  | | | | LONDON (Reuters) - Japan's Suntory Beverage & Food Ltd is in advanced talks to buy the Lucozade and Ribena brands from GlaxoSmithKline for more than 1 billion pounds ($1.6 billion) in a deal that would pre-empt an auction of the iconic British drinks, two people close to the process said. | | | | | TOKYO (Reuters) - Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co is set to gain preferential negotiating rights for a majority stake in Panasonic Corp's healthcare unit, sources familiar with the matter said, a potential $1.5 billion deal that would mark the U.S. firm's largest investment in a Japanese company. | | | | | | FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Telegraaf Media Group (TMG) has sold its stake in Germany's ProSiebenSat.1 , becoming the latest shareholder to take advantage of the free-to-air broadcaster's recent share conversion. | | | |  | | | | MILAN (Reuters) - Egyptian tycoon Naguib Sawiris and U.S. telecoms giant AT&T have contacted the core investors who want to sell their shares in Telecom Italia, a source close to the situation said. | | | |  | | | | FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Germany's top utility E.ON will acquire UK energy management and efficiency group Matrix, it said on Friday, a move aimed at bolstering new business activities. | | | |  | | | | TORONTO (Reuters) - Bombardier Inc announced the sale of its Flexjet aircraft ownership business on Thursday, and the new owners agreed to order up to 245 Bombardier business jets valued at $5.2 billion. | | | |  | | | | TOKYO (Reuters) - NTT DoCoMo Inc will begin selling Apple Inc's iPhone as early as this autumn, sources familiar with the matter said on Friday, as it seeks to halt a loss of market share to rivals already offering Japan's most popular smartphone. | | | | | | (Reuters) - Singapore's sovereign wealth fund GIC and U.S. private equity group Blackstone are each set to buy 30 percent stakes in Goldman Sachs Group Inc's British pensions insurance operation, Rothesay Life, the Financial Times reported on Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter. | | |  | | | | (Reuters) - Canadian regulators have approved Glencore Xstrata PLC's sale of some Viterra farm retail stores to Canadian fertilizer company Agrium Inc in a deal that will make Agrium the dominant farm retailer in Canada. | | |  | | | | | ST PETERSBURG, Russia (Reuters) - Russia's top gas producer Gazprom and China's CNPC came closer on Thursday to a strategic deal to ship gas to China, agreeing on basic terms but not on price - a cornerstone issue for years. | | | |  |  | | | 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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