TotalEnergies has signed an agreement with Shell to sell its 12.5% interest in the Bonga oil field, offshore Nigeria, for $510 million. The OML118 Production Sharing Contract (PSC) is located deep offshore at ~74 mi...
Hailey Bieber’s Rhode brand sold to e.l.f. Beauty in $1 billion deal targeting Gen Z
Model Hailey Bieber’s makeup and skincare brand, Rhode, is being snapped up by Elf Beauty ELF.N for about $1 billion, giving the budget cosmetic retailer access to a celebrity-endorsed product line that has become...
ExxonMobil to sell French subsidiary Esso to Canadian energy group
With the exception of those part of the previously announced redundancy plan, all of the approximately 1,350 employees in France will be retained and remain on the same employment terms and conditions. The acquisition...
Salesforce Signs Definitive Agreement to Acquire Informatica
Thoma Bravo and Cloud Software Group were part of the five interested buyers of the asset, that person and another person familiar with the process said. Salesforce said it would buy Informatica for about $8 billion...
Harmony Gold agrees to buy Australian Mac Copper for $1 billion
JOHANNESBURG, May 27 (Reuters) – Harmony Gold, South Africa’s top gold producer by volume, has agreed to buy Australian miner Mac Copper Ltd in a deal worth $1.03 billion as it steps up a diversification into copper...
US investment firm Redbird agrees to buy Britain’s venerable Telegraph newspaper
LONDON (AP) — A consortium led by U.S. investment firm RedBird Capital Partners has agreed to buy the publisher of Britain’s 170-year-old Daily Telegraph newspaper for about 500 million pounds ($674 million), the two...
India’s Bajaj Auto to take control of KTM with $906 million debt deal
India’s Bajaj Auto plans to take control of KTM AG as part of an 800 million euro ($906.2 million) debt package aimed at reviving the troubled Austrian motorcycle maker, it said on Thursday. The move will see the...
Sanofi to acquire Vigil Neuroscience in $470 million deal to boost neurological pipeline
Sanofi will acquire Vigil Neuroscience, a clinical-stage biotech company in a $470 million deal, the companies said on Thursday, as the French drugmaker seeks to boost its neurological pipeline through an...
AT&T agrees to buy Lumen’s consumer fiber business for $5.75 billion
AT&T has clinched a deal to acquire Lumen Technologies’ consumer fiber operations for $5.75 billion in cash, the companies said on Wednesday, as the wireless provider adds further scale to its national fiber...
UK’s Johnson Matthey in talks to sell Catalyst Technologies unit
Britain’s Johnson Matthey confirmed on Wednesday that it is in advanced discussions over a potential sale of its Catalyst Technologies division, in a deal that could be worth more than $2 billion. The London-based...
Canal+ set to gain conditional approval for MultiChoice takeover
South Africa’s Competition Commission recommended France’s Canal+ takeover of pay TV broadcaster MultiChoice Group be approved with conditions, clearing a major hurdle on Wednesday. If final approval is...
UK’s Revolution Beauty explores sale after takeover approach
British makeup and skin care retailer Revolution Beauty said on Wednesday it was exploring a sale after it received a preliminary takeover approach. The move comes days after the company said it was reviewing its...
