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By Ira Boudway

June 2, 2011 at 9:00 PM UTC

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This article is part of the June 6, 2011 issue of businessweek.

1. Sealed Air, the maker of Bubble Wrap packaging, agreed to buy cleaning products supplier Diversey Holdings for $4.3 billion.

2. Houston-based Marathon Oil gains leases on 141,00 acres of Texas oil and gas fields with the $3.5 billion purchase of Hilcorp Resources, a venture backed by private equity firm KKR.