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AMSTERDAM, Aug 29 (Reuters) - Dutch insurer Aegon said on Friday it was buying 50 percent of the insurance business of Spain’s Caixa Terrassa for 190 million euros ($281 million) as it seeks new markets to fuel growth. The Caixa Terrassa Vida joint venture, focused on life insurance, pension and health insurance services, will make Aegon the sixth-largest life insurer in Spain, the company …

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CARACAS (Dow Jones)–Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and his Ecuadorian counterpart, Rafael Correa, met on Friday to officially launch a joint venture to develop a field in the oil-rich Orinoco region and sign a series of agreements.

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Aegon, a life insurance and pension company, has signed a life insurance, pension and health joint venture agreement with savings bank Caixa Terrassa.

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Sony’s (6758.T) joint venture with cell phone maker Ericsson (ERICb.ST) must do better, Sony’s chief executive was quoted as saying by a German newspaper on Wednesday.

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Plum Creek Timber Co.’s announcement that it has entered a joint venture to effectively sell 454,000 acres of southern U.S. timberland could stir trading activity Thursday as investors gauge the deal’s value to the Seattle-based company.

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