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Deason sues Xerox to allow new board nominations

FILE PHOTO: The logo of Xerox company is seen on a building in Minsk, Belarus, March 21, 2016. REUTERS/Vasily Fedosenko/File Photo (Reuters) – Hedge fund manager Darwin Deason filed a new lawsuit against Xerox Corp (XRX.N) on Friday after it refused to allow h... More »

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Microchip to buy Microsemi for about $8.35 billion

(Reuters) – Microchip Technology Inc said on Thursday it would buy Microsemi Corp, the largest U.S. commercial supplier of military and aerospace semiconductor equipment, for about $8.35 billion. The deal comes amid a new wave of consolidation in the semicondu... More »

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Qualcomm proposes further price talks with Broadcom

FILE PHOTO: A sign on the Qualcomm campus is seen in San Diego, California, U.S. November 6, 2017. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo (Reuters) – Chipmaker Qualcomm Inc (QCOM.O) on Monday urged Broadcom Ltd (AVGO.O) to enter into direct negotiations on its $117 bil... More »

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Ice hockey: Russians up and running with big win over Slovenia

Ice Hockey – Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympics – Men Preliminary Round Match – Olympic Athletes from Russia v Slovenia – Gangneung Hockey Centre, Gangneung, South Korea – February 16, 2018 – Kirill Kaprizov, an Olympic Athlete from Russia, celebrates his goal w... More »

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Cross-country skiing: Smiling Tongan mulls watersport challenge

Cross-Country Skiing – Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympics – Men’s 15km Free – Alpensia Cross-Country Skiing Centre – Pyeongchang, South Korea – February 16, 2018 – Pita Taufatofua of Tonga reacts. REUTERS/Carlos Barria PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (Reuters) – Tonga’... More »

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Comcast mulling new bid for Fox assets: sources

FILE PHOTO: The Twenty-First Century Fox Studios flag flies over the company building in Los Angeles, California U.S. on November 6, 2017. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson/File Photo (Reuters) – Comcast Corp is considering a new offer for Rupert Murdoch’s Twenty-First C... More »

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Qualcomm, Broadcom plan to meet on February 14: sources

A sign on the Qualcomm campus is seen, in San Diego, California, U.S. November 6, 2017. REUTERS/Mike Blake (Reuters) – Qualcomm Inc (QCOM.O) and Broadcom Ltd (AVGO.O) plan to meet on Wednesday to talk about the latter’s $121 billion acquisition offer, the firs... More »

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Biathlon: Bad day turns golden for Germany’s Peiffer

Biathlon – Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympics – Men’s 10 km Sprint – Alpensia Biathlon Centre – Pyeongchang, South Korea – February 11, 2018 – Arnd Peiffer of Germany finishes. REUTERS/Murad Sezer PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (Reuters) – German biathlete Arnd Peiffe... More »

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Japan’s Rakuten to acquire Asahi Fire for 45 billion yen

FILE PHOTO: Pedestrians walk past a Rakuten Cafe at a shopping district in Tokyo August 4, 2014. REUTERS/Yuya Shino/File Photo TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese e-commerce company Rakuten Inc said on Monday it would acquire Asahi Fire & Marine Insurance Co Ltd for 45... More »

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Shell buying spree cranks up race for clean energy

People take pictures of a high-efficiency petrol-burning concept car as it is unveiled by Royal Dutch Shell during a ceremony in Beijing, China April 22, 2016. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj LONDON (Reuters) – Royal Dutch Shell (RDSa.L) has spent over $400 million on a ... More »

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Sanofi shares fall on $11.6 billion Bioverativ takeover

PARIS (Reuters) – Shares in French drugmaker Sanofi fell on Monday after the company announced a $11.6 billion takeover of U.S. haemophilia treatment specialist Bioverativ, with some traders saying the price looked expensive. Sanofi shares were down 2.3 percen... More »

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Viacom, CBS not in active merger discussions: sources

