UK to allow Advent’s deal for Cobham
The UK government is minded to allow Advent’s purchase of Cobham after the private equity group agreed to...
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Scramble develops for container firm
A keen auction is developing for one of the world’s leading manufacturers and suppliers of intermediate bulk containers, as…
Warburg Pincus sells airline services firm
US private equity firm Warburg Pincus has completed a deal to sell its European airline services firm Accelya…
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Qiagen surges on bid talks
Shares in the struggling German molecular diagnostics company Qiagen have risen by around 30% in a few days as…
Aroundtown and TLG Immobilien agree merger
Shares in Germany’s TLG Immobilien rose 1.9% in early trading on 19 November after the firm said it…
FirstGroup shareholders call for US asset sale
Two major shareholders called for the UK bus and train operator FirstGroup to sell its US assets as…
Euronext, SIX launch bidding war for Madrid bourse
With both trying to buy up one of Europe’s last standalone stock exchanges, pan-European stock market operator Euronext and Switzerland’s SIX sparked a bidding war for Spain’s BME.
BMS wins approval to buy Celgene
Bristol-Myers Squibb and Celgene have won US antitrust approval for their merger on condition that they sell Celgene’s…
Recipharm buys Consort Medical
Swedish pharmaceutical group Recipharm has agreed to buy UK peer Consort Medical…
Sage Group sells payment processing unit
Software company Sage Group is selling its payment processing unit Sage Pay…
