Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi Corp said on Saturday there is no time frame for a mainland share offering, casting doubt on Beijing's efforts to lure foreign-listed Chinese tech giants back home.

PayPal Holdings Inc has agreed to acquire fraud prevention technology company Simility for $120 million in cash, it said on Thursday.

Italy's Unipol said on Thursday it was buying 5.2 percent of BPER Banca to take its overall holding in the regional lender to 15 percent, adding it could buy more.

German reinsurer Munich Re is in talks to sell its asset management division to U.S. fund manager Guggenheim Partners, a person familiar with the matter said on Thursday.

Italy's Ferragamo family, which controls the eponymous luxury group, said on Tuesday it would sell a 3.5 percent stake in the company through an accelerated book building (ABB).

Insurance Australia Group (IAG) said on Tuesday it will sell its Thai and Indonesian operations to Japanese insurer Tokio Marine Holdings for A$525 million ($390 million).

Private equity firm KKR is close to buying a stake in the telecom towers business of Altice , three sources told Reuters, a deal that will help the telecoms and cable group to pay down debt and reshape its European operations.

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.