  | | | | TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan Airlines applied on Wednesday to re-list its shares in September after it has raised about $8 billion in an initial public offering, doubling the government's investment in a rare successful case of state-led restructuring in Japan. | | |  | | | | LONDON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. drugstore chain Walgreen Co is taking a 45 percent stake in European health and beauty group Alliance Boots Holdings Ltd for $6.7 billion in cash and stock, making a surprisingly big bet on Europe in the midst of the euro crisis. | | | | | | VIENNA (Reuters) - Austrian insurer Uniqa has signed a deal to buy the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development's stakes in some of its emerging Europe units, the Austrian insurer said on Wednesday. | | | | | | (Reuters) - Natural gas-focused Venoco Inc said Chief Executive Timothy Marquez has received a "highly confident" letter regarding a portion of the financing necessary to take the company private. | | | | | | LONDON (Reuters) - Blackstone and BC Partners are jointly bidding for frozen foods group Iglo, hoping to divide the spoils rather than fight it out in what could be Europe's largest buyout of the year, a person familiar with situation said on Wednesday. | | | | | | PARIS (Reuters) - U.S. private equity firm Sun Capital Partners has appointed Morgan Stanley to sell DBApparel, the maker of Wonderbra, Dim and Playtex lingerie, in a deal that could fetch more than 600 million euros ($761 million), French daily newspaper Les Echos said on Wednesday, citing unidentified sources. | | | |  | | | | MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Rupert Murdoch's News Corp made a $2 billion takeover offer for Australia's Consolidated Media Holdings on Wednesday, boosting top shareholder and billionaire James Packer's warchest as he abandons media in favor of casinos. | | | |  | | | | DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ryanair launched a third bid to take over Irish rival Aer Lingus on Tuesday, offering shareholders a 38 percent premium to the market in a deal that would require regulators to drop opposition to a merger. | | | | | NEW YORK (Reuters) - Thomas Properties Group Inc has put a 24-acre development parcel of fully permitted land next to the Los Angeles International Airport up for sale, exiting the development business as it becomes a real estate investment trust. | | | | | | PARIS/FRANKFURT (Reuters) - KPN may unleash a risky "poison pill" defense to scupper the bid by Mexican tycoon Carlos Slim for more than a quarter of the Dutch telecom operator, if only to buy time for a side deal with Telefonica that it thinks better values its assets and bolsters its independence. | | | |  |  | | | 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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