  | | | | LONDON (Reuters) - Qatar, the second-largest shareholder in takeover target Xstrata , has bought almost 24 million pounds ($38 million) of additional shares in the miner, lifting its holding to over 12 percent and raising the stakes in a standoff with rival investor Glencore . | | |  | | | | MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Banco Santander is looking to list its Mexican unit in Mexico and New York on September 25, a source close to the deal told Reuters late on Thursday. | | | | | | (Reuters) - Amerigroup Corp said the antitrust waiting period for the closing of WellPoint Inc's $4.46 billion deal to buy the company was extended after the U.S. Department of Justice sought additional information from both companies. | | | |  | | | | LONDON (Reuters) - BHP Billiton , the world's largest miner, said it was still committed to a $20 billion expansion of the harbour at one of Australia's biggest ports, Port Hedland, after it signaled earlier in the week it would delay the investment. | | | | | | MELBOURNE/SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian electrician-turned-mining magnate Nathan Tinkler has walked away from a $5.5 billion bid to take Whitehaven Coal private, Whitehaven said on Friday, with a source saying the businessman was unable to line up enough funds. | | | |  | | | | SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Shareholders of Fraser and Neave (F&N) are urging the board to outline a future without Asia Pacific Breweries before they vote on a S$5.59 billion ($4.49 billion) deal to sell F&N's stake in the maker of Tiger Beer to Heineken . | | | | | | TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Olympus Corp said on Friday it will sell its mobile telecom business for 53 billion yen ($676 million) to an investment fund, as the cash-strapped medical equipment and camera maker tries to rebuild from a massive accounting fraud. | | | | | | ULAN BATOR (Reuters) - Mongolia should seek to raise its stake in the giant Oyu Tolgoi copper and gold project, the country's new mining minister said, adding weight to concerns among foreign investors about rising resource nationalism following a June election. | | | | | DUBLIN (Reuters) - Irish airline Aer Lingus on Friday renewed a call to its shareholders to reject Ryanair's latest takeover bid, saying its budget rival had failed to provide any new information on its offer. | | | | | | HONG KONG/TOKYO (Reuters) - European private equity firm Permira's is buying Japan's largest sushi restaurant chain, Akindo Sushiro Co Ltd, for $1 billion including debt, in what is set to be the nation's second-biggest buyout deal this year. | | | |  |  | | | 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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