Shareholders of Switzerland-based Tyco International have approved a breakup of the company. The deal will merge its flow-control unit with Minnesota-based Pentair, the Business Journal reports. The merged company will continue to be based in Golden Valley and publicly-traded under Pentair’s symbol in the U.S.

New Jersey-based Verisk Analytics has agreed to acquire Aspect Loss Prevention for $8 million. The Twin Cities-based software company helps companies prevent employee theft.

Oakdale-based independent broker-dealer Woodbury Financial Services has agreed to be purchased by New York-based insurance giant American International Group, Inc. (AIG). Woodbury Financial, a subsidiary of The Hartford Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc., will now become a part of AIG subsidiary Advisor Group.

The Golden Valley-based company reported a 9 percent sales increase, despite alack of demand in Western Europe. Pentair is in the process of merging with Tyco International's Flow Control business.

Golden Valley-based General Mills Inc. says that its fiscal first-quarter profit went up 35 percent, with acquisitions lifting sales, the Associated Press reports. The results in the latest quarter were aided by the food maker's purchase of a controlling stake in Yoplait International and Food Should Taste Good, a natural snack foods company.

Massachusetts-based Boston Scientific is buying medical startup BridgePoint Medical Inc., the Star Tribune reports. The small privately held firm has developed an innovative system to clear coronary arteries without bypass surgery. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Anytime Fitness Inc., based in Hastings, Minn., has agreed to buy Denver-based Waxing the City, a small chain of salons dedicated to waxing and hair removal services, the Business Journal reports. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.