  | | | | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. officials are likely to allow China's Lenovo Group to buy IBM's low-end server business and Google Inc's Motorola Mobility handset business if it agrees to concessions aimed at protecting U.S. national security, experts said. | | | | | PARIS (Reuters) - A scarcity of sellers, combined with a growing number of cash-rich buyers from Asia and the Middle East, mean high-priced takeover deals are set to remain in fashion for the luxury goods industry, despite slowing sales growth. | | | |  | | | | MADRID (Reuters) - Spain will next week formally seek advisors to steer the sale of part of its 68 percent stake in bailed out lender Bankia , a spokeswoman for the country's bank restructuring fund FROB said on Friday. | | | |  | | | | ZURICH (Reuters) - Swiss machinery manufacturer Sulzer agreed to sell its coatings unit Metco to peer Oerlikon for around 850 million Swiss francs ($949 million) in cash, as it seeks to focus on it three main businesses. | | | | | | FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Public finance specialist Depfa, which state-rescued German bank Hypo Real Estate has put on the block, has attracted binding offers from several private equity groups and hedge funds, several people familiar with the transaction said. | | | | | | ATHENS (Reuters) - Deutsche Telekom dismissed as speculation media reports that it was considering raising its stake in its Greek unit OTE . | | | | | | AMSTERDAM/PARIS (Reuters) - Cable group Altice has set its sights on further international expansion after raising 750 million euros ($1 billion) from its stock market debut on Friday. | | | | | | JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's Bidvest said it had raised its stake in drugmaker Adcock Ingram to over 34 percent, enough to block a rival $1.2 billion bid and prompt Adcock to seek urgent talks with its Chilean suitor. | | |  | | | | BEIJING (Reuters) - Lenovo Group, the Chinese technology company that earns about 80 percent of its revenue from personal computers, is betting it can also be a challenger to Samsung Electronics Co Ltd and Apple Inc in the smartphone market. | | | | | | MADRID (Reuters) - The chairman of Banco Popular said on Friday the lender would consider buying state-owned bank Catalunya Caixa if it was put up for sale. | | | |  |  | | | 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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