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Codorus Valley to merge with Orrstown Financial in all-stock deal
Financial services firm Codorus Valley will merge with Orrstown Financial in an all-stock deal, creating a bank with $5.2 billion in assets.
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Walgreens mulls IPO for UK Boots pharmacy chain - Bloomberg News
Walgreens Boots Alliance is in early talks over separating its UK-based Boots drugstore chain, including the possibility of an initial public offering in London, Bloomberg News rep...
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Clearing firm Apex Fintech confidentially files for US IPO
Clearing firm Apex Fintech said on Tuesday it has confidentially filed for a U.S. initial public offering, as the company revives its ambition to go public.
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EU antitrust regulators set Feb. 15 deadline for Orange's MasMovil tie-up in Spain
European Union antitrust regulators will decide by Feb. 15 whether to clear the tie-up between Orange's Spanish unit with MasMovil after the companies offered remedies to address c...
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European Commission clears Novozymes, Chr. Hansen merger
The European Commission said in a statement on Tuesday it had cleared the merger between Danish food ingredients and enzymes makers Novozymes and Chr. Hansen , subject to condition...
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Amazon to defend iRobot buy at Dec 18 EU hearing, source says
Amazon will defend its $1.4 billion purchase of robot vacuum maker iRobot at a closed EU hearing on Dec. 18, a person with direct knowledge of the matter said, three weeks after EU...
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Lawmakers call on US regulator to thwart Kroger-Albertsons deal
Six U.S. lawmakers wrote to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on Monday expressing their opposition to the proposed $24.6-billion acquisition of grocery chain operator Albertsons ...
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Pfizer gets OK for $43-billion Seagen deal after donating cancer drug rights
Pfizer said on Tuesday it expects to close its $43 billion deal to buy cancer drugmaker Seagen later this week and plans to create a new oncology division that includes the acquisi...
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Italy's Newlat in talks to buy UK food group Princes
Italy's Newlat said on Tuesday it was in "very advanced" talks to buy British food group Princes, confirming reports in the British and Italian media.
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Choice Hotels goes hostile in Wyndham takeover battle
Budget hotel operator Choice Hotels International on Tuesday launched a hostile bid for peer Wyndham Hotels & Resorts and prepared for a board battle to bring the target to the neg...
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MSC and Hamburg secure 92.3% of HHLA at end of second acceptance period - MSC
Swiss-based MSC secured 92.3% of port operator HHLA together with the German city of Hamburg after the end of a second acceptance period at midnight on Thursday, the world's bigges...
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RedBird IMI in talks to buy UK's All3Media in $1.3 bln deal -FT
Investment group RedBird IMI is in advanced talks to buy UK film and TV production firm All3Media in a deal worth about 1 billion pounds ($1.26 billion), the Financial Times report...
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Illumina accuses EU of over-extending its powers in assessing Grail deal
Illumina on Tuesday accused EU antitrust regulators of over-extending their powers in their scrutiny of its $7.1 billion for Grail while regulators accused the U.S. life sciences c...
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Lowball bid could spur Macy's to look for better options
The investment firms that lobbed in a $5.8 billion acquisition offer for Macy's Inc are unlikely to clinch a deal but may be successful in getting the U.S. department store operato...
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Saudi Arabia's MBC media group prices IPO at top of range
Saudi state-owned media giant MBC priced its initial public offering (IPO) at the top of the previously announced range, selling its shares at 25 riyals ($6.67) each on Tuesday.
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Buyout funds Bain, Cinven mull buying Indra's Minsait, El Confidencial says
Private equity funds Bain Capital and Cinven are considering making an offer for Spanish defence company Indra's tech unit Minsait, news website El Confidencial reported on Tuesday...
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WHSP raises stake in Australian fund manager Perpetual
Perpetual Ltd's top investor, Australian diversified investment firm Washington H. Soul Pattinson and Company (WHSP) , has increased its stake in the company to 11.66%, according t...
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Novo Banco explores WiZink consumer tie-up in Portugal –sources
Portuguese lender Novo Banco is exploring a potential tie-up in Portugal with Madrid-based consumer finance provider WiZink, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.
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