Deals - Americas Headlines
American Realty Capital Properties to buy trust for $3.1 billion
- American Realty Capital Properties Inc (ARCP) said it would buy American Realty Capital Trust IV (ARCT) for $3.1 billion in cash and stock to expand in the net-lease sector, where tenants pay most of the operating costs.
Serco wins U.S. health contract worth up to $1.25 billion
LONDON - British outsourcing group Serco has won a contract worth up to $1.25 billion with the U.S. Department of Health, according to an entry on the federal contracting website.
Japan's MUFG says agrees to buy $5.61 billion stake in Bank of Ayudhya
TOKYO - Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) said on Tuesday it had agreed to buy up to 75 percent of Bank of Ayudhya Pcl , Thailand's fifth-largest lender, in a deal worth 560 billion yen ($5.61 billion).
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U.S. opposes proposed Ardagh purchase of Saint-Gobain unit
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Federal Trade Commission said on Monday it had filed a complaint aimed at stopping Ireland's Ardagh Group S.A.'s proposed $1.7 billion acquisition of a unit of France's Saint-Gobain that makes glass containers for the U.S. market.
Pfizer, Novartis may join Amgen in bidding for Onyx: sources
NEW YORK - Onyx Pharmaceuticals Inc , whose cancer drugs promise a strong revenue stream, is attracting preliminary buyout interest from several large pharmaceutical companies such as Pfizer Inc and Novartis AG , two people familiar with the matter said on Monday.
Time Warner said to be near sale of headquarters, move to Hudson Yards
- Time Warner Inc is in talks to buy a new world headquarters by the Hudson River in Manhattan and to sell its current space to real estate developer Related Cos for what could be more than $1.3 billion, two sources said on Monday.
Exclusive: State attorneys general probing American, U.S. Airways merger
WASHINGTON - A group of 19 attorneys general, led by Texas, has joined a U.S. Justice Department probe of a planned merger of American Airlines Inc and US Airways Group Inc , three sources close to the discussions told Reuters.
Icahn seeks Dell meeting after securing $5.2 billion for bid
- Billionaire investor Carl Icahn asked for a meeting with Dell Inc's special board committee after lining up $5.2 billion in loan commitments to back up his bid for a leveraged recapitalization of the personal computer maker.
French funeral operator OGF gets takeover bids: sources
PARIS/LONDON - Three private equity firms have submitted bids to acquire France's leading funeral services firm OGF, sources familiar with the matter said on Monday.
Exclusive: U.S. drug firms vie to take stake in Celesio - sources
FRANKFURT - Two U.S. drugs distribution groups McKesson Corp and Cardinal Health Inc are both in talks to possibly take a stake in German drugs company Celesio , two industry sources familiar with the situation said.
McCain, Biden coming together for Sedona, Arizona forum
These days Washington is not known for bipartisanship, but every now and then a breakthrough is made. It is noteworthy that Vice President Joe Biden, a Democrat, and Senator John McCain, a Republican, are appearing together at a forum in Sedona, Arizona on Friday.
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