  | | | | (Reuters) - With the help of Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc , fragrance maker Coty raised its bid for Avon by 6.5 percent to $10.65 billion and set a four-day deadline for the cosmetics company to start talks. | | | | | LONDON (Reuters) - Outsourcing group Serco said it has agreed an extended deal worth about 1.5 billion pounds ($2.4 billion) with Britain's Ministry of Defense to provide and maintain the country's nuclear warheads. | | | |  | | | | LONDON (Reuters) - Qatar's sovereign wealth fund is in "very advanced talks" to buy a 3 to 5 percent stake in Royal Dutch Shell and is also negotiating a stake in Italy's ENI , according to a report in the Middle East Economic Survey. | | | |  | | | | PARIS (Reuters) - A consortium led by French utility GDF Suez has made a firm offer to buy E.ON's gas pipeline network, which Germany's No. 1 utility has put up for sale, French daily Les Echos reported, citing unnamed sources. | | | |  | | | | NEW YORK (Reuters) - AT&T Inc has held talks to buy smaller rival Leap Wireless International in recent months, according to people familiar with the matter, in the latest sign U.S. carriers are looking at acquisitions as a way to grow in a mature market. | | | | | | TOKYO (Reuters) - Yakult Honsha Co on Friday said it does not want France's Danone SA to up its stake in the Japanese company, best known for its fermented lactic drinks. | | | |  | | | | MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - America Movil, the telecommunications company owned by Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim, intends to boost its presence in the United States with the purchase of California-based Simple Mobile, the second planned acquisition it unveiled this week. | | | | | | NEW YORK (Reuters) - Warburg Pincus LLC has raised more than $5 billion in just over seven months for its 11th global private equity fund, a major step on the way toward its $12 billion target, people familiar with the matter said on Thursday. | | | | | SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's New South Wales state has signed a A$2.3 billion ($2.33 billion) deal with a consortium of Hastings Funds Management and Ontario Teachers Pension Plan for the long-term lease of a desalination plant in Sydney, a source with direct knowledge of the deal said on Friday. | | | | | | NEW YORK (Reuters) - Houghton International, which makes metalworking fluids and other chemicals for industrial uses, is being put up for sale by its private equity owner AEA Investors LP and could bring in more than $1 billion, according to two sources familiar with the matter. | | | |  |  | | | 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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