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Microchip Agrees to Buy Microsemi for $8.35 Billion

Deal continues wave of consolidation in chip industry Cash offer is 7 percent premium on Microsemi’s closing price

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Exclusive: China Resources Beer in talks to acquire Heineken

China Resources Beer (Holdings) Co Ltd is in talks to acquire Heineken NV’s China business in a deal that could be worth more than $1 billion, as the country's largest brewer seeks new growt...

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French Insurer AXA Agrees to Buy XL Group for $15.3 Billion

Offer for rival is at about 33% premium from Friday’s close Financing to come from cash at hand, U.S. IPO earnings, debt

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ArcelorMittal stands by $1 billion Mexico pledge despite trade threats

ArcelorMittal, the world’s largest steelmaker, has not changed its plan to invest $1 billion dollars in a new production line in Mexico, a spokesman said on Friday, despite uncertainty aroun...

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Adidas to buy back up to 9 percent of share capital

Adidas plans to buy back up to 3 billion euros ($3.72 billion) of its shares by May 11, 2021, representing almost 9 percent of its share capital, it said on Tuesday, including up to 1 billio...

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Biggest Dubai Bank Courts Foreigners as It Plans Turkey Purchase

Emirates NBD to raise capital as it prepares bid for DenizBank Lender to increase its foreign ownership limit to 20% from 5%

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Intel, TPG in early talks to sell McAfee to Thoma Bravo: source

Private equity firm Thoma Bravo LLC is in early talks to buy security software company McAfee from TPG Capital and Intel Corp, a source familiar with the matter said on Friday.

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Glencore buys coal assets of Rio Tinto in Australia for $ 1.7 billion

Glencore Plc buys Rio Tinto's coal assets in Australia - a 82% stake in Hail Creek and a 71.2% stake in Valeria for $ 1.7 billion.

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Exchange operator CME Group to buy Britain's NEX for $5.5 billion

U.S. exchange operator CME Group said on Thursday it had reached an agreement to buy Michael Spencer’s NEX Group, valuing the British firm at about 3.9 billion pounds ($5.5 billion) and crea...

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Michelin acquires Fenner polymer producer for $ 1.7 billion

French manufacturer of automobile tires Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin SA has reached an agreement on the acquisition of a manufacturer of products from polymer materials Fen...

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Salesforce to buy MuleSoft for $5.9 billion

Salesforce.com Inc said on Tuesday it would buy U.S. software maker MuleSoft Inc for about $5.90 billion in a cash-and-stock deal, illustrating CEO Marc Benioff’s push to bolster the company...

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Naspers raises $9.8 billion from Tencent stake sale

South Africa’s Naspers has raised $9.8 billion from the sale of a 2 percent stake in Chinese investment Tencent to strengthen its balance sheet and fund growth in its e-commerce businesses,...

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Billionaire Seeks Buyer for Resort With World's Largest Indoor Rainforest

Tycoon working with adviser to gauge potential buyer interest Malaysia’s fourth-richest person focusing back on home market

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Whirlpool to sell Embraco compressor business to Japan

Home appliance maker Whirlpool Corp said on Tuesday it agreed to sell its Embraco compressor business to Japan’s Nidec Corp for $1.08 billion in cash as it focuses on its consumer-facing bus...

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GSK buys Novartis stake in consumer healthcare venture for $13 billion

GlaxoSmithKline said on Tuesday it will buy Novartis’s 36.5 percent stake in their consumer healthcare joint venture for $13 billion in cash, and will also begin a strategic review of some o...

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ECB's Kazaks says it's worth looking at a bigger rate hike in July.

The European Central Bank should consider an initial increase in interest rates above the planned increase by a quarter point if there are signs that high inflation rates are fueling expect...

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NYSE in talks to acquire Chicago Stock Exchange: Wall Street Journal

Intercontinental Exchange Inc’s New York Stock Exchange is in talks to buy the Chicago Stock Exchange, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, a month-and-a-half after U.S. regulators bl...

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Crypto Stocks Demonstrate Why They Are Among the Riskiest Assets

Crypto-curious stock investors take little comfort in the rebound in stocks of companies linked to the world of digital assets last week, with the sector lagging behind almost all other ris...

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Accor Buys Mantis Stake to Expand African Hotel Network

Deal with Mantis forms part of emerging-market growth plans Accor intends to add another 100 hotels in next five years

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China could be the new owner of Venezuela's oil industry

Venezuelan oil production fell by another 10,000 barrels per day in March. The country's economy is already in bad shape, experiencing hyperinflation. Venezuela could hand over more contro...

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