| | (Reuters) - Facebook Inc will buy fast-growing mobile-messaging startup WhatsApp for $19 billion in cash and stock in a landmark deal that places the world's largest social network closer to the heart of mobile communications and may bring younger users into the fold. | |  | | | BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazilian telecoms company Grupo Oi SA aims to raise about 14 billion reais ($5.9 billion) in a share offering, the company said in a filing to the national securities regulator on Thursday. | | | | | | FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Finland's Nokia is considering buying U.S.-based network gear maker Juniper Networks to merge it with its unit Nokia Solutions and Networks (NSN), German online publication Manager Magazin Online reported, citing unnamed sources. | | | | | | BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union state aid chief Joaquin Almunia has told France that car maker PSA Peugeot Citroen's plan to sell a stake to French authorities complies with EU rules, a European Commission spokesman said on Thursday. | | | | | | FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Shares in German travel group TUI AG dropped 5 percent on Thursday following the sale of a 15.7 percent stake by its second-largest shareholder, John Fredriksen, who had been pushing for a merger with London-listed TUI Travel . | | | | | | TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Shiseido Co Ltd said on Thursday that it has signed a deal to sell skincare brands Decleor and Carita to L'Oreal SA for about 230 million euros ($316.3 million). | | | | | | New York (Reuters) - Private equity firm Blackstone Group LP and Singapore sovereign wealth fund GIC are in advanced talks to buy minority stakes in Kronos Inc that could value the human resources software company at around $4.5 billion, including debt, three people familiar with the matter said. | | | | | | NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) - A handful of consumer and healthcare companies including Bayer AG and Novartis are exploring a deal for Merck & Co Inc's consumer healthcare business, as they seek to gain scale in a fragmented industry, according to several people familiar with the matter. | | | | | NEW YORK (Reuters) - Generic drugmaker Actavis Plc has begun discussions with its core bank group to syndicate the $7 billion financing slated to back its acquisition of Forest Laboratories Inc, sources told Thomson Reuters LPC. | | | | | | LONDON (Reuters) - Bankers are working on debt financing packages of around 5 billion pounds ($8.35 billion) to back a potential sale of British supermarket chain Wm Morrison Supermarkets to private equity funds, banking sources 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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