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Compass is in talks to buy Buffett's real-estate brokerage unit, WSJ reports
Home brokerage Compass is in advanced talks to acquire Warren Buffett's real-estate brokerage business, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday, citing people familiar with th...
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UniCredit says ECB cleared issuing new shares to finance Banco BPM's takeover bid
Italy's second-largest bank UniCredit on Thursday said it had received European Central Bank authorisation to issue new shares, subject to shareholder approval, to finance its take...
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Allianz-led consortium to close $3.8 billion Viridium takeover next week, sources say
An Allianz-led consortium is close to winning a bid for Germany's largest life insurance administrator Viridium, being sold by financial investor Cinven in a 3.5 billion euros ($3....
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Morgan Stanley Research sees slowdown in M&A activity in the first half of 2025 amid volatility
Investment banking is expected to experience a slowdown in the first half of 2025 as market volatility creates uncertainty for CEOs, boards and sponsors planning to negotiate and l...
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Dutch investment fund Reggeborgh takes a 3% stake in ABN Amro
Dutch investment fund Reggeborgh said on Thursday it had taken a 3.04% stake in Dutch bank ABN Amro , one of the three dominant lenders in the Netherlands, which just published bet...
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Exclusive: BP seeks to sell 50% of solar unit to strategic partner, bids due in June, document shows
BP is seeking to sell 50% of its solar unit Lightsource bp to a strategic partner for cash and a commitment of future investments, with bids due in June, the energy major said in a...
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Blackstone to buy 40% stake in India's Kolte-Patil Developers for $134 million
U.S. investment firm Blackstone will purchase a 40% stake in Indian real estate developer Kolte-Patil Developers in a deal worth 11.67 billion rupees ($134 million), the latter sai...
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Singapore's Sembcorp Industries scraps Indonesia gas deal due to regulatory snags
Singapore's utilities firm Sembcorp Industries said on Thursday it has terminated the gas sales deal its unit had signed to import piped natural gas (PNG) from the Mako gas fields ...
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Thailand approves $1 billion investment from China's Sunwoda for EV battery plant
Thailand's Investment Board said on Thursday it had approved a $1 billion investment from China's Sunwoda Electronic to build an electric vehicle battery plant, the latest in a ser...
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Couche-Tard could lift $47 billion offer for Seven & i if Japanese firm cooperates
Alimentation Couche-Tard could bolster its $47-billion offer for Seven & i if the Japanese firm became more cooperative and revealed more financial information, the founder of the ...
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JPMorgan holds over 5% stake in mining major Rio Tinto for clients
JPMorgan Chase holds a 5.36% stake in Australia's mining conglomerate Rio Tinto on behalf of clients, an exchange filing to the local bourse showed on Thursday.
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AI to fuel bumper year for M&A in US power sector
Dealmakers expect 2025 to be a bumper year for mergers and acquisitions in the U.S. power industry, with a voracious appetite for assets as the sector gears up to meet massive dema...
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Piraeus bank agrees to buy 90% of Ethniki Insurance from CVC
Piraeus Financial Holdings BOPr.AT said on Wednesday it has clinched a deal to buy 90% of Greek insurer Ethniki Insurance from CVC Capital Partners for 600 million euros.
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Piraeus bank agrees to buy 90% of Ethniki Insurance from CVC
Piraeus Financial Holdings BOPr.AT said on Wednesday it has clinched a deal to buy 90% of Greek insurer Ethniki Insurance from CVC Capital Partners for 600 million euros.
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EU regulators set July 1 deadline for Liberty Media, Dorna deal
EU antitrust regulators have set a July 1 deadline for their decision on Liberty Media's 3.5-billion-euro ($3.8 billion) bid for Dorna Sports as they resumed their investigation, a...
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Barrick must pay dealmaker Hannam $2 million over Randgold merger, UK court rules
Canada's Barrick Gold must pay British dealmaker Ian Hannam's firm $2 million plus expenses for his work on the acquisition of gold miner Randgold Resources, London's High Court ru...
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'Pokemon Go' maker Niantic to sell game division to Saudi-owned Scopely for $3.5 billion
Niantic Labs said it would sell its video-game division to Saudi Arabia-owned Scopely for $3.5 billion, as the U.S. augmented reality firm shifts focus to geospatial technology aft...
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Temasek takes bite of India's Haldiram's for $1 billion, sources say
Singapore's state investment company Temasek has signed a deal to pick up close to a 10% stake in the snacks business of India's Haldiram's at a cost of about $1 billion, two peopl...
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