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  2. Novartis Obtains Final Shares of Alcon for $12.9 Billion - AOL

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    Shares of Alcon also advanced on the news, trading at $165.28, up $2.85 or 1.7%. Sponsored Links To seal the deal, Novartis raised its bid for the remaining 23% of Alcon from $153 per share to ...

  3. Alcon - Wikipedia

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    Nestlé conducted an initial public offering of 25% of its stake in Alcon in 2002. The stock is traded under the ticker symbol ALC. In July 2008, Novartis purchased approximately 25% of Nestlé's stake in Alcon, with an option to buy Nestlé's remaining shares beginning in 2010. [11] Novartis bought 52% stake from Nestlé for $28.1 Billion.

  4. Journal entry - Wikipedia

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    A journal entry is the act of keeping or making records of any transactions either economic or non-economic. Transactions are listed in an accounting journal that shows a company's debit and credit balances. The journal entry can consist of several recordings, each of which is either a debit or a credit. The total of the debits must equal the ...

  5. Balance (accounting) - Wikipedia

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    In banking and accounting, the balance is the amount of money owed (or due) on an account. In bookkeeping, "balance" is the difference between the sum of debit entries and the sum of credit entries entered into an account during a financial period. [1] When total debits exceed the total credits, the account indicates a debit balance.

  6. What is a share-secured loan, and how does it work? - AOL

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    A share-secured loan is a personal loan that uses the balance in your savings account as collateral. This type of loan generally has lower interest rates than other personal loans because it is ...

  7. Aerie (AERI) to be Acquired by Alcon for $770M, Shares Up - AOL

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    Aerie (AERI) enters into an agreement with Alcon to be acquired for $770 million. Shares gain.

  8. Book value - Wikipedia

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    An asset's initial book value is its actual cash value or its acquisition cost. Cash assets are recorded or "booked" at actual cash value. Assets such as buildings, land and equipment are valued based on their acquisition cost, which includes the actual cash cost of the asset plus certain costs tied to the purchase of the asset, such as broker fees.

  9. Off-balance-sheet - Wikipedia

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    The former is represented by traditional loans, since banks indicate loans on the asset side of their balance sheets. However, securitized loans are represented off the balance sheet, because securitization involves selling the loans to a third party (the loan originator and the borrower being the first two parties).