Southeast Asia’s biggest ride-hailing and delivery firm, Grab, said on Monday it would pay $600 million in cash for Delivery Hero’s Foodpanda delivery business in Taiwan, in its first expansion outside the...
Estee Lauder in talks to merge with Jean Paul Gaultier-owner Puig in fragrance push
Estee Lauder is in talks regarding a potential business combination with Spanish beauty group Puig, the companies said on Monday, in a deal that would bring some of the world’s biggest beauty and fragrance...
Exor to generate $2.3 billion from stake sales in Iveco, GEDI, Lifenet and Nuo
Exor expects to rake in 2 billion euros ($2.32 billion) in proceeds this year from selling its stakes in four companies, the Agnelli family’s investment firm said on Monday. The firm has signed stake sale deals...
American Residential Services explores $3.5 billion-plus sale, sources say
The private equity owner of American Residential Services (ARS) is exploring a sale of the heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) and plumbing services provider that could value it at over $3.5 billion...
Apollo, Bain in bidding for Continental industrial unit, Bloomberg News reports
Private equity firms including Apollo Global Management and Bain Capital are weighing bids for tyremaker Continental’s industrial division in a deal that could value it at roughly 3.5 billion euros ($4.06...
Cencora buys EyeSouth’s retina business in $1.1 billion deal
U.S. drug distributor Cencora said on Monday it would buy the retina-care business of EyeSouth Partners for $1.1 billion, bolstering its specialty medical services business. The deal will combine the privately held...
M&A activity to accelerate this year despite war disruption, Goldman Sachs says
Goldman Sachs expects mergers and acquisitions activity to be on the upswing this year despite the disruption caused by the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran, CEO David Solomon said on Friday. “While it is difficult to...
Amazon acquires Swiss robotics company Rivr to test robots for doorstep delivery
Amazon has acquired Swiss robotics company Rivr to strengthen its doorstep delivery capabilities. The acquisition took place earlier this week. However, the terms of the deal have not been disclosed. The development...
Italy’s Poste launches $12.5 bln cash-and-share bid to buy Telecom Italia
Italian majority-state-owned national postal service Poste Italiane said on Sunday it was launching a cash-and-share offer to buy former phone monopoly Telecom Italia (TIM) for 10.8 billion euros ($12.5 billion)...
UniCredit weighs three options to potentially sweeten Commerzbank bid, Il Messaggero says
UniCredit is weighing three options to potentially sweeten its all-share takeover offer for Commerzbank, Italian daily Il Messaggero reported on Sunday without citing sources. A representative for UniCredit referred...
Spire says sale talks continue after Bridgepoint, Triton walk away
Spire Healthcare said on Friday that buyout talks with private equity firms Bridgepoint and Triton have ended, but it was still in discussions with other parties for a potential sale. “There can be no certainty...
Prestige Consumer to buy Breathe Right brand in $1.05 billion deal
U.S. consumer health products maker Prestige Consumer Healthcare said on Friday it would buy the Breathe Right brand and other assets from Foundation Consumer Healthcare in a deal valued at $1.045 billion. The deal...
