U.S. oil and gas producer ConocoPhillips is in advanced talks to sell assets in Oklahoma to privately owned Stone Ridge Energy for around $1.3 billion, three people familiar with the matter told Reuters on Tuesday...
Amazon to buy startup focused on AI wearables
Amazon has reached a deal to buy San Francisco-based Bee, a startup making an artificial intelligence-enabled bracelet to listen in on and transcribe conversations. Bee’s $50 wristband can analyze and distill what...
CapVest eyes majority stake in German drugmaker Stada, Bloomberg News reports
London-based buyout firm CapVest Partners is in talks to acquire a majority stake in German drugmaker Stada Arzneimittel, Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday. The deal would value Stada Arzneimittel at about 10 billion...
UK’s Compass strikes its biggest-ever deal with $1.8 bln Vermaat acquisition
Food catering firm Compass has agreed to buy European premium food services business Vermaat Groep for about 1.5 billion euros ($1.75 billion) including debt, it said on Tuesday, marking its largest-ever deal. Compass...
Brazil’s Totvs agrees to buy StoneCo’s Linx unit
Brazilian software company Totvs has agreed to buy StoneCo’s Linx unit in a deal worth 3.05 billion reais ($547.90 million), it said on Tuesday, adding that it expects the move to strengthen its position in the...
France’s Sanofi to acquire biotech firm Vicebio for $1.15 billion
French pharmaceuticals company Sanofi said on Tuesday it would acquire British private biotechnology firm Vicebio for a total of $1.15 billion, expanding its respiratory vaccine portfolio. Following the acquisition...
Synovus explores potential merger options after drawing takeover interest, Bloomberg News reports
U.S. regional lender Synovus Financial is exploring options including a potential merger after drawing takeover interest, Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday, citing people familiar with the matter. The Columbus, Georgia...
Apple supplier Goertek to buy Luen Fung Commercial’s units for $1.3 billion
Apple supplier Goertek Inc said on Tuesday it plans to buy two units of Hong Kong’s Luen Fung Commercial Holdings for about combined HK$10.4 billion ($1.32 billion). The acquisition of Mega Precision Technology...
Australia’s Insignia agrees to $2.2 billion CC Capital bid, below peak offer
Australia’s Insignia Financial on Tuesday agreed to an A$3.3 billion ($2.15 billion) takeover by investment manager CC Capital Partners, marking the end of a protracted takeover rally that saw the final offer come...
Apax Partners to buy Apax Global Alpha in $1.1 billion deal
London-based private equity firm Apax Partners has agreed to acquire Guernsey-based investment company Apax Global Alpha (AGA) for about 916.5 million euros ($1.07 billion), the companies said on Monday. Shares of the...
GE Vernova to buy France’s Alteia for enhancing AI tools for utilities
Power equipment maker GE Vernova will buy France-based Alteia, which makes artificial intelligence-based tools that allow utility companies to review their grids, it said on Monday. GE Vernova already offers...
Adevinta sells its Spanish business to Sweden’s EQT for $2.3 billion
Norwegian online classifieds group Adevinta said on Monday it had sold its Spanish business to Swedish private equity firm EQT to focus more on its remaining European units. The deal gave the Spanish business an...
