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Australian mining billionaire Andrew Forrest said his private company bought bootmaker R.M. Williams from a fund backed by French fashion giant LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE <LVMH.PA>, returning ownership of the famed fashion label to its home country after six years.

Recovering sales of Louis Vuitton handbags helped LVMH <LVMH.PA> contain the fallout from the coronavirus crisis in the third quarter, as the world's biggest luxury goods group reported a smaller-than-expected drop in revenues.

Tiffany & Co said on Thursday sales have been rising through October as its business rebounds from pandemic lows, firing back at French luxury giant LVMH, which is looking to scrap its $16 billion deal for the U.S. jeweler.

French luxury goods group LVMH <LVMH.PA> is set to gain EU antitrust approval for its acquisition of U.S. jeweller Tiffany <TIF.N>, people familiar with the matter said.

EU antitrust regulators are set to approve French group LVMH's acquisition of U.S. jeweller Tiffany at the end of its preliminary review of the $16 billion deal, people familiar with the matter said.

Japanese fashion designer Kenzo Takada, better known as Kenzo, died Sunday from the COVID-19 disease, his spokesman told several French media outlets.

Three investors in Tiffany & Co sued LVMH and two of its executives in Manhattan federal court Tuesday, saying the French luxury good giant's "illegal renunciation" of its $16 billion deal to buy the U.S. jeweler caused the value of their stock to drop by at least $10 million...

A war of words between LVMH and Tiffany escalated on Tuesday with the French group describing Tiffany's prospects as "dismal" and the U.S. jeweller accusing LVMH of improperly trying to renegotiate a takeover deal.

Tiffany & Co said on Tuesday LVMH's countersuit to drop its $16 billion bid for the U.S. jeweler was just an attempt to evade paying the full purchase price.

LVMH <LVMH.PA> countersued Tiffany & Co <TIF.N> on Monday, arguing the iconic U.S. jeweler's financial mismanagement in the pandemic permits the French luxury goods giant to walk away from its proposed $16 billion acquisition of the company.

LVMH countersued Tiffany & Co on Monday, arguing the latter's financial mismanagement in the COVID-19 pandemic permits the French luxury goods giant to walk away from its $16 billion acquisition of the iconic U.S. jeweler.

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France's presidential palace asked the country's Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian to write to LVMH advising the luxury goods company to defer its purchase of U.S. jeweller Tiffany, two sources familiar with the letter's origins told Reuters.

French foreign minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said on Tuesday his intervention asking LVMH <LVMH.PA> to defer its acquisition of Tiffany <TIF.N> was normal and followed an enquiry from the French luxury goods group.

France's Elysee Palace asked Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian to send LVMH a letter advising the luxury goods group to defer its acquisition of U.S. jeweller Tiffany, according to two sources familiar with the discussions inside the government about the letter.

A U.S. court on Monday fast-tracked Tiffany & Co's lawsuit against French luxury goods conglomerate LVMH for trying to back out of its $16 billion deal to acquire the jeweler.

Tiffany is getting the time but not the date. A Delaware judge ruled for a speedy trial to decide whether LVMH must go ahead with its $16 billion takeover of the U.S. jeweler. The whole thing ought to be wrapped up in four days. But the three months until the trial starts...

A Delaware Chancery Court justice on Monday agreed to fast-track Tiffany & Co's lawsuit against French luxury goods conglomerate LVMH for trying to back out of its $16 billion deal to acquire the U.S. jeweler.

EU antitrust regulators will decide by Oct. 26 whether to clear French luxury goods giant LVMH's $16 billion acquisition of U.S. jeweler Tiffany, according to a European Commission filing.