  | | | | LISBON (Reuters) - Portugal Telecom is confident its planned merger with Brazil's Oi will be completed in the second quarter and does not see any major obstacles from minority shareholders or regulators, PT CEO Henrique Granadeiro said on Friday. | | |  | | | | (Reuters) - IBM Corp is exploring the sale of its semiconductor business and has hired Goldman Sachs to find potential buyers, the Financial Times reported on Thursday, citing sources familiar with the matter. | | | | | | TOKYO (Reuters) - U.S. private equity firm Cerberus Capital Management LP completed a sale on Friday of its stake in Japanese property operator Kokusai Kogyo Co for about 140 billion yen ($1.37 billion), people with knowledge of the deal said. | | | |  | | | | NEW YORK (Reuters) - A surge in bets that shares of Green Mountain Coffee Roasters would rise sharply by the end of the week has raised suspicions, coming as it did just hours before news of a partnership deal with Coca-Cola . | | | | | | NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) - Swiss industrial conglomerate ABB Ltd is seeking to sell several non-core businesses in deals that could raise more than $1 billion, according to people familiar with the matter. | | | | | | CALGARY, Alberta/SYDNEY (Reuters) - Canadian heavy oil producer Baytex Energy Corp has agreed to buy Aurora Oil & Gas Ltd for C$2.6 billion ($2.4 billion) including debt, targeting the Australian company's Texas shale oil assets and driving its shares to a 15-month high. | | | |  | | | | (Reuters) - New York's principal bank regulator has indefinitely halted Ocwen Financial Corp's purchase of the right to collect payments on a portfolio of mortgages from Wells Fargo & Co, Ocwen said on Thursday. | | | | | | (Reuters) - Private equity firm AEA Investors LP is in advanced talks to acquire Gypsum Management and Supply Inc (GMS), a privately held maker of specialty building materials, for more than $700 million, according to three people familiar with the matter. | | |  | | | | (Reuters) - Chesapeake Energy Corp on Thursday cut its capital budget for the year by more than a fifth as Chief Executive Officer Doug Lawler focuses on drilling in U.S. shale basins with the highest returns, but the company's oil production outlook disappointed and the stock fell more than 7 percent. | | |  | | | | | NEW YORK (Reuters) - Shares in Sprint Corp and T-Mobile US fell sharply on Thursday as investor hopes for a merger of the No. 3 and No. 4 U.S. mobile service providers faded on concerns about regulatory opposition. | | | |  |  | | | 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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