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Stanley pays $4.5 Billion to Add Black & Decker

Washington : DC : USA | 21 days ago  
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  • Stanley and Black and Decker join Hands
    Stanley and Black and Decker join Hands
    Posted by: RaulDeSouza
    Stanley and Black and Decker join Hands
  • Stanley and Black and Decker join Hands
    Stanley and Black and Decker join Hands
    Posted by: RaulDeSouza
    Stanley and Black and Decker join Hands
Stanley and Black and Decker join Hands

Two of America’s iconic tool companies are merging, with Stanley buying up Black & Decker in a deal worth $4.5 billion in stock. Stanley Black & Decker, as it will be known, combined complementary facets of the business: B &D is No. 1 in power tools and, the companies say, has little overlap with Stanley’s area of expertise, hand tools.

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