FILE PHOTO: A woman exits the Viacom Inc. headquarters in New York, U.S. on April 30, 2013. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson/File Photo (Reuters) – Viacom Inc (VIAB.O) and CBS Corp (CBS.N) are not in active merger discussions, although controlling shareholder Shari Redst... More »

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Qualcomm board rejects Broadcom, Silver Lake director nominees

FILE PHOTO – A sign on the Qualcomm campus is seen, as chip maker Broadcom Ltd announced an unsolicited bid to buy peer Qualcomm Inc for $103 billion, in San Diego, California, U.S. November 6, 2017. REUTERS/Mike Blake (Reuters) – Qualcomm Inc on Friday reject... More »

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Roche to buy U.S. cancer drugmaker Ignyta for $1.7 billion

FILE PHOTO: The logo of Swiss pharmaceutical company Roche is seen outside their headquarters in Basel, Switzerland, January 30, 2014. REUTERS/Ruben Sprich/File Photo (Reuters) – Swiss drugmaker Roche (ROG.S) will buy U.S. cancer drugmaker Ignyta Inc (RXDX.O) ... More »

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Xcerra to resubmit China-backed deal for U.S. review

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – U.S. semiconductor testing company Xcerra Corp said on Thursday in a filing that it would resubmit its deal to be acquired by a Chinese state-backed semiconductor investment fund to give U.S. regulators more time to review the transac... More »

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Central banker wants French banks to help drive European M&A

FILE PHOTO — Governor of the Bank of France Francois Villeroy de Galhau attends a press conference after the Franco-German Financial Council meeting in Berlin, Germany, September 23, 2016. REUTERS/Axel Schmidt/File Photo PARIS (Reuters) – France’s central bank... More »

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Buwog agrees to be taken over by Vonovia in $6.1 billion deal

The logo of German real estate company Vonovia SE, a member of the German DAX-30 stock market index, is seen at a Vonovia building in Essen, western Germany May 10, 2016. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay/File Photo FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Germany’s Vonovia (VNAn.DE) has ... More »

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Oracle Corp to buy Australia’s Aconex for $1.19 billion

A sign marks a building housing Oracle offices in Burlington, Massachusetts, U.S., June 21, 2017. REUTERS/Brian Snyder Sydney (Reuters) – Australia’s Aconex Ltd (ACX.AX) said on Monday it had received a A$1.56 billion ($1.2 billion), or A$7.80 in cash-per-shar... More »

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Fox’s Star to bring Disney cash and cricket in India

The 21st Century Fox logo is seen outside the News Corporation headquarters in Manhattan, New York, U.S., April 29, 2016. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File photo (Reuters) – Walt Disney Co’s deal with Twenty-First Century Fox Inc gives the world’s best-known enter... More »

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AT&T/Time Warner antitrust trial set for March

FILE PHOTO: An AT&T logo and communication equipment is shown on a building in downtown Los Angeles, California October 29, 2014. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The trial to determine if the U.S. Department of Justice can stop AT&T Inc’s ... More »

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Broadcom set to unveil challenge to Qualcomm’s board: sources

FILE PHOTO: A sign to the campus offices of chip maker Broadcom Ltd, who announced on Monday an unsolicited bid to buy peer Qualcomm Inc for $103 billion, is shown in Irvine, California, U.S., November 6, 2017. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo (Reuters) – Chipmak... More »

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Mednax fielding takeover interest from buyout firms: sources

(Reuters) – Mednax Inc, a U.S. healthcare network operator targeted by activist hedge fund Elliott Management Corp, is fielding acquisition interest from several private equity firms, according to people familiar with the matter. Elliott disclosed a 7 percent ... More »

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Sprint, T-Mobile call off merger after months of talks

Sprint Corp (S.N) and T-Mobile US Inc (TMUS.O) said on Saturday they have called off merger talks to create a stronger U.S. wireless company to rival market leaders, leaving No. 4 provider Sprint to engineer a turnaround on its own. More »

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Broadcom plans record tech deal with Qualcomm bid: sources

