  | | | | NEW YORK (Reuters) - Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc bought a new stake of 11 million shares in Verizon Communications Inc in the first quarter and added to its holding in Wal-Mart Stores Inc , according to a regulatory filing on Thursday. | | |  | | | | (Reuters) - Natural gas producer Chesapeake Energy Corp said it expects to raise more than $4 billion from asset sales and divestitures this year. | | | | | | PARIS/LONDON (Reuters) - French telecoms market leader Orange is in talks about a tie-up with Bouygues Telecom, France's economy minister said on Friday after two sources said the discussions could lead to Orange acquiring its smaller rival. | | | | | | (Reuters) - Abbott Laboratories said it would acquire Latin American pharmaceutical company CFR Pharmaceuticals , which would more than double its branded generic drugs portfolio and expand its presence in Latin America. | | | | | | LONDON (Reuters) - Carphone Warehouse and entrepreneur Richard Branson's Virgin Group have entered exclusive talks with French telecoms company Numericable to sell Virgin Mobile France, their joint venture mobile virtual network operator, for an enterprise value of 325 million euros ($446 million), Carphone and Numericable said on Friday. | | | |  | | | | LONDON (Reuters) - Pfizer's potential takeover of AstraZeneca poses a threat to British science unless the U.S. drugmaker can give more concrete, enforceable guarantees on jobs and investment, politicians scrutinizing the deal said on Thursday. | | | |  | | | | PARIS (Reuters) - The French government gave itself the power to block foreign corporate takeovers in "strategic" sectors on Thursday, throwing up a potential roadblock to General Electric's $16.9 billion bid for Alstom's energy assets. | | | | | | SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Cloud services provider Rackspace Hosting Inc said it has hired Morgan Stanley to evaluate strategic options such as an acquisition of the company, triggering a late-session surge of more than 7 percent in its share price. | | | | | NEW YORK (Reuters) - Food and beverage company tie-ups are heating up, feeding the market for loans backing these mergers in quantities that test 2008 peaks. | | | | | | NEW YORK (Reuters) - Activist investment firm Relational Investors LLC reported a 3.5 percent stake in B/E Aerospace Inc on Thursday and said it will monitor the company's ongoing process to evaluate strategic alternatives to maximize shareholder value. | | | |  |  | | | 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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