| | NEW YORK (Reuters) - Blackstone Group LP has agreed to buy home security provider Vivint Inc for more than $2 billion, betting that more households in North America will adopt its alarm, air conditioning and energy management systems. | |  | | | (Reuters) - National Bank Holdings Corp priced its initial public offering of 7.15 million class A shares at $19.25 per share, below its expected price range, according to a market source. | | | | | | FRANKFURT (Reuters) - A Chinese machinery group is likely to buy German rival KraussMaffei Technologies, adding to a string of deals in which Chinese companies have scooped up German industrial know-how, two people close to the transaction said. | | | | | | MOSCOW (Reuters) - BP is in talks with Rosneft that may result in the British oil major acquiring at least 12.5 percent of the Russian state oil firm, the Kommersant financial daily reported on Thursday, citing sources close to the two companies. | | | | | | KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - U.S. hedge funds Och-Ziff Capital Management and Standard Pacific Capital are among 16 cornerstone investors in the $1.5 billion IPO of pay-TV firm Astro Malaysia Holdings, a term sheet showed, underscoring international investors' growing interest in the Southeast Asian country. | | | | | | BRUSSELS (Reuters) - U.S.-based cable group Liberty Global is bidding 1.96 billion euros ($2.6 billion) to take full control of Belgium's Telenet, seeking to strengthen its grip on a company benefiting from expansion across a range of telecoms services. | | | | | | ROME (Reuters) - Two more groups have told the Italian government they are interested in buying U.S. aluminum maker Alcoa's Italian plant, a government source said. | | | | | | HONG KONG (Reuters) - Global supply chain manager Li & Fung Ltd on Thursday outlined a new sourcing arrangement between its unit, Direct Sourcing Group Pte Ltd, and Wal-Mart Stores Inc that supersedes the previous buying deals made in January 2010. | | | | | FRANKFURT (Reuters) - RHJ International on Thursday said it has secured additional funding from outside investors including BMW heir Stefan Quandt in its planned takeover of Deutsche Bank's BHF unit. | | | | | | PARIS (Reuters) - French car maker PSA Peugeot Citroen is in exclusive talks with Russia's state railway monopoly to sell a 75 percent stake in its Gefco logistics division for 800 million euros ($1 billion) in a move to cut debt and contain mounting losses. | | | |  |  | | | 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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