M&A | Deals

This follows failed talks among oil producing nations such as Saudi Arabia and Russia in Doha on 17 April.

Downton Abbey and The X Factor are some of the television series aired by ITV.

This follows Barclays closing offices in South Korea, Taiwan, Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand among others.

The combined company will be the second largest steelmaker in Europe, being smaller only to ArcelorMittal.

Sainsbury's attempts to tap into the fast growing online market will get a boost with this acquisition.

Kleinwort Benson, the wealth management company, operates in London, Jersey, Guernsey and Dublin.

The group includes PE firms Primavera Capital Group of China and J C Flowers & Co of US.

BT, Vodafone, Sky, Virgin Media, TalkTalk, UK Broadband and Iliad were also present at the Brussels meeting.

Challengers to Diamond may include China's ICBC, South Africa's Standard Bank, and France's Société Générale.

The deal will ensure full ownership of China's top beer brand by one single company.

Acquisition of Segentis's assets and IP will allow GFBiochemicals to make bioplastic products for US market.

Steinhoff is in support of Home Retail's decision to sell its Homebase chain to Wesfarmers.

UK company to pay its American partner $1bn to 'equalise ownership in the joint venture'.

The talks come at a time when Mattel is losing ground to both Hasbro and Lego.

The proposed deal has already drawn objections from Ofcom, the UK telecoms regulator.

ChemChina's other recent acquisitions include that of KraussMaffei Group and Pirelli.

Other angel investors include film producer, Richard Northcott and technology investor, Richard Fearn.

Sale follows green signal by majority of Shell shareholders for BG acquisition.

Sainsbury's had earlier bid for Home Retail's Argos division.

The dock was purchased from The Albert Dock Company, a subsidiary of Arrowcroft.

The deal will help Thermo Fisher Scientific to boost its biogenetic analysis portfolio.

Aegon is keen to close the deal before sweeping new capital rules known as Solvency II comes in next month.

Tencent and Baidu have also shown increased interest in such start-ups that operate in the O2O services space.

Liverpool-based club that plays in the Premier League has been in search of investors.

Deal could save jobs of thousands of jobs across plants which had been marked for closure.

Profits at Morrisons have taken a beating recently.

The move comes following the news that BG Group could be acquired by Royal Dutch Shell.

The deal indicates a growing interest from overseas companies in British food companies.

The deal is in line with the British bank's strategy to focus on its core operations.

Decision is part of review initiated by Barclays chief executive Jes Staley to turnaround the company.