  | | | | NEW YORK (Reuters) - Charter Communications Inc on Monday formally offered to acquire larger rival Time Warner Cable for $37.3 billion, sparking what is likely to be a contentious battle for control of the No. 2 U.S. cable operator. | | |  | | | | NEW YORK (Reuters) - Drugmakers Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc , Actavis Plc and Mylan Inc have all expressed interest in buying Pfizer Inc's branded generics business, but no active discussions are going on at this time, according to three people close to the matter. | | | |  | | | | SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google Inc took its biggest step to go deeper into consumers' homes, announcing a $3.2 billion deal to buy smart thermostat and smoke alarm-maker Nest Labs Inc, scooping up a promising line of products and a prized design team led by the "godfather" of the iPod. | | | |  | | | | TOKYO (Reuters) - Seibu Holdings Inc and top shareholder Cerberus Capital Management LP will seek to relist the Japanese company in the coming months, sources said, allowing the U.S. investor to cash out most of its $1 billion-plus investment and ending a spat seen as a test of Japan's openness to foreign capital. | | | | | | OSLO (Reuters) - Norwegian energy firm Statoil awarded two contracts worth 516 million British pounds to Siemens for work on the Dudgeon Offshore Wind Farm in the UK sector of the North Sea, Statoil said on Tuesday. | | | | | | SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China's Bright Food (Group) Co Ltd said it had agreed to buy Australian dairy company Mundella Foods through its Australian subsidiary, expanding the state-owned conglomerate's overseas reach and boosting its exposure to the growing dairy market. | | | |  | | | | NEW YORK (Reuters) - Exchange operator Nasdaq OMX Group and index provider S&P Dow Jones Indices said they are interested in acquisitions to grow their index businesses, in a sign the sector could see a wave of deals as investors pour tens of billions of dollars into portfolios that track benchmarks. | | | |  | | | | LONDON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Suntory Holdings Ltd on Monday said it would buy U.S. spirits company Beam Inc for $13.6 billion cash in a deal that would make the Japanese company the world's third-largest spirits maker. | | | | | SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Three small Chinese companies have decided to sell shares at valuations much lower than those of peers just days after the securities regulator issued a new rule to prevent excessive stock pricing. | | | | | | NEW YORK (Reuters) - Dish Network Corp Chairman Charles Ergen said on Monday he had bought LightSquared's secured debt because it was a "great investment," and said he did so on his own behalf and not for Dish. | | | |  |  | | | 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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