  | | | | NEW YORK (Reuters) - Buyout firm Apax Partners and Morgan Stanley's private equity arm are exploring a sale of Chicago-based insurance brokerage Hub International that could be valued at around $2 billion, two people familiar with the matter said this week. | | | | | (Reuters) - Industrial and construction supplies distributor HD Supply Holdings Inc, a former division of Home Depot Inc , filed for a $1 billion initial public offering of its shares to take advantage of the rebounding U.S. housing market. | | | |  | | | | FRANKFURT/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Sweetening the terms of a U.S. merger not only improves Deutsche Telekom's chances of getting a deal done, but may also pave the way for what some investors and bankers think it really wants - to reduce its exposure to a highly competitive market. | | | |  | | | | MILAN (Reuters) - Telecom Italia has asked Chairman Franco Bernabe and four board members to assess proposals for a merger with Hutchison Whampoa's local mobile phone unit 3 Italia, three sources familiar with the situation said on Thursday. | | | | | | NEW YORK (Reuters) - Investment firm Royalty Pharma is considering sweetening its $6.6 billion offer for Irish drugmaker Elan by paying Elan shareholders more if the multiple sclerosis drug Tysabri hits certain sales milestones, two people familiar with the matter said on Thursday. | | | | | | (Reuters) - Television station operator Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc said it would buy Fisher Communications Inc for about $373 million to expand its operations in the western United States. | | | |  | | | | MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's government is considering selling a 19 percent stake in state-controlled oil major Rosneft this year as part of plans to speed up privatization, Economy Minister Andrei Belousov said. | | | | | | LONDON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Reinsurance Group of America and French rival Scor are competing to acquire Generali USA in a deal worth up to $1 billion, five sources with knowledge of the matter said on Thursday. | | | | | (Reuters) - Diversified real estate investment trust American Realty Capital Properties Inc withdrew its $6.7 billion offer to buy Cole Credit Property Trust III after the trust rejected the offer twice. | | |  | | | | | BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Aegean Airlines is set to face a lengthy investigation by EU antitrust regulators into its second bid for Olympic Air which could force the Greek carrier to offer more concessions, sources said. | | | |  |  | | | A daily digest of breaking business news, coverage of the US economy, major corporate news and the financial markets. Register Today | | |  | |  | | | The latest Reuters articles on M&A, IPOs, private equity, hedge funds and regulatory updates delivered to your inbox each day. Register Today | | | | | | » MORE NEWSLETTERS | |
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