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Footwear retailer Kurt Geiger acquired by Cinven from Sycamore Partners
Deal is in line with Sycamore's strategy of splitting Jones Group.
Alibaba to acquire South China Morning Post to deepen its media reach
Apart from the newspaper, Alibaba said it will acquire other media assets of the SCMP Group.
Reimann family's JAB Holding acquires Keurig Green Mountain for $13.9bn
The deal will enable JAB Holding to take on Nestlé's high-margin Nespresso brand directly.
Jaguar Land Rover could purchase British Formula One circuit Silverstone
JLR could relocate major parts of its business to Silverstone if the deal were to go through.
Australia: Hastings-led consortium wins TransGrid auction for A$10.3bn
The consortium beat rival bidders such as State Grid of China and Canadian and Australian pension funds.
BBVA enters Britain with £45m Atom deal
Spanish bank emerges largest shareholder in digital-only lender and gains two board seats.
Pfizer-Allergan close to announcing $150bn deal creating world's biggest pharma company
The market capitalisation of the combined company would exceed $300bn.
Google acquires bebop to boost cloud business and compete with Amazon and Microsoft
Bebop founder Diane Greene will now head all of Google's cloud businesses.
French industrial gases company Air Liquide to acquire its US peer Airgas for $10.3bn
The deal requires the French company to pay Airgas shareholders $143 a share.
Ebury raises $83m from Vitruvian Partners and 83North
Fintech start-up that provides a variety of online services to smaller businesses has raised over $110m.
Angie's List receives $512m acquisition offer from billionaire Barry Diller's IAC
IAC's all-cash proposal to acquire Angie's List translates to $8.75 per share.
Weyerhaeuser to buy Plum Creek creating a $23bn timberland giant
Plum Creek's shareholders will receive 1.6 shares of Weyerhaeuser for every share they own.
Alibaba to acquire all of Youku Tudou for $3.7bn
'China's YouTube' will give ecommerce giant a share of the online video market in world's most populous nation.
Singapore Airlines offers to buy entire stake of Tiger Airways
Deal will allow Singapore Airlines to coordinate operations of Tiger and Scoot.
London-listed Shire to acquire American biotech company Dyax for $5.9bn
Shire earlier acquired NPS pharmaceuticals and an eyecare treatment business.
Candy Crush's King Digital to be acquired by Activision for $5.9bn
Combined entity will have games such as Candy Crush Saga, Call of Duty and Diablo Destiny.
BAE Systems to buy 20% stake in Reaction Engines
Investment will give company a foothold in emerging low-cost space launch and high-speed commercial flights
KeyCorp to buy First Niagara for $4.1bn to create 13th largest US bank
The combined company would have about $99.8bn in deposits, $83.6bn in loans and 1,366 branches.
GE Money Bank's French arm receives bids from CVC Capital, Cerberus and JC Flowers
Sale of Money Bank is part of GE's strategy to focus on its core business of manufacturing.
Visa close to buying its European sister firm for about $22bn
This deal may be announced as early as 5 November, when Visa releases its quarterly results.
Hyatt in advanced talks to acquire Starwood Hotels
If Hyatt Hotels were to acquire Starwood Hotels, it would add brands such as the Sheraton, St Regis and W to its portfolio.
Pfizer in talks to acquire Allergan and create world's largest pharmaceutical company
A deal with Ireland-based Allergan would bring tax advantages to US-based maker of Viagra.
Trinity Mirror: Publisher of Daily Mirror and Sunday Mirror to acquire rival Local World
Trinity, which owned 20% stake in Local World, will pay £154.4m in cash for the remaining shares.
Walgreens to acquire Rite Aid for $17.2bn; new portfolio to have 12,793 pharmacies
The deal will help Walgreens strengthen its leverage with suppliers and pharmacy benefit managers and enable it to save more than $1bn.
NYSE owner to acquire Interactive Data from Silver Lake and Warburg Pincus
Post the deal, ICE will be the third largest financial market data provider after Bloomerg and Thomson Reuters.
Sony eyes Toshiba's sensor business to strengthen its smartphone camera components business
Toshiba intends to sell its image sensor manufacturing plant in Japan as part of its restructuring.
Kellogg in advanced talks to acquire snack-maker Diamond Foods
Acquisition will give Kellogg Kettle potato chips and Emerald nuts brands.
John Malone's Liberty Global in talks to acquire London-listed CWC for about £3.7bn
Combined entity expected to enable CWC to take on Mexican tycoon Carlos Slim and Spain's Telefonica.
Hamleys to be acquired by Hong Kong-listed footwear retailer C.banner
In 2012, it was reported that French toy retailer Groupe Ludendo had purchased Hamleys for about £60m.
Western Digital announces acquisition of SanDisk for about $19bn
This deal values SanDisk's common stock at $86.50 a share.