  | | | | PARIS (Reuters) - Alstom CEO Patrick Kron told unions on Friday the group was in talks over an industrial deal but had not received any takeover offer from General Electric , union sources told Reuters. | | | | | LONDON (Reuters) - The value of worldwide mergers and acquisitions announced so far this year has topped $1 trillion, only the third time deal values have surpassed this mark since records began in 1980, weekly Thomson Reuters data showed on Friday. | | | |  | | | | (Reuters) - London's largest and most expensive office building, HSBC Holding Plc's global headquarters, is up for sale and could fetch over 1.1 billion pounds ($1.85 billion), a record price for the British market, the Financial Times reported. | | | | | | ZURICH (Reuters) - Telecoms group Swisscom said it had submitted a non-binding offer worth 230 million Swiss francs ($261 million) to buy PubliGroupe's shares in two local directory businesses, creating the potential for a takeover battle. | | | |  | | | | ATHENS (Reuters) - Alpha Bank , Greece's fourth-largest lender, said on Friday it was looking into proposals to expand, including the possible acquisition of Citibank's Greek operations. | | | | | | (Reuters) - Prestige Brands Holdings Inc , a marketer and distributor of healthcare and cleaning products, said it would buy rival Insight Pharmaceuticals Corp for $750 million in cash to expand its range of feminine care products. | | | |  | | | | LONDON (Reuters) - Part-nationalized Royal Bank of Scotland has scrapped plans to seek permission to pay staff bonuses worth double their fixed pay after the government said it would oppose the move. | | | |  | | | | HONG KONG (Reuters) - On the face of it, an IPO for WH Group , the world's biggest pork company, should have been an easy sell. | | |  | | | | LONDON (Reuters) - International pressure to curb corporate tax avoidance is behind delays to a $35 billion merger of French advertising group Publicis and U.S. rival Omnicom, and could even scupper the deal, tax advisers and sources close to the deal said. | | |  | | | | | (Reuters) - Dell Inc Chief Executive Michael Dell is likely to sell his corporate gardening company ValleyCrest to KKR & Co LP's Brickman unit, the Financial Times reported. | | | |  |  | | | 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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