  | | | | BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Vivendi's Universal Music Group clinched EU regulatory approval on Friday to buy EMI's recorded music unit for $1.9 billion after agreeing to sell record labels that bring in nearly a third of the British company's revenues. | | |  | | | | BERLIN (Reuters) - Angela Merkel and Francois Hollande will discuss the merger of European aerospace firm EADS and British defense firm BAE Systems at a Franco-German summit on Saturday but will not make any decisions, a Merkel aide said on Friday. | | | |  | | | | SOCHI, Russia (Reuters) - BP Plc's bosses have told Russian President Vladimir Putin that the British oil major would like to buy a stake in Russian crude oil giant Rosneft , Rosneft CEO Igor Sechin said on Friday. | | | |  | | | | DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ryanair warned on Friday that Aer Lingus would likely be broken up if the European Commission blocks the bid by Europe's largest budget carrier to take over its smaller Irish rival. | | | | | | FRANKFURT (Reuters) - German retail Douglas said it was in talks with a financial investor that could see the investor taking a significant holding in the company. | | | | | | BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The EU's antitrust chief said on Friday European regulators had not yet taken any decision on whether to object to a 5.2 billion euro ($6.7 billion) bid by United Parcel Service for Dutch rival TNT Express . | | | | | | ROME (Reuters) - Italy's state holding Cassa Depositi e Prestiti (CDP) will buy the Treasury's foreign investment insurance arm SACE and a smaller company at the end of the month, with an initial payment of about 3.8 billion euros, a source familiar with the deal said on Friday. | | | | | | LONDON (Reuters) - Private equity group AXA Private Equity has raised more than 1 billion euros ($1.31 billion) to invest into infrastructure projects, such as gas networks and wind farms across Europe, a person familiar with the fundraising said. | | | | | LONDON (Reuters) - Formula One cars will roar around Singapore's streets this weekend, but the prospect of the motor racing business floating on the stock market there this year has receded following stake sales by its main private equity backer. | | | | | | SINGAPORE (Reuters) - A plan to buy 100 Airbus aircraft will be submitted to the board of Asia's largest budget carrier, AirAsia Bhd , in about two weeks, the airline's CEO, Tony Fernandes, said on Friday, in a deal that could be worth $9 billion. | | | |  |  | | | 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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