  | | | | LONDON (Reuters) - The Canadian-led consortium trying to buy Britain's Severn Trent threatened to walk away after its third approach was rejected, prompting two of the water utility's major shareholders to urge a return to talks. | | | | | LONDON (Reuters) - AstraZeneca is to buy U.S. respiratory drug specialist Pearl Therapeutics for up to $1.15 billion as Britain's second biggest drugmaker steps up a drive to rebuild its product pipeline via deal-making. | | | | | | NEW YORK (Reuters) - An activist investor who has been campaigning for change at Alere Inc sent the company a letter on Monday calling for the health diagnostics and services company to sell three of its businesses, which it believes can yield more than $3 billion in proceeds. | | | | | | LONDON (Reuters) - Private equity group Doughty Hanson has sold cinema operator Vue Entertainment to two Canadian investors for 935 million pounds ($1.5 billion), cashing in on an industry where new technologies like 3D movies have helped it to thrive in recession. | | | | | | DUBLIN (Reuters) - Irish drug firm Elan Corp Plc as expected rejected an increased offer from Royalty Pharma and on Monday said it was assessing enquiries from other interested parties. | | | |  | | | | JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Google is close to buying Waze for $1.3 billion, an Israeli newspaper reported on Sunday, potentially trumping rival offers for the Israeli mapping start-up. | | | | | | SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazil's JBS SA , the world's largest meatpacker, will acquire the Seara Brasil unit of Marfrig Alimentos SA by assuming $2.75 billion of the rival's debt, the companies said on Monday. | | | | | | LONDON (Reuters) - Private equity group Doughty Hanson has sold cinema operator Vue Entertainment to two Canadian investment groups for 935 million pounds ($1.45 billion), more than double its initial investment. | | |  | | | | (Reuters) - Decades-old laws barring foreign ownership of farmland in Iowa, Missouri and at least three other Midwest states may complicate Shuanghui International's $4.7 billion planned purchase of U.S. pork powerhouse Smithfield Foods . | | |  | | | | | LONDON (Reuters) - British water firm Severn Trent has rejected a raised $8.2 billion takeover bid, with a deadline for the suitors to make a formal offer fast approaching. | | | |  |  | | | 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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