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US cable TV firm Comcast has bid £22bn for Sky in a move that threatens media giant Rupert Murdoch’s attempts to take over the pay-TV group,…
Biotech giant Shire has said it would be willing to recommend an amended $64bn takeover bid from Takeda Pharmaceutical Co to shareholders, according to Reuters. The…
AXA is to acquire 1005 of XL Group Ltd, according to Actuarial Post. The purchase price is said to be $15.3bn, to be paid in cash.…
Shareholder approval has been secured for the takeover of Nisa convenience stores by the Co-Operative Group in a £137m deal, according to BBC News. An emergency…
UK betting and gaming company Betfair and Irish bookmaker Paddy Power have announced plans for possible a GBP5bn merger deal that would create one of the world’s largest…
US information technology major International Business Machines Corp (NYSE:IBM), or IBM, said it had inked a final accord to acquire domestic cloud computing infrastructure provider SoftLayer…
Flybe’s expansion plans negatively impacted by EC’s expected decision to block Ryanair-Aer Lingus deal
UK regional airline company Flybe Group Plc (LON:FLYB) said it is disappointed by the news that the European Commission (EC) will most certainly block Irish low-cost…
Luxembourg-based steel and mining group ArcelorMittal (AMS:MT) is one of the two top bidders for German steelmaker ThyssenKrupp AG’s (ETR:TKA) steel business in the Americas, offering…
Swiss watches and jewellery maker The Swatch Group Ltd has inked an agreement to acquire the luxury brand diamond jewellery and timepiece division of Canada’s Harry…
Mexican Coca Cola bottler Femsa acquires Coca Cola bottling unit in Philippines for $689m
Coca-Cola Femsa SAB de CV (MXK:KOFL), the bottler of Coca Cola in Mexico, said on Friday it would pay USD688.5m (EUR525.3m) in cash to buy 51%…
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