NEW YORK, May 21 (Reuters) - Roche Holding AG teamed up with Sigma-Aldrich Corp to make an unsuccessful bid for Life Technologies Corp earlier this year, people familiar with the matter said.

NEW YORK, May 21 (Reuters) - Roche Holding AG teamed up with Sigma-Aldrich Corp to make an unsuccessful bid for Life Technologies Corp earlier this year, people familiar with the matter said.

NEW YORK, May 21 (Reuters) - Roche Holding AG teamed up with Sigma-Aldrich Corp to make an unsuccessful bid for Life Technologies Corp earlier this year, people familiar with the matter said.

NEW YORK, May 21 (Reuters) - Roche Holding AG teamed up with Sigma-Aldrich Corp to make an unsuccessful bid for Life Technologies Corp earlier this year, people familiar with the matter said.

NEW YORK (TheDeal) -- The proposed $13.6 billion acquisition of Life Technologies Corp. by Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. faces few substantive regulatory hurdles though the companies warn that they may not obtain regulatory approval until January 201

In a report published Monday, Jefferies analyst Brandon Couillard assumed coverage on Life Technologies Corp.

NEW YORK, April 30 (Reuters) - Healthcare equipment company Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc is lining up $6.5 billion in permanent bank lines to back its $13.6 billion acquisition of Life Technologies, sources told Thomson Reuters LPC.

NEW YORK, April 30 (Reuters) - Healthcare equipment company Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc is lining up $6.5 billion in permanent bank lines to back its $13.6 billion acquisition of Life Technologies,...

NEW YORK, April 30 (Reuters) - Healthcare equipment company Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc is lining up $6.5 billion in permanent bank lines to back its $13.6 billion acquisition of Life Technologies, sources told Thomson Reuters LPC.

April 24 (Reuters) - Laboratory equipment maker Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc, which this month agreed to acquire Life Technologies Inc for more than $13 billion, on Wednesday reported a higher-than-expected first-quarter profit, helped by a 10 percen

April 24 (Reuters) - Laboratory equipment maker Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc, which this month agreed to acquire Life Technologies Inc for more than $13 billion, on Wednesday reported a higher-than-expected first-quarter profit, helped by a 10 percen

April 24 (Reuters) - Laboratory equipment maker Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc, which this month agreed to acquire Life Technologies Inc for more than $13 billion, on Wednesday reported a higher-than-expected first-quarter profit, helped by a 10 percen

April 24 (Reuters) - Laboratory equipment maker ThermoFisher Scientific Inc, which this month agreed toacquire Life Technologies Inc for more than $13billion, on Wednesday reported a higher-than-expectedfirst-quarter profit, helped by a 10 percent ri

April 24 (Reuters) - Laboratory equipment maker Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc, which this month agreed to acquire Life Technologies Inc for more than $13 billion, on Wednesday reported a...

April 24 (Reuters) - Laboratory equipment maker Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc, which this month agreed to acquire Life Technologies Inc for more than $13 billion, on Wednesday reported a...

April 24 (Reuters) - Laboratory equipment maker Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc, which this month agreed to acquire Life Technologies Inc for more than $13 billion, on Wednesday reported a higher-than-expected first-quarter profit, helped by a 10 percen

(Reuters) - Laboratory equipment maker Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc, which this month agreed to acquire Life Technologies Inc, on Wednesday reported a higher-than-expected first-quarter profit, helped by a 10 percent rise in specialty diagnostics sal

April 24 (Reuters) - Laboratory equipment maker Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc, which this month agreed to acquire Life Technologies Inc, on Wednesday reported a higher-than-expected first-quarter profit, helped by a 10 percent rise in specialty diagno

April 24 (Reuters) - Laboratory equipment maker Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc, which this month agreed to acquire Life Technologies Inc, on Wednesday reported a higher-than-expected first-quarter profit, helped by a 10 percent rise in specialty diagno

April 24 (Reuters) - Laboratory equipment maker Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc, which this month agreed to acquire Life Technologies Inc, on Wednesday reported a higher-than-expected first-quarter profit, helped by a 10 percent rise in specialty diagno

By ChinaBio Today: Deals and FinancingsAscletis, a two-year-old China pharma startup, will collaborate with Roche (RHHBY.OB) to develop a Roche drug candidate, danoprevir, for treatment of hepatitis C virus in China (see story). Danoprevir is a prot

ByAlpha Hunter:Personalized medicine is changing the way medicine is practiced, and how drugs and biologics are developed. It is an emerging practice of medicine with a huge potential for growth. It uses an individual's genetic blueprints to create a

Mattel (NASDAQ: MAT) shares touched a new 52-week high of $44.47. Mattel reported upbeat quarterly profit.Life Technologies (NASDAQ: LIFE) shares gained 0.31% to reach a new 52-week high of $73.63.

By Helix Investment Research:On April 15, Life Technologies (LIFE) ended its strategic review, which culminated in a sale of the company to Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO). At $76 per share (in cash), the takeover represents a 12% premium to Life's cl

The acquisition of Life Technologies for $13.6 billion shows that investors have plenty of opportunities to profit from the genomics industry, writes Ben Weiss.

