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Exclusive: Synopsys seeks to acquire engineering software company Ansys-sources
Synopsys Inc , a maker of software used in chip design, has submitted an offer to acquire Ansys Inc , an engineering software vendor with a market value of $30 billion, people fami...
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Powermers Smart Industries to go public via $2 bln SPAC deal
Commercial transportation and industrial equipment maker Powermers Smart Industries (PSI) has agreed to go public in the U.S. through a merger with a blank-check firm in a deal val...
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Rai Way investors seek update on mooted TV towers tie-up - sources
A group of investors holding around 10% of Rai Way's RWAY.MI capital has asked for the board of the state-owned Italian TV towers group to provide an update on a long-mooted combin...
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Canadian logistics firm TFI International to buy Daseke in $1.1 bln deal
Canadian logistics company TFI International said on Friday it would buy Daseke , an operator of flatbed and specialized trailers, in a $1.1 billion deal, including debt, to scale ...
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Bristol Myers to buy schizophrenia drugmaker Karuna Therapeutics for $14 bln
Bristol Myers Squibb on Friday agreed to buy Karuna Therapeutics for $14 billion, gaining a promising new type of antipsychotic medicine to help power growth as patents on its olde...
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Equinor sells Azerbaijan assets, eyes loss of up to $400 mln
Norway's Equinor said on Friday it has agreed to sell its assets in Azerbaijan to state-owned energy firm SOCAR, including interests in the ACG oilfield and the BTC pipeline for an...
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Japan-US ties stronger than ever, minister says amid US Steel scrutiny
Japanese Industry Minister Ken Saito said on Friday that U.S.-Japanese ties were "stronger than ever", although he declined to comment directly on growing scrutiny in the United St...
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Royal Bank of Canada gets nod for $10 bln purchase of HSBC unit
Canada on Thursday approved Royal Bank of Canada's C$13.5 billion dollars ($10.2 billion) acquisition of HSBC's domestic unit, in a deal that would further tighten the country's to...
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White House: Nippon-U.S. Steel deal deserves 'serious scrutiny'
The White House on Thursday said Nippon Steel Corp's $14.9 billion proposed acquisition of U.S. Steel Corp deserves "serious scrutiny," given the company's core role in U.S. steel ...
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Germany's RWE buys UK offshore wind assets from Vattenfall for $1.2 billion
German utility RWE on Thursday said it would acquire three offshore wind projects off the English coast from Sweden's Vattenfall (VATN.UL) in a deal that values the assets at 963 m...
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Norway greenlights Norwegian Air's $110 mln takeover of Wideroe
Norway's competition watchdog said on Thursday it has approved the planned acquisition by Norwegian Air of domestic rival Wideroe after previously warning it could block the deal.
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Warner Bros Discovery, Paramount will be 'worse off' together - analysts
Warner Bros Discovery and Paramount Global are likely to be "worse off" together as a merger will leave them billions deeper in debt and saddled with dying traditional television a...
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Pernod Ricard sells Becherovka bitter brand to Maspex - statement
French spirits group Pernod Ricard on Thursday announced it would sell its Becherovka bitter brand and related assets, including a factory in the Czech town of Karlovy, to Poland's...
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South Africa's Gold Fields sells Asanko stake in $170 mln deal
South Africa's Gold Fields said on Thursday it had agreed to sell its 45% stake in Ghana's Asanko gold mine to joint venture partner Galiano Gold in a $170 million cash and shares ...
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Britain's Harbour Energy strikes $11.2 billion deal for Wintershall Dea assets
Britain's Harbour Energy on Thursday agreed to acquire Wintershall Dea's non-Russian oil and gas assets in a $11.2 billion share and cash deal with co-owners BASF and LetterOne tha...
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Blue Origin, Cerberus looking to buy rocket firm United Launch Alliance - WSJ
Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin and private equity firm Cerberus are among companies that have shown interest in buying rocket company United Launch Alliance (ULA), the Wall Street Journal...
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Visma brings in new investors at $21 billion valuation
Norwegian software company Visma has brought in new investors via a share sale valuing the company at 19 billion euros ($21 billion) to help fund international expansion, the compa...
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Dealmakers see rebound after global M&A volumes hit decade-low
Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity fell to its lowest level in ten years globally in 2023, as high interest rates and an economic slowdown weighed on companies' dealmaking con...
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