  | | | | FRANKFURT/MILAN (Reuters) - Luxury carmaker Audi plans to announce the acquisition of Ducati next week, two people familiar with the matter said, in a deal likely to rev up its long-standing rivalry with BMW in superbikes. | | | | | HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Ltd is in talks with banks for a loan to help it finance an offer for the London Metal Exchange, sources told Reuters, a sign that the world's most valuable bourse is aggressively pushing ahead with its bid. | | | | | | ZURICH (Reuters) - Swiss drugmaker Roche dangled the prospect of a higher offer before reluctant U.S. bid target Illumina on Thursday along with broadly flat first-quarter sales supported by its top-selling cancer drugs. | | | | | | PARIS/CAIRO (Reuters) - France Telecom has finalized a deal to buy most of its partner's stake in Egyptian mobile operator Mobinil for 1.5 billion euros ($2 billion), leaving the venture with 95 percent French ownership but significant Egyptian board and management presence. | | | | | | ZURICH (Reuters) - Swatch Group , the world's largest watchmaker, is buying high-end watch case maker Simon Et Membrez for an undisclosed sum, the group said on Thursday, in a move that will boost its own production division. | | | | | | (Reuters) - Specialty chemicals maker Cytec Industries Inc said it made an offer valued at about $439 million for British aerospace parts supplier Umeco Plc , in an attempt to build on its advanced composites businesses. | | | | | | (Reuters) - A $500 million initial public offering for private equity-backed aluminum processor Aleris Corp was postponed due to market conditions on Wednesday, an underwriter said, dealing a blow to its majority owner, Oaktree Capital Management LP. | | | | | | COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Danish brewer Carlsberg is to sell most of a former Copenhagen brewery site to a group of investors for 2.5 billion Danish crowns ($441 million), which will help reduce debt. | | | | | NEW YORK (Reuters) - Private equity firm Leonard Green & Partners LP is weighing a roughly $2 billion buyout of Party City Holdings Inc, North America's largest retailer of party goods such as balloons and Halloween costumes, according to people familiar with the matter. | | | | | | LONDON (Reuters) - State-backed UK bank Lloyds said it remained in exclusive talks with shops to banking group The Co-Op to sell it 632 bank branches, after receiving a new proposal from start-up NBNK . | | | |  |  | | | 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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