  | | | | BRUSSELS (Reuters) - EU antitrust regulators blocked a 5.2 billion euro ($7 billion) bid by United Parcel Service Inc for TNT Express , denting the world No. 1 package delivery company's hopes of expanding its presence in Asia and Latin America. | | |  | | | | (Reuters) - Deutsche Post's DHL is considering selling its "last-mile" delivery unit in the United States, a service used by retailers to deliver bulky products to consumers, three sources familiar with the matter told Reuters. | | | | | | SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Citigroup Inc's Brazilian unit plans to sell its Credicard consumer finance unit as part of an effort to focus business on the most profitable areas, Valor Econômico reported, without saying how it obtained the information. | | | |  | | | | NEW YORK (Reuters) - Private equity firms Apollo Global Management LLC and C. Dean Metropoulos & Co are near a deal to buy snack cake brands including Hostess Twinkies and Donettes, two sources familiar with the matter said on Tuesday. | | | | | | NEW YORK (Reuters) - Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc is considering making an offer for Life Technologies Corp , the biomedical laboratory equipment maker that is exploring a potential sale, three people familiar with the matter said on Tuesday. | | | | | | LONDON (Reuters) - European companies are having to reassess the cost of a rush of takeovers in more buoyant times as regulators call time on outdated asset values. | | | | | | (Reuters) - Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP said it plans to buy Copano Energy LLC for an equity value of about $3.22 billion, a deal that will broaden the company's oil and gas pipeline assets in Texas and Oklahoma. | | | |  | | | | (Reuters) - MetLife Inc , the biggest U.S. life insurer, said it was in talks with Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA (BBVA) to buy the Spanish bank's Chilean pension fund business. | | | | | (Reuters) - Hedge fund Elliott Management will nominate five executives to Hess Corp's board as it pitches a plan to break up the U.S. oil and gas company to boost returns for investors. | | | | | | (Reuters) - China's largest auto parts maker won U.S. government approval to buy A123 Systems Inc , a maker of electric car batteries, despite warnings by some lawmakers that the deal would transfer sensitive technology developed with U.S. government money. | | | |  |  | | | 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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