In a report published Tuesday, Credit Suisse analyst Vamil Divan downgraded the rating on Life Technologies Corp.

By The Value Investor: Shares of Thermo Fisher (TMO) saw quite a lot of volatility on "Merger Monday." The company which is a world leader in servicing science, announced the anticipated acquisition of Life Technologies (LIFE) in a $13.6 billion deal

Life Technologies Corporation (LIFE)Acquisition of Life Technologies ConferenceApril 15, 20138:30 am ETExecutivesKenneth J. Apicerno - Vice President of Investor Relations and TreasurerMarc N. Casper - Chief Executive Officer, President, Director, Me

Life Technologies Corporation (LIFE)April 15, 20138:30 am ETExecutivesKenneth J. Apicerno - Vice President of Investor Relations and TreasurerMarc N. Casper - Chief Executive Officer, President, Director, Member of Strategy & Finance Committee and Me

Thermo Fisher to Acquire Life Technologies for $76/Share in CashThe Deal:Thermo Fisher Scientific (NYSE: TMO) and Life Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ: LIFE) have signed an agreement under which Thermo Fisher will acquire Life Technologies for $76.0

(The following statement was released by the rating agency) NEW YORK, April 15 (Fitch) Fitch Ratings has removed the ratings of Life Technologies Corp (Life Tech), including the 'BBB' Issuer Default Rating (IDR), from Rating Watch Evolving and placed

Since the beginning of the year, shareholders of Life Technologies (Nasdaq: LIFE) must be quite happy as its share price advanced significantly, from $49 per share to nearly $67 per share, a four-month gain of 36.7%. Recently, the company received a

To keep its winning streak going, Thermo’s integration of science test equipment maker will have to go close to perfectly

By EP Vantage:The long-swirling rumors have at last coalescedinto fact: Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO) is to acquire the gene sequencingcompany Life Technologies. The deal will clock in at $13.6bn, making itcomfortably the most expensive this year so

Goldman Sachs analyst Isaac Ro published a report on Life Technologies (NASDAQ: LIFE) that upgraded the stock from Sell to Neutral and raised the price target from $48.00 to $74.00.In the report, Goldman Sachs wrote, "We now see increased likelihood

Capping a long bidding war, laboratory-equipment maker Life Technologies  Corp. of Carlsbad has agreed to be acquired by Thermo Fisher Scientific for $13.6 billion.    

In a report published Monday, Piper Jaffray analyst William R. Quirk reiterated a Neutral rating on Life Technologies Corp.

ByPropThink:By Jake KingThe news this week that Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO) will be coughing up $13.6B to acquire Life Technologies' (LIFE) finally brought to earth rumors that had been swirling since early this year. In February, PropThink wrote

NEW YORK (TheDeal) -- Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. was gaining in New York as the bio-tech services provider said it would acquire Life Technologies Corp for $13.6 billion in cash and debt.Shares of Thermo Fisher were rising 3.5% to $82.38 as invest

Among the companies with shares expected to actively trade in Monday's session are Sprint Nextel, Citigroup and Life Technologies.

Takeovers dominated action on Monday in premarket trade as Sprint Nextel Corp. and Life Technologies were on the receiving end of bids, pushing shares higher. Citigroup earnings beat expectations.

The bid from Thermo Fisher was also substantially higher than the $65 a share bid from the consortium, which included Blackstone, Carlyle and KKR

The scientific equipment maker Thermo Fisher agreed on Monday to buy rival Life Technologies for $13.6 billion, a move that will expand its market share in the production of genetic sequencing machines.

Dish Network offers to buy Sprint Nextel for $25.5 billion. | A few hedge fund titans posted big returns last year, earning giant paydays. | A winner may be emerging in the contest for Life Technologies. | At 41 publicly traded companies, directors r

(Reuters) - Genetic testing equipment maker Life Technologies Corp has agreed to a $13.6 billion cash buyout by Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc, in one of the year's biggest corporate takeovers.

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (TMO) agreed to acquire fellow laboratory-equipment maker Life Technologies Corp. (LIFE) for about $13.6 billion in a move that could enable the company to slash costs and reap gains from next-generation genetic-sequenci

NEW YORK, April 15 (Reuters) - Life Technologies Corp : * Shares resume trading; up 7.7 percent in premarket trade after buyout by

NEW YORK, April 15 (Reuters) - Life Technologies Corp : * Shares resume trading; up 7.7 percent in premarket trade after buyout by

NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Thermo Fisher Scientificsaid Monday it had agreed to acquire Life Technologies Corp.for about $13.6 billion in cash, or $76 per diluted share, and assume Life Technologies' debt of about $2.2 billion as of the end of 2012. T

April 15 (Reuters) - Genetic testing equipment maker Life Technologies Corp has agreed to a $13.6 billion cash buyout by Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc, in one of the year's biggest corporate takeovers.