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* Shareholders of J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. and Bank One Corp. approved the merger of their two companies in separate votes, bringing the $58-billion deal a step closer to reality. Regulators still would have to sign off on the transaction, which the two banks expect to close by midyear.
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* NeighborCare Inc., which supplies drugs to nursing homes, rejected a $1.24-billion acquisition offer from rival Omnicare Inc., saying the offer was neither in the company’s nor the shareholders’ best interests.
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