  | | | | LONDON/ZUG (Reuters) - Commodity trader Glencore has raised its offer for miner Xstrata to salvage a bid, now worth about $37 billion, that appeared to be heading for the rocks after Xstrata shareholder Qatar held out for more. | | |  | | | | MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Consolidated Media Holdings Ltd agreed to back a revised A$2 billion ($2.06 billion) takeover offer from Rupert Murdoch's News Corp , in a deal that would give News Corp a greater share of Australia's pay-TV market. | | | |  | | | | (Reuters) - Private equity firm Carlyle Group said its $1.4 billion infrastructure fund agreed to buy U.S. power plant developer Cogentrix Energy LLC from Goldman Sachs Group Inc . | | | | | | BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Belgian insurance group Ageas said on Friday it was in exclusive talks to buy the UK non-life insurance business of France's Groupama, which has been selling assets after taking a big hit on its Greek debt holdings. | | | | | | FRANKFURT (Reuters) - The German government has sold a 5 percent stake in Deutsche Post for 924 million euros ($1.17 billion) as it tries to raise billions of euros from privatizations this year to offset the budget strain of the euro zone crisis. | | | | | | TOKYO (Reuters) - Banks are hammering out a refinancing plan for embattled Sharp Corp without waiting for Hon Hai Precision Industry Co Ltd to lend a helping hand through a stalled equity investment, sources at the lenders said. | | | |  | | | | HONG KONG (Reuters) - American International Group Inc said it raised $2.02 billion through the sale of a partial stake in its former Asian unit AIA Group Ltd , placing the shares at a surprise premium although analysts were disappointed at the size of the sale. | | | |  | | | | (Reuters) - MasterCard Inc agreed on Thursday to buy Truaxis Inc, a provider of credit and debit card-linked offers through merchants and financial institutions, to help bolster its customer loyalty products. | | | | | (Reuters) - Blackstone Group LP has appointed Lionel Assant as head of its European private equity operations following the promotion of Joseph Baratta to global private equity head, the world's largest alternative asset manager said in an internal memo on Thursday. | | |  | | | | | HONG KONG (Reuters) - China Petroleum & Chemical Corp (Sinopec) and ENN Energy Holdings Ltd have extended their $2.2 billion offer for China Gas Holdings Ltd for the fifth time as they seek regulatory approvals to move ahead with Hong Kong's first unsolicited takeover bid. | | | |  |  | | | 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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