  | | | | SINGAPORE/BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Heineken NV launched a S$5.1 billion ($4.1 billion) bid to take control of Asia Pacific Breweries Ltd (APB) , seeking to push out a Thai billionaire and would-be partner and setting up a battle for the maker of Tiger Beer. | | |  | | | | LONDON/SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The Singapore Exchange (SGX) denied it was in talks to buy the London Stock Exchange , a sign there is little appetite for more large cross-border deals after several takeover attempts failed. | | | |  | | | | LONDON/PARIS (Reuters) - Vivendi is considering selling its Brazilian telecom unit GVT, sources familiar with the matter said, in a sale that could help its battered shares regain lost ground. | | | | | | MILAN (Reuters) - Monte dei Paschi di Siena will be forced to seek a merger with another bank if it cannot achieve a decent level of profitability, chairman Alessandro Profumo was quoted as saying by an Italian weekly on Friday. | | | | | | (Reuters) - Software company Eloqua Limited said it expects its initial public offering of 8 million shares to be priced between $9.50 and $11.50 each. | | | | | | BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's top oil and gas explorer, PTT Exploration and Production Pcl (PTTEP), said on Friday it would offer up to 650 million new shares to raise billions of dollars to finance its global expansion and secure oil and gas reserves. | | | | | | (Reuters) - Natural gas-focused Venoco Inc extended the deadline for Chief Executive Timothy Marquez to secure funding to take it private. | | | | | | QUITO/HONG KONG (Reuters) - China National Petroleum Corp (CNPC), the country's biggest oil producer, is in talks with Ecuador's government over a potential investment in the OPEC-member's $12.5 billion Pacifico refinery project, an Ecuadorean minister said on Thursday. | | | | | TORONTO (Reuters) - Goals Soccer Centres Plc , which runs 5-a-side football centres across the United Kingdom, accepted a 73.1 million pound ($115 million) buyout offer from one of Canada's largest pension funds on Friday. | | | | | | HONG KONG (Reuters) - Far East REIT, a hospitality trust launched by Singapore's largest privately owned property developer, started pre-marketing on Friday an up to S$700 million ($558 million) IPO, betting on demand from yield-hungry investors burnt by volatile global markets. | | | |  |  | | | 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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