  | | | | LONDON (Reuters) - Shares in Merlin Entertainments jumped more than 12 percent in debut trade on the London stock market on Friday, to value the Madame Tussauds and amusement parks operator at around 3.5 billion pounds ($5.6 billion). | | |  | | | | ZURICH (Reuters) - Swiss bank UBS has bought back the stabilization fund set up five years ago to bail out the bank during the financial crisis, for $3.762 billion, the Swiss National Bank (SNB) said on Friday. | | | |  | | | | PARIS (Reuters) - Cable company Numericable's shares rose as much as 8 percent in a stock market debut on Friday, valuing the group at about 3 billion euros ($4.01 billion) and raising 652.2 million to help the group repay debt and upgrade its broadband network. | | | |  | | | | MILAN (Reuters) - Italian private equity fund Clessidra said on Friday it has a strong interest in fashion house Versace, which is currently looking to sell a stake of between 15 and 20 percent. | | | |  | | | | LONDON (Reuters) - London-listed coal miner Bumi Plc said on Friday it was pressing ahead with a December vote on a planned split with the Bakrie family, its Indonesian co-founders, despite having no guarantees the family will have the cash to finance the deal. | | | |  | | | | JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South African lender Standard Bank confirmed on Friday it was in talks to sell a controlling stake in its London-based global markets business, a deal sources have told Reuters would be worth over $500 million. | | | | | | LONDON (Reuters) - AstraZeneca may seek to increase its stake in a diabetes joint venture with Bristol-Myers Squibb, following a decision by the U.S. firm to exit diabetes drug research, according to Citi. | | | | | | (Reuters) - Essilor International said it would buy Costa Inc , a maker of premium sport sunglasses, in a $270 million deal that would help the French company tap into the growing prescription sun lens market. | | |  | | | | (Reuters) - As Twitter Inc's chief financial officer planned the company's initial public offering this year, he had one overriding goal: to avoid becoming the next Facebook Inc . | | |  | | | | | SHANGHAI/HONG KONG (Reuters) - China Cinda Asset Management gained approval for a Hong Kong IPO that sources say could raise up to $2 billion, kickstarting a deal that will offer clues as to whether the company - created for a government bailout - can transform into a profit-driven entity. | | | |  |  | | | 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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