Recycled metal products maker Radius Recycling said on Thursday it had entered into a definitive merger agreement with Toyota Tsusho America, a U.S. subsidiary of Japanese trading house Toyota Tsusho Corp (TTC). Toyota...
Compass is in talks to buy Buffett’s real-estate brokerage unit, WSJ reports
Home brokerage Compass is in advanced talks to acquire Warren Buffett’s real-estate brokerage business, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter. The acquisition price...
Dutch investment fund Reggeborgh takes a 3% stake in ABN Amro
Dutch investment fund Reggeborgh said on Thursday it had taken a 3.04% stake in Dutch bank ABN Amro, one of the three dominant lenders in the Netherlands, which just published better than expected quarterly results. The...
Couche-Tard Rules Out Hostile Takeover on Japan’s Seven & i
Canadian convenience store and gas station operator Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. said it won’t go hostile in its attempt to acquire long-time rival Seven & i Holdings Co. Couche-Tard’s top executives are in Tokyo...
Drugmakers Mallinckrodt, Endo in talks to merge, source says
Mallinckrodt and Endo are exploring a potential merger that could be valued at about $7 billion, person familiar with the matter told Reuters on Wednesday. A deal could likely be announced as soon as Thursday, the...
Europe’s would-be battery champion Northvolt files for bankruptcy
Battery cell maker Northvolt has filed for bankruptcy in Sweden, the company said on Wednesday, marking one of the country’s largest corporate failures and effectively ending Europe’s best hope of developing...
Piraeus bank agrees to buy 90% of Ethniki Insurance from CVC
Piraeus Financial Holdings said on Wednesday it has clinched a deal to buy 90% of Greek insurer Ethniki Insurance from CVC Capital Partners for 600 million euros. Piraeus, one of Greece’s four largest banks said...
EU regulators set July 1 deadline for Liberty Media, Dorna deal
EU antitrust regulators have set a July 1 deadline for their decision on Liberty Media’s 3.5-billion-euro ($3.8 billion) bid for Dorna Sports as they resumed their investigation, according to an update on the...
Google is poised to acquire eye-tracking startup for future glasses
Alphabet Inc.’s Google is in final talks to acquire AdHawk Microsystems Inc., a maker of eye-tracking technology, part of a renewed push into headsets and smart glasses. The technology giant intends to buy the Canadian...
Houston Texans acquire C.J. Gardner-Johnson in trade with Eagles
The Houston Texans have made a big move this season by trading left guard Kenyon Green for safety C.J. Gardner-Johnson from the Philadelphia Eagles. A selection swap is also included in the deal; the Texans receive a...
WNS to acquire Kipi.ai to expand data analytics and AI capabilities
WNS, a business process management (BPM) company, said it bought Kipi.ai, a data modernisation company working on the Snowflake platform, for an undisclosed amount. Kipi, based in the US, provides strategy, execution...
Uber Terminates Deal to Buy Delivery Hero’s Taiwan Business
Uber Technologies Inc. has terminated its deal to acquire Delivery Hero SE’s Foodpanda business in Taiwan, after the island’s antitrust regulator rejected it in December. Uber is required to pay a termination fee that...
