| | | (Reuters) - Dish Network Corp, the No. 2 U.S. satellite television provider, offered to buy Sprint Nextel Corp for $25.5 billion in cash and stock, a move that could thwart the proposed acquisition of Sprint by Japan's SoftBank Corp. | | | | (Reuters) - Genetic testing equipment maker Life Technologies Corp has agreed to a $13.6 billion cash buyout by Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc, in one of the year's biggest corporate takeovers. | | | | | | | BRUSSELS (Reuters) - U.S. cable firm Liberty Global won unconditional EU regulatory approval on Monday for its $15.8 billion takeover of Virgin Media, a deal that pits the group against Rupert Murdoch's British satellite TV operation BSkyB. | | | | | (Reuters) - U.S. investment firm Royalty Pharma sweetened its bid for Irish drugmaker Elan Corp , on Monday, offering what it called "a firm, all cash offer" worth as much as $12 per share, depending on the outcome of a Dutch auction. | | | | | | | MILAN (Reuters) - Rosneft said on Monday the main Moratti family shareholders of Saras had agreed to sell 13.7 percent of the Italian refiner to the Russian oil group for 178.5 million euros ($233.8 million). | | | | | | | DUESSELDORF, Germany (Reuters) - German consumer goods group Henkel has around 3.5-4 billion euros ($4.6-$5.2 billion) to play with for a large acquisition, the company's chief executive said on Monday. | | | | | | | LONDON (Reuters) - Oil major Royal Dutch Shell said it was considering selling some of its Italian downstream assets including its retail, aviation and supply and distribution businesses. | | | | | | | SINGAPORE/HONG KONG (Reuters) - ING NV is aiming for May to launch the sale of its $1.2 billion stake in Thailand's TMB Bank , as the Dutch financial services company awaits the end of Malaysia's election to include more bidders, sources familiar with the matter told Reuters. | | | | | | LONDON (Reuters) - Online gambling company Betfair is the target of a possible takeover offer from the private equity firm that owns Formula One motor racing. | | | | MUMBAI (Reuters) - U.S. private equity firm Warburg Pincus LLC has bought a minority stake in Indian engineering equipment maker Avtec Ltd, but the terms of the transaction were not disclosed. | | | | | | | 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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