Mergers & Acquisitions
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BRIEF-Zhaikmunai to acquire further oil & gas fields
LONDON, Aug 20 - Zhaikmunai LP : * Zhaikmunai to acquire neighboring oil & gas fields
BRIEF-NCC acquires U.S. security testing firm
LONDON, Aug 20 - NCC Group PLC : * Acquisition of US mobile security testing specialist for £7.1m
BRIEF-United Drug to buy Bilcare GCS for $61 mln
DUBLIN, Aug 20 - United Drug PLC : * To acquire UK and US clinical services businesses Bilcare GCS for $61 million
Market Chatter - Corporate finance press digest
Aug 20 - The following corporate finance-related stories were reported by media on Monday:
UPDATE 1-Ferrovial sells BAA stake to fund Latin America push
MADRID, Aug 17 - Spanish infrastructure firm Ferrovial said on Friday it had sold part of its stake in British airport operator BAA Ltd to Qatar to finance its bid to push further into faster growing markets such as Latin America.
UPDATE 1-RLPC-UK hotel chain Travelodge agrees debt restructuring
LONDON, Aug 17 - UK budget hotel chain Travelodge agreed a 635 million pound ($999.6 million) debt restructuring that will give lenders control of the business but confirms a significant loss for its Dubai owners who bought the company in 2006.
UPDATE 1-Petroceltic adds Black Sea assets with Melrose Resources buy
* Melrose shareholders to be paid special div of 4.7 pence
CORRECTED-RLPC-Distressed investors pile into Biffa loans
LONDON, Aug 15 - Distressed investors are buying into loans of UK waste management firm Biffa as they attempt to take control of the company, which is restructuring its 1.1 billion pounds ($1.7 billion) of debt, banking sources said.
Petroceltic to buy Melrose Resources for $260 mln
Aug 17 - Irish oil and gas company Petroceltic International Plc will buy Melrose Resources Plc for 165 million pounds ($259.74 million) to strengthen its operations in North Africa, the Mediterranean and Black Sea.
- Finance: Insurer Aetna to buy Coventry Health for $5.7 bln -WSJ
- Technology: Liberty Media files with FCC to take control of Sirius XM--again
- Healthcare: CORRECTED-UPDATE 2-Baseball star Eddie Murray settles SEC insider trading charges
- Consumer: Best Buy names Hubert Joly as new CEO - WSJ
- Energy: Deals of the day -- mergers and acquisitions
- Industrials: VW labour chief says no to more acquisitions - paper
- China's Gu Kailai gets suspended death sentence
- Assange berates United States from Ecuador Embassy balcony |
- German politicians say no leeway for Greece on reforms
- Hollywood filmmaker Tony Scott jumps to death
- Syria's Assad makes rare appearance for Eid prayers |
- Italy's Monti sees end of crisis getting closer
- On 1991 coup anniversary, foes say Putin has turned clock back
- Car bombs kill two in Libyan capital
- Japan says disputed islands should not hurt key China ties |
- China court hands Gu Kailai death sentence with reprieve