion in stock, combining a top hand tool maker and power tool maker to benefit from...

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...similar S&P action in fifth paragraph) Moody's Investors Service said on Monday it may upgrade the ratings of Black & Decker Corp's <BDK.N> bond and commercial paper and cut the ratings of Stanley Works <SWK.N>, due to Stanley's proposed...

In this article: Stanley Works, Moody's, Standard & Poor's, Balance sheet, and Subordinated debt

...the terms of the transaction, which has been approved by the boards of both companies, Stanley would buy Black & Decker. Shareholders of Black & Decker would receive 1.275 common shares of Stanley for each Black & Decker share they...

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