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Apax Partners and the private-equity investment arm of Morgan Stanley will buy Chicago insurance brokerage Hub International Ltd. for approximately $1.7 billion, it was announced today.

Swiss drugmaker Roche Holding AG said Monday that Chugai Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd., in which it holds a majority stake, won the backing of Japanese regulators for the use of Avastin in advanced or recurrent colorectal cancer.

Cement and building aggregates company Holcim Ltd. said Monday it plans to offer for the shares in Canada`s St. Lawrence Cement Group Inc. it doesn`t already own for 36.50 Canadian dollars a share .

Insurance broker Hub International Ltd. said Monday it agreed to be bought by a group of private equity firms for $1.7 billion.

Feb. 26 (Bloomberg) -- Holcim Ltd., the world`s second- biggest cement maker, will bid C$571 million ($493 million) to buyout the remainder of St. Lawrence Cement Group Inc., a Canadian unit that`s tapping demand on the U.S. eastern seaboard.

SINGAPORE (Reuters) -- The Nikkei rose 0.15 percent on Monday to end at its highest in almost seven years as higher oil prices pushed up Nippon Mining Holdings Inc. and other resource-related stocks while Nissan Chemical Industries Ltd. jumped on a Goldman Sachs` upgrade.

Focus Enhancements, Inc. has teamed with Firefly Technology, Ltd. to represent its complete line of TV-out video convergence and Ultra Wideband semiconductor products in Europe.

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA-- - Consolidated Kookaburra Resources Ltd. -

Innova Exploration Ltd. is pleased to announce that its board of directors has approved an operational plan and a capital expenditures budget in the maximum amount of $72.8 million for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2007.