  | | | | HONG KONG/CALGARY (Reuters) - State-controlled CNOOC Ltd launched China's richest foreign takeover bid yet on Monday by agreeing to buy Canadian oil producer Nexen Inc for $15.1 billion, forcing Ottawa to decide whether security concerns outweigh its desire for foreign investment in its energy resources. | | |  | | | | SINGAPORE/HONG KONG (Reuters) - Japan's Kirin Holdings and Singapore's Fraser and Neave have hired investment banks to advise them through the takeover battle for a prized Asian beer maker, adding to signs that a bidding war will intensify in the coming days. | | | |  | | | | BRUSSELS (Reuters) - U.S. network equipment maker Cisco won unconditional EU regulatory approval on Tuesday for its $5 billion takeover of TV software developer NDS, its largest ever, which will reinforce its presence in the video communications market. | | | | | | (Reuters) - Canadian coal mine developer CIC Energy Corp has agreed to be sold to India-based Jindal Steel & Power Ltd for C$116 million ($114 million) in cash, more than a year after ending an agreement with JSW Energy Ltd . | | | |  | | | | BRUSSELS (Reuters) - German insurer Allianz secured EU regulatory approval on Tuesday to buy the property and casualty brokerage-related activities of Gan Eurocourtage, a unit of French peer Groupama . | | | | | | DUBAI (Reuters) - Abraaj Capital, the Middle East's largest private equity firm, closed its acquisition of UK-based Aureos Capital, it said on Tuesday, and appointed a new chief executive for the specialist fund manager. | | | |  | | | | NEW YORK (Reuters) - Private equity firms Carlyle Group LP and BC Partners Ltd have joined forces and are in advanced talks to buy United Technologies Corp's industrial businesses, according to three people familiar with the matter, in a deal that could be valued at more than $3.5 billion. | | | |  | | | | MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Private equity firm TPG Capital has made a fresh takeover bid for Australian surfwear company Billabong International worth A$694 million ($712 million), Billabong said, just five months after a higher offer was knocked back. | | |  | | | | JAKARTA (Reuters) - Freeport McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc said it has offered a 9.36 percent stake in its Indonesia operations that run the world's second-biggest copper mine to the Southeast Asian country's government, a move aimed at deflecting pressure from new industry rules on project ownership. | | |  | | | | | LONDON (Reuters) - Barclays has sold Sweden-based carbon project developer Tricorona back to the company's management, the UK-headquartered investment bank said on Tuesday, two years after it bought the firm for $159 million. | | | |  |  | | | 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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