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Acquisitions</alacra:ip></item><item><title>Avocent Corp acquires Ergo 2000 Inc (pending)</title><description>US - Avocent Corp (AC) definitively agreed to acquire Ergo #### Inc, a manufacturer of rack-mounted LCS consoles, for an estimated $##.# mil. 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