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    • From Tech, Media & Telecoms and 14 Apr 2021 07:27 UTC

      UK approves O2 and Virgin Media merger

      The UK’s The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has provisionally cleared merger between broadband company Virgin Media and Telefonica’s UK mobile network O2. Addressing one of its primary concerns, the…
    • From Tech, Media & Telecoms and 14 Apr 2021 07:09 UTC

      PKN Orlen media deal unchanged by court decision

      PKN Orlen chief executive Daniel Obajtek says that a court decision to suspend the competition watchdog UOKiK’s approval of the state-backed refiner’s takeover of newspaper publisher Polska Press will have…
    • From Energy & Resources and 12 Apr 2021 07:46 UTC

      Veolia, Suez agree utilities merger

      After months of wrangling between the two French waste and water management companies, Veolia and Suez have reached merger deal worth around €13bn ($15.44bn). Veolia argues that the companies together…
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    • From Financials and 14 Apr 2021 09:24 UTC

      EU sets deadline on Aon, Willis deal

      A European Commission filing reveals that EU antitrust regulators have extended until 27 July the deadline for their decision on Aon’s US$30 billion bid for rival Willis Towers Watson. Aon,…
    • From Tech, Media & Telecoms and 13 Apr 2021 09:52 UTC

      Toshiba CEO to step down

      Toshiba chief executive Nobuaki Kurumatani plans to step down as other board members consider his future at the industrial conglomerate amid controversy over a US$20bn buyout bid from his former…
    • From Financials and 13 Apr 2021 08:54 UTC

      SAP forms financial services venture

      To develop new digital solutions for banking and insurance, business software group SAP is forming a joint alliance with Munich-based investor Dediq. Under the deal, Dediq will invest more than…
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  • Editorials
    • From Tech, Media & Telecoms and 14 Apr 2021 07:09 UTC

      PKN Orlen media deal unchanged by court decision

      PKN Orlen chief executive Daniel Obajtek says that a court decision to suspend the competition watchdog UOKiK’s approval of the state-backed refiner’s takeover of newspaper publisher Polska Press will have…
    • From Energy & Resources and 12 Apr 2021 07:46 UTC

      Veolia, Suez agree utilities merger

      After months of wrangling between the two French waste and water management companies, Veolia and Suez have reached merger deal worth around €13bn ($15.44bn). Veolia argues that the companies together…
    • From Tech, Media & Telecoms and 8 Apr 2021 07:00 UTC

      Toshiba considers take-private offer

      Toshiba Corp is considering an offer from private equity firm CVC Capital Partners to take it private, as the Japanese industrial conglomerate faces pressure from activist shareholders to improve governance.…
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  • Sectors
    • From Financials and Greece 18 Jul 2019 08:00 UTC

      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 UTC

      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 UTC

      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 UTC

      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 UTC

      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 UTC

      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 9 Apr 2021 17:31 UTC

      Order-to-cash firm buys US player

      Sidetrade, publisher of an AI powered platform, dedicated to the management of the order-to-cash (O2C) cycle is acquiring Amalto, one of the main players in the dematerialisation of inter-company financial…
    • From Tech, Media & Telecoms and 1 Apr 2021 07:20 UTC

      Mid Europa invest in Baltics e-commerce platform

      Mid Europa Partners has agreed with MCI.Techventures and minority shareholders of UAB Pigu to acquire a 100% shareholding in Pigu. Mid Europa has also agreed with MCI.Euroventures and the founding…
    • From Financials and 26 Mar 2021 07:34 UTC

      CMA blocks Crowdcube and Seedrs merger

      Citing a potential lack of competition and loss of innovation for its decision, the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) intervenes to prevent a merger between two of the largest…
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From Healthcare & Pharma and Germany - 25 Sep 2014 08:10 UTC

Germany outbound M&A hits highest level since 2007

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The acquisition by Germany’s Merck of the US life sciences and technology group Sigma-Aldrich has helped push the value of Germany outbound M&A activity to US$97.3bn so far this year.…

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