Agreement worth up to $1.2bn includes plan for combined flu and Covid shots
Discussions between the Czech billionaire’s EP Group and IDS have deepened after rejection of his initial £4.5bn offer
BHP signals determination to shift its portfolio decisively away from steel-making commodities
Chair of Spain’s third-biggest lender has come under fire for his €12bn attempt to buy Catalonia rival
Packed finance event highlights a power shift to the Middle East and warier views on China
Foreign investment committee authorises sale after concessions on data and day-to-day control
Plus, what’s the right price for Anglo American shareholders and Spain’s BBVA goes hostile
Italian state-controlled group acquires underwater missile and sonar business from Leonardo
Stance defies government hostility to plan that would break up national champion
Eldridge Industries seeks to acquire Hayfin Capital Management in €1bn-plus deal
RedBird IMI boss says Spectator magazine could have been acquired separately
Dismantling Spirit AeroSystems’ Belfast operations would harm region’s aerospace industry, says UK chair
The company requires a new plan to create value from the troubled mining house
An approach from a Dubai-based group should be welcome to long-suffering shareholders of the engineering company
Spanish government rebukes bank’s action and warns of ‘potentially damaging effects’ on financial system
Japanese company’s $14.9bn proposed purchase of US Steel sparked bipartisan political backlash
US group Concord walks away from bidding war for London-listed music rights group
Investment by private equity firm values Danish group Hempel at more than $3.6bn
Spanish bid target publishes private email sent by Carlos Torres to Josep Oliu
Plus, inside US universities’ complicated affair with private equity and CVC sells its divisive tea plantations
Amid BHP approach for Anglo, prolific dealmaker says consolidation does not guarantee more production
PE group divesting less than three years after acquiring plantations from Unilever
Plus, Hollywood heavyweights back Skydance’s Paramount bid and boutique banks make a killing on distressed deals
Spanish lender says offer by its larger rival undervalues the company
Indebted IT services group is trying to agree a restructuring this month
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