Seismic surveyor makes bid for rival
As suppliers to the oil industry are hit hard by weak crude oil prices, seismic surveyor TGS has made an unsolicited cash offer...
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Yara expects Qatar sales this month
Norwegian firm Yara, one of the world’s largest fertiliser makers, expects to finalise its long-awaited sale of a…
Masmovil backs private equity bid
The Spanish telecoms group MasMovil has issued a favourable opinion of a takeover bid by three private equity…
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Eurofins buys Japanese company GeneTech
French laboratories and diagnostics company Eurofins signs an agreement to buy Japanese genetics analysis…
Blackstone to acquire Ancestry.com
Placing a bet on family-tree chasing as well as personalised medicine, Blackstone is acquiring genealogy provider…
Uber buys UK taxi tech firm
In a move that will allow the taxi app to reach customers where it does not currently operate,…
Polymer maker buys US medtech firm
Swedish polymer product and component maker Nolato is buying US medical technology company GW Plastics. The acquisition price,…
Wiener Stadtwerke buys EVN stake
As EnBW sheds assets to free up cash for its renewable push, Austrian utility Wiener Stadtwerke closes its…
Hastings agrees to higher than expected offer
UK motor insurer Hastings has agreed to a takeover by Finland’s Sampo and South Africa’s Rand Merchant Investment (RMI).
Italy’s TIM postpones decision on network stake
Telecom Italia (TIM) has postponed to 31 August a decision on the sale of a minority stake in…
