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UK private equity firm 3i tables bid for Barclays Infrastructure Funds Management

UK private equity firm 3i Group plc (LON:III) on Friday said it had put in an irrevocable bid to buy Barclays Infrastructure Funds Management Ltd (BIFM), the European infrastructure fund management business of Barclays Bank plc, without disclosing the value …

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UK sponsor Apax acquires US-based retailer Rue 21in $1bn deal

UK-based private equity firm Apax Partners Holdings Ltd has agreed to buy US apparel retailer Rue21 Inc (NASDAQ:RUE) in an all-cash deal worth some USD1.1bn (EUR851m), the companies

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Private equity major KKR mulls merger of Saks and Neiman Marcus

US private equity major KKR & Co LP (NYSE:KKR) is mulling over investing in retail store operator Saks Inc (NYSE:SKS) and possibly combining it with local peer Neiman

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LexisNexis acquires two publishing businesses from Thompson Media

US legal and corporate content provider LexisNexis Legal & Professional, part of Anglo-Dutch Reed Elsevier (LON:REL ; AMS:REN), said it had taken over the Sheshunoff and AS Pratt

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Lloyds to sell wealth manager St James’ Place to meet capital requirements

UK's Lloyds Banking Group plc (LON:LLOY) said it would dispose of some 15% in domestic wealth manager St James's Place plc (LON:STJ) as part of efforts to meet

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Telecom Italia considers divesting mobile phone unit — report

Telecom Italia SpA (BIT:TIT) is considering separating its mobile unit and fixed-line network from the rest of its operations, Reuters reported, quoting three insiders. The split into three parts

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Tobacco group Philip Morris to take full control of Mexican arm in $700m deal

US tobacco group Philip Morris International Inc (NYSE:PM), or PMI, said it will take full control of its Mexican unit through the purchase of the remaining 20% in

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Oil group Cheveron close to selling Egyptian and Pakistani units — report

US oil group Chevron Corporation (NYSE:CVX) is nearing a deal to offload its Egyptian and Pakistani downstream businesses for a total of some USD300m (EUR233m), Reuters reported today,

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Mexico’s America Movil agrees to acquire Star Wireless Group

Mexican telecommunications group America Movil SAB de CV (NYSE:AMX) unveiled an agreement to buy US mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) Star Wireless Group Inc. The Mexican group will carry

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Navigation devices group TomTom to attract possible buyers — report

Dutch portable navigation devices (PNDs) maker TomTom NV (AMS:TOM2) could draw investors' interest if it remains the last independent maker of digital maps that cover most of the

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