Communications chipmaker Broadcom Ltd (AVGO.O) is planning to unveil a bid for smartphone chip supplier Qualcomm Inc (QCOM.O) by Monday, three sources familiar with the matter said on Friday, an attempt to create a roughly $200-billion company through the bigg... More »

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U.S. healthcare brightens tame U.S. high-grade M&A lending

CVS Health Corp’s planned US$66bn buy of Aetna Inc is poised to boost the healthcare sector’s share of US investment-grade mergers and acquisitions lending beyond its current one-third share of the US$122bn total as the sector remains a bright spot in an other... More »

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Cisco nears deal to acquire BroadSoft: source

Cisco Systems Inc (CSCO.O), the world’s largest networking gear manufacturer, is nearing a deal to buy U.S. telecommunications software firm BroadSoft Inc (BSFT.O) for close to $2 billion, a person familiar with the matter said on Sunday. More »

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Facebook buys teen app tbh

Facebook Inc (FB.O) has acquired tbh, an app popular among teens, as the world's largest social network looks to attract more users. More »

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Exclusive: T-Mobile, Sprint plan merger without selling assets

T-Mobile U.S. Inc (TMUS.O) and Sprint Corp (S.N) plan to announce a merger agreement without any immediate asset sales, as they seek to preserve as much of their spectrum holdings and cost synergies as they can before regulators ask for concessions, according ... More »

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Murdoch opponent challenges UK regulator over Sky deal

Activist group Avaaz stepped up its battle to stop Rupert Murdoch buying Sky (SKYB.L), launching a legal challenge to the regulator's view that the pay-TV group would still be a "fit and proper" owner of a broadcasting license if the deal goes ahead. More »

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United Tech to buy Rockwell Collins for $30 billion

Aerospace supplier United Technologies Corp (UTX.N) has struck a $30 billion agreement to buy avionics and interiors maker Rockwell Collins Inc (COL.N), the companies said on Monday, in a deal that bulks up UTC's power with plane makers by creating one of the ... More »

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PSA finalizes purchase of Opel/Vauxhall from General Motors

FILE PHOTO: Carlos Tavares (C), Chairman of the Managing Board of French carmaker PSA Group, Mary Barra (L), chairwoman and CEO of General Motors, and Dr Karl-Thomas Neumann, Chairman of the Management Board Opel Group GmbH, pose during a news conference in Pa... More »

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Charter surges as Japan`s SoftBank considers bid

The logo of SoftBank Group Corp is displayed at SoftBank World 2017 conference in Tokyo, Japan, July 20, 2017. Charter Communications Inc’s shares surged to a record high on Monday after a source said Japan’s SoftBank Group Corp was considering an acquisition ... More »

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EU`s Dijsselbloem praises `successful` Banco Popular rescue

Dutch Finance Minister and Eurogroup President Jeroen Dijsselbloem rings the bell as he chairs a eurozone finance ministers meeting in Brussels, Belgium May 22, 2017. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir The sale of Banco Popular to Santander (SAN.MC) was a success, the he... More »

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Verizon closes Yahoo deal, Mayer steps down

Marissa Mayer, President and CEO of Yahoo, participates in a panel discussion at the 2015 Fortune Global Forum in San Francisco, California, U.S. on November 3, 2015. REUTERS/Elijah Nouvelage Verizon Communications Inc (VZ.N) said on Tuesday it closed its $4.4... More »

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Luxury retailer Jimmy Choo puts itself up for sale

A Jimmy Choo shoe is seen in a shop in downtown Rome, Italy March 1, 2016. REUTERS/Max Rossi British luxury retailer Jimmy Choo (CHOO.L) is seeking offers for the company as part of a review of its strategic options to maximize shareholder value, it said on Mo... More »

Becton Dickinson to acquire Bard for $24 billion

U.S. medical equipment supplier Becton Dickinson and Co will acquire C R Bard Inc, in a $24 billion cash-and-stock deal, adding Bard’s devices to its portfolio in the high-growth sectors of oncology and surgery, both companies said on Sunday. More »