| PARIS (Reuters) - Japan's Mitsubishi Heavy Industries is considering taking a direct stake in French engineering group Alstom as part of an offer with Germany's Siemens, two French newspapers said on Thursday. | | | | (Reuters) - John Malone's Liberty Global Plc and Discovery Communications Inc are in discussions with the owners of Formula One to bridge a $1 billion gap in the valuation of the motor-racing series as they seek to buy a 49 percent stake, according to Bloomberg. | | | | | NEW YORK (Reuters) - Private equity firm American Securities LLC is looking to merge three of its auto parts manufacturing companies and take the combined company public at a valuation of around $4 billion, including debt, according to people familiar with the matter. | | | | | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee's antitrust panel will hold a hearing on June 24 to examine the proposed purchase by AT&T of DirectTV , the committee said on Thursday. | | | | | (Reuters) - The owner of Univision Communications Inc [UVN.UL] have recently held preliminary talks about selling the Spanish-language broadcaster with CBS Corp , Time Warner Inc and other media companies, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the matter. | | | | | (Reuters) - Abengoa Yield Plc , the U.S. unit of Spanish renewable and engineering firm Abengoa SA , said its initial public offering had been priced at $29 per share, valuing the company at about $2.32 billion. | | | | | (Reuters) - Private equity firm Sycamore Partners on Thursday said it was interested in acquiring apparel retailer Express Inc , after disclosing a 9.9 percent stake that made it the largest shareholder in the company. | | | | | (Reuters) - Merck & Co Inc's research chief Roger Perlmutter said the No. 2 U.S. drugmaker would consider big acquisitions of biotech companies for their medicines, rather than to obtain their drug-development technologies. | | | | (Reuters) - UBS has appointed Jerry Marcus, a former Bank of America Merrill Lynch banker, as a vice chairman of its Americas investment bank, the Swiss bank said in an internal memo. | | | | MILAN (Reuters) - Italian lender UniCredit said on Thursday its online unit Fineco will list a 30 percent stake in an initial public offering that could value the company at up to 2.668 billion euros ($3.6 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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