U.S.-based Forest City Realty Trust Inc has restarted talks with Brookfield Asset Management Inc for a takeover by the Canadian firm, Bloomberg reported on Monday, citing people familiar with the matter.

U.S. hotel owner LaSalle Hotel Properties on Monday sided with Blackstone Group LP's  $3.7 billion all-cash offer to buy the company, as it looks to thwart Pebblebrook Hotel Trust's  takeover bid.

Specialist insurer Life Company Consolidation Group (LCCG) is buying Britain's oldest mutual life insurance company Equitable Life, the firms said on Friday, releasing 1.8 billion pounds ($2.4 billion) to Equitable Life policyholders.

Greystar Real Estate Partners is in exclusive discussions to buy Education Realty Trust Inc , owner of collegiate housing communities, for about $3.1 billion, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday, citing people familiar with the matter.

LaSalle Hotel Properties' third-biggest shareholder, HG Vora Capital Management, said on Tuesday that Pebblebrook Hotel Trust's revised offer for the U.S. hotel owner was superior to Blackstone's $3.7 billion bid.

Pebblebrook Hotel Trust on Monday raised its offer to buy fellow U.S. hotel owner LaSalle Hotel Properties , seeking to scuttle Blackstone Group LP's $3.7 billion deal with the company.

David Feinberg, chief executive officer of Geisinger Health System, is the top candidate in discussions to lead the healthcare company being formed by Amazon.com Inc , Berkshire Hathaway Inc and JPMorgan Chase & Co , CNBC reported on Thursday, citing people close to the selection process.

U.S. insurer AmTrust Financial Services Inc on Thursday agreed to be acquired by a group of investors for a sweetened $2.95 billion deal that also helped secure the support of dissenting shareholder Carl Icahn.

Piraeus Bank, Greece's largest lender by assets, is close to clinching a deal to sell 400 million euros ($473 million) of soured, unsecured consumer loans as part of efforts to shrink its bad-debt load, bankers close to the deal told Reuters.

Small business lender Prospa Group said it would delay its listing by more than the 48 hours initially announced, as it responds to a regulator's questions on loan terms.