Danaher buy of Beckman Coulter cleared in EU
June 17, 2011 at 03:30 AM EDT
BRUSSELS, June 17 (Reuters) - U.S. conglomerate Danaher Corp won EU regulatory approval on Friday for its $5.8 billion buy of U.S. medical diagnostics company Beckman Coulter , pitting it against giants 3M and GE .