Yankee Candle to be sold Boston Globe - Yankee Candle Co. of Deerfield said today that it has entered into a definitive merger agreement under which a Chicago private equity firm will acquire all outstanding Yankee stock shares for $1.4 billion in cash.

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TOKYO (Reuters) - Hitachi Ltd. said on Friday it will recall 16,000 batteries made by Sony Corp. for laptop computers, joining a growing list of PC makers recalling Sony batteries.