Waste Management Inc said itswholly owned subsidiary, WMX Acquisition Corp, ended its tender
offer to buy shares of ChemLawn Corp at 35 dlrs a share.
    All shares tendered to Waste Management will be returned to
shareholders as soon as practical, it said.
    Earlier this week, ChemLawn agreed to accept a merger
proposal at 36.50 dlrs a share from Ecolab Inc in a transaction
valued at about 370 mln dlrs.
 Reuter
