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Long & Foster Cos., a Fairfax-based real estate brokerage company, bought Raleigh, N.C.-based Fonville Morisey Realty, which employs 600 sales agents in 12 offices. The acquisition fits into Long & Foster’s continued expansion in the mid-Atlantic region. (The Washington Post)

Hilb Rogal & Hobbs Co. of Richmond, an insurance and risk management firm, agreed to buy Thilman & Filippini LLC of Chicago, an insurance agency and brokerage firm that reported 2005 gross revenues of approximately $24 million. The move is part of HRH’s efforts to expand its Midwest presence. (Business Wire)

Owens & Minor Inc., a Richmond medical supplies provider, bought part of the acute-care business of McKesson Corp. of San Francisco in a $170 million transaction. The deal will add at least $800 million to Owens & Minor’s annual revenues. McKesson has about 500 employees in the Richmond area. The deal will affect some of those jobs. (Richmond Times-Dispatch)

Actcom Inc., a Virginia Beach-based provider of security identification systems to the federal government, was bought by Diebold Inc., a provider of varied security services and products, for $23 million. Actcom will remain in Virginia Beach under the name Diebold-Actcom Security Solutions Inc. The deal advances Diebold’s efforts to grow within the government security sector. (The Virginian-Pilot)

Roper Brothers Lumber Co. Inc., a Petersburg provider of lumber and wood products for home builders, agreed to buy Taylor Brothers Lumber Co. of Lynchburg. Taylor, which has annual revenue of $33 million, will operate as Taylor Brothers, a Roper Lumber Co. under its present management team. (Richmond Times-Dispatch)

Genworth Financial Inc., a Richmond-based financial services firm, acquired AssetMark Investment Services Inc. of Pleasant Hill, Calif. for $230 million at closing, with added performance-based payments of $110 million due over five years. AssetMark has more than $8 billon in assets under management. (PRNewswire)