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    • From Financials and 23 Jul 2021 04:00 EDT

      NatWest to sell Ulster Bank assets

      NatWest Group agrees to sell assets from its Irish arm Ulster Bank to Permanent TSB. The deal includes 25 branch locations and €7.6bn (US$8.94bn) of gross performing loans, the majority…
    • From Financials and 12 Jul 2021 03:15 EDT

      Klarna buys e-commerce technology firm

      Swedish payments firm Klarna is acquiring e-commerce technology firm Hero Towers, reportedly for around US$160m for the deal. All 100+ HERO employees will join Klarna. In June, Klarna raised US$639m…
    • From and 9 Jul 2021 17:23 EDT

      Philip Morris buys UK producer of respiratory treatments

      Giving the US firm access to the UK drugmaker’s respiratory ailment treatments and inhaling device technology, tobacco group Philip Morris International is buying Vectura for £1.05bn (US$1.44bn). The offer of…
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    • From Financials and 30 Jul 2021 18:19 EDT

      UniCredit move on Monte Paschi “courageous”

      UniCredit’s decision to engage in talks with Italy’s government over Monte dei Paschi is “important and courageous”, the chairman of one of its key shareholders, the Cariverona Foundation, says. In…
    • From Tech, Media & Telecoms and 30 Jul 2021 18:13 EDT

      TIM explores cloud, undersea cable options

      As it looks to extract value from its assets, chief executive Luigi Gubitosi says that Telecom Italia may seek investors for its cloud and wholesale undersea cable businesses. Like other…
    • From Industrials and 29 Jul 2021 18:46 EDT

      Volkswagen agrees tender offer for Europcar

      A consortium led by German automaker Volkswagen agrees with Europcar to launch a tender offer for the car rental company, which will value the group’s equity at around €2.5bn (US$2.95bn).…
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  • Editorials
    • From Financials and 27 Jul 2021 06:35 EDT

      Aon, Willis abandon merger after trial risk

      Aon and Willis Towers Watson are calling off a merger that would have created the world’s largest insurance broker, saying objections by US regulators created unacceptable delay and uncertainty. The…
    • From Financials and 16 Jul 2021 13:17 EDT

      AIG to sell life and retirement unit stake

      American International Group plans to sell part of its life and retirement business, while Blackstone Group is to buy a sizeable stake. The private equity firm will pay $2.2bn in…
    • From Consumer & Retail and 5 Jul 2021 15:32 EDT

      Apollo Global joins battle for Morrisons

      The bid battle for the UK’s fourth largest supermarket group Morrisons ratchets up, as a third private equity group, Apollo Global Management, enters the fray.US group Apollo, which last year…
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  • Sectors
    • From Financials and Greece 18 Jul 2019 08:00 EDT

      Financial software developer pursues M&A

      Profile, a software developer and vendor that covers fintech, banking and investment management, is identified in brokers research as a company likely to make a series of bolt-on acquisitions. However…
    • From Financials and Global 1 Nov 2018 09:30 EDT

      Insurance deal value reaches new highs as strategic forces collide

      The global insurance industry has seen the strongest first half since before the global financial crisis in terms of the value of deals, and the outlook remains supportive of deal…
    • From Industrials and Global 30 Aug 2018 08:31 EDT

      Executive sees automotive coatings mergers

      The global automotive coatings industry is likely to undergo marked consolidation in the next couple of years according to the chief executive of one of its leading players, but it…
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  • Restructuring
    • From Financials and 3 Mar 2021 09:30 EST

      Outlook for insolvencies in year ahead

      Law firm Seddons has published the West End Leadership Monitor (WELM), demonstrating a shift in working and business patterns in London’s West End. WELM is based on a survey of…
    • From Consumer & Retail and 7 Dec 2020 08:25 EST

      Ashley’s Frasers Group eyes Debenhams

      In a rescue deal which would further extend Mike Ashley’s reach in the UK high street, Frasers Group is in negotiations to buy collapsed department store chain Debenhams from administrators.…
    • From Consumer & Retail and 1 Dec 2020 07:42 EST

      JD Sports ends Debenhams’ takeover talks

      The future of the UK department store chain Debenhams is in doubt after JD Sports Fashion says that it will not pursue a rescue takeover. It says: “JD Sports Fashion…
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  • Mid-markets
    • From Financials and 13 Jul 2021 18:31 EDT

      Phoenix to streamline European operations

      As it seeks to streamline its European operations, UK insurer Phoenix Group is selling its Dublin-based Ark Life Assurance to Irish Life Group for €230m (US$272.73m). Ark Life, which manages…
    • From Financials and 12 Jul 2021 03:15 EDT

      Klarna buys e-commerce technology firm

      Swedish payments firm Klarna is acquiring e-commerce technology firm Hero Towers, reportedly for around US$160m for the deal. All 100+ HERO employees will join Klarna. In June, Klarna raised US$639m…
    • From Financials and 7 May 2021 19:08 EDT

      Deutsche Boerse buys remaining stake in CFC

      Germany’s Deutsche Boerse is to buy the remaining 49% stake in fund distribution platform Clearstream Fund Centre (CFC) from UBS Group for SFr390m (US$427m). Deutsche Boerse, which had bought 51%…
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From Tech, Media & Telecoms and USA - 13 May 2013 07:29 EDT

Carl Icahn and Southeastern table alternative Dell offer

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Dell shareholders Carl Icahn and Southeastern have made an alternative proposal to Michael Dell and Silver Lake Partners’s US$24.4bn offer to acquire the company. They have proposed that the company…

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