Mergers & Acquisitions
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NYSE Euronext CEO: "mega-mergers" unlikely for now
* NYSE Euronext likely to make more technology acquisitions
CORRECTED - UPDATE 3-Nasdaq core profit tops expectations
Feb 1 - Nasdaq OMX Group Inc's core profit topped analysts' expectations for the fourth quarter, boosted by a rise in revenue from market data and technology, which helped offset a soft trading environment.
UPDATE 2-Kaspersky to buy out U.S. investors, rules out IPO
CANCUN, MEXICO, Feb 3 - Russian tech entrepreneur Eugene Kaspersky, who runs the world's fourth-biggest maker of anti-virus software, is parting ways with a group of U.S. investors who bought 20 percent of his company a year ago when he was considering taking it public.
UPDATE 4-Carlyle retreats on shareholder lawsuit ban
* Sen. Blumenthal, shareholder advocates welcome decision
Deals of the day -- mergers and acquisitions
Feb 3 - The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals involving European, U.S. and Asian companies were reported by 2100 GMT on Friday.
Investor's stake in Douglas Holding could hit 25 pct
FRANKFURT, Feb 3 - German drugstore entrepreneur Erwin Mueller could end up with a blocking minority stake in fragrance-to-jewellery retailer Douglas, regulatory filings showed on Friday.
UPDATE 2-Australia's Panoramic offers to buy out Magma Metals
Feb 3 - Australian nickel producer Panoramic Resources Ltd made a hostile bid for the stake that it does not already own in Magma Metals Ltd , valuing the company at about A$40 million ($43.09 million).
UPDATE 2-BB&T to buy insurance brokerage for $570 mln
* Buy to add $300 mln in annual rev to co's insurance segment
UPDATE 2-Banker Dalman appointed chairman at miner ENRC
LONDON, Feb 3 - Kazakh miner ENRC appointed investment banker Mehmet Dalman as its chairman on Friday, replacing industry veteran Johannes Sittard, who has been expected to step down since a governance review last September.
UPDATE 2-Vinci, Carlyle-QIA lead bids for 40 pct stake in Turkey's TAV
* Vinci, Carlyle, QIA leading bids for TAV stake - sources
- Finance: Philips rebuffs TRC Capital's mini-tender offer
- Technology: UPDATE 5-Hutch to buy Orange Austria as Asia firms shop in Europe
- Healthcare: Deals of the day -- mergers and acquisitions
- Consumer: Youngman bids for Saab, receivers cool-source
- Energy: UPDATE 1-Exco may shed one-third TGGT stake
- Industrials: Blackrock raises stake in DSV to 5.01 pct
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