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GSK pounces on Human Genome with $2.6 billion bid
LONDON - Human Genome Sciences has rejected an unsolicited bid worth around $2.6 billion from long-time partner GlaxoSmithKline, marking a new takeover battle in a drugs sector recently swept by M&A; activity.
CVR strikes deal with Icahn; makes way for $2.26 billion bid
- Carl Icahn won his battle with oil refiner CVR Energy Inc , striking a deal that puts the billionaire investor in the driver's seat to force a sale of the company.
J&J; gains EU clearance for $21 billion Synthes deal
BRUSSELS - U.S. healthcare company Johnson & Johnson secured EU clearance on Thursday to purchase Swiss medical device maker Synthes Inc. for about $21 billion, a move to boost its orthopedics franchise.
Merger support growing among AMR unions: sources
- At least two unions at bankrupt American Airlines would support a potential merger with US Airways Group and could issue a joint communication soon pressuring airline management to consider a deal, two sources said on Thursday.
Abu Dhabi prepares sale of Daimler stake: sources
FRANKFURT - Daimler's largest investor, the oil rich emirate of Abu Dhabi, is preparing to sell its 9 percent stake in the German automotive group, two sources familiar with the situation told Reuters on Thursday, confirming a magazine report.
MegaFon may float 20 percent stake, raise $4 billion: sources
MOSCOW - MegaFon , Russia's No.2 mobile phone firm, may float a stake of up to 20 percent, worth $4 billion, on the London Stock Exchange in the second half of 2012, banking and industry sources said on Thursday.
Vodafone wins more time for Cable & Wireless bid
LONDON - Vodafone has got four more days to decide whether to bid for British group Cable & Wireless Worldwide after talks failed to result in a deal before Thursday's deadline, the corporate telecoms provider said.
Sony-led group wins EU approval to buy EMI publishing
BRUSSELS - A Sony-led consortium won EU approval on Thursday to buy EMI's music publishing business for $2.2 billion, on the condition that it sell the worldwide publishing rights of artists including Robbie Williams and Lenny Krativz.
KKR makes first retail real-estate investment
- Private equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co (KKR) closed a $196 million investment in Yorktown Center, a Chicago-area mall, marking its first retail real estate investment in the United States.
Ackman fund looking at $4 billion IPO - FT
- Activist shareholder William Ackman's Pershing Square Capital Management plans to raise $4 billion by listing a new fund in January 2013, the Financial Times reported.
- Finance: Kuwait's Burgan buys rest of Turkey's Eurobank Tekfen
- Technology: Russia seeks to undo Telenor's VimpelCom stake increase
- Healthcare: Roche set to walk away from $6.8 billion Illumina bid
- Consumer: Third Point pushes Technicolor to sell licenses: report
- Energy: Incensed Spain threatens Argentina after YPF seizure
- Industrials: South Korea KAI shareholders to pick advisors for $1 billion stake in April
- M&A;: UPDATE 1-Ackman sells stake in Rouse Properties
- Bankruptcy: Merger support growing among AMR unions-sources
- IPOs: DryShips open to selling drilling unit Ocean Rig - COO
- Private Capital: UPDATE 3-Luxury bag maker Tumi surges in market debut
- Hedge Funds: Hedge funds face "make or break" year - Allstate
- Regulatory: UPDATE 3-U.S. SEC takes action against rater Egan-Jones
- Facebook IPO targeted for mid-May, source says - Kansas City Star
- Splunk IPO Leads Despite Trading Glitch; Tumi Also Fares Well - Wall Street Journal
- MegaFon may float 20 pct stake, raise $4 bln - sources - Reuters
- Tumi Surges After Raising $338M in IPO - BusinessWeek
- Hedge-Fund Assets Rise to Record Level - Wall Street Journal
- Key developments in proposed sale of EMI Group to Universal Music, Sony/ATV - Washington Post
- French Bond Sale Smooth But Election Raises Concerns - Wall Street Journal
- Goldman M&A; head Sykes joins management committee - Reuters
- Wall Street drops on weak data, Qualcomm weighs
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- Lagarde sees deal in the making on IMF funding
- Microsoft beats Street profit view, shares up
- Obama, top Senate Democrat split on nuclear nominee
- Bank of America trading rebound aids recovery
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- U.S. approves duties on UAE nails, China brighteners
- Libya PM: Gaddafi's son in good health
- Haitian president out of Miami hospital after treatment
- Bosnia opens trial of Muslims for war crimes
- Afghan government, Taliban condemn photos of U.S. troops with Afghan bodies
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