| | BEIJING (Reuters) - Lenovo Group, the Chinese technology company that earns about 80 percent of its revenue from personal computers, is betting it can also be a challenger to Samsung Electronics Co Ltd and Apple Inc in the smartphone market. | |  | | | PARIS (Reuters) - Dassault Systemes has agreed to buy U.S. scientific software firm Accelrys in an all-cash deal valuing the San-Diego company at about $750 million, as it seeks to expand its product portfolio, the software company said on Thursday. | | | | | | LONDON/VIENNA (Reuters) - Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim's America Movil is expected to stay ahead of any transatlantic rush into European telecoms markets this year with a bid for majority control of Telekom Austria , bankers and industry sources say. | | | | | | TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Mitsubishi Corp is in final talks to buy the building rented by luxury retailer Ralph Lauren Corp for its flagship store in Tokyo's posh Omotesando area for about 35 billion yen ($342 million), three people with knowledge of the deal said. | | | | | | SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian retailer David Jones Ltd said it had rejected a takeover approach from Myer Holdings Ltd worth A$1.4 billion ($1.23 billion) in October 2013 and was no longer in talks. | | | | | | TIGARD, Oregon (Reuters) - TPG Capital LP, a private equity firm that is behind some of the world's largest leveraged buyouts, said on Wednesday it was asking some of its key investors for up to $2 billion to spend on deals until it raises a new $10 billion flagship fund. | | | | | | BOSTON (Reuters) - Sotheby's said on Wednesday it will return $450 million to investors through a special dividend and a share buyback, but the moves got a lukewarm reception from investors including two activist hedge fund managers who have been pressuring the venerable auction house to make changes. | | | | | | LONDON (Reuters) - Oil firm Royal Dutch Shell is selling a stake in a Brazilian oil project to Qatar Petroleum International (QPI) for $1 billion, in line with this year's plan to ramp up disposals. | | | | | LONDON (Reuters) - Carphone Warehouse , Europe's No. 1 independent mobile phone retailer, has signed a deal with Samsung Electronics Co Ltd that will see it operate over 60 Samsung stand-alone stores across the continent, it said on Wednesday. | | | | | | NEW YORK (Reuters) - Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc is still on the hunt to acquire a bank or branch network to reach its goal of becoming one of the 10 largest U.S. banks by 2016, a senior bank official said on Wednesday. | | | |  |  | | | 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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