	deak international buys johnson matthey deak international a foreign currency and precious metals firm announced the uisition of johnson matthey commodities of new york from minories finance limited a unit of the bank of england the purchase valued at mln dlrs follows the recent uisition of london s johnson matthey commodities limited deak said the new york firm will be known as deak international trading ltd the company said arkadi kuhlmann president and chief executive officer of deak international said the purchase will expand deak s operations into the precious metals and wholesale non ferrous metals trading arenas reuter 
