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By Caroline Winter

November 1, 2012 at 5:00 PM UTC

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This article is part of the November 5, 2012 issue of businessweek.

1. Walt Disney agreed to buy George Lucas’s Lucasfilm for $4.1 billion in cash and stock, adding Star Wars and Indiana Jones to a film library that includes Iron Man and Finding Nemo.

2. The board of Wisconsin-based truck maker Oshkosh rejected a $3 billion unsolicited takeover bid from its billionaire activist director Carl Icahn, calling it too low.