M&A | Deals

The deal will give ITV access to 13 of the 15 Channel 3 licences in Scotland.

The billionaire celebrity will feature in the weight-loss company's adverts and take a seat on its board.

Ballmer's net worth according to Forbes stands at about $23bn making him the 35th richest person in the world.

A deal could be announced when Chinese President Xi Jinping is in London.

The acquisition will add Diageo's brands such as Sterling Vineyards, Blossom Hill and Piat d'Or to Treasury's portfolio.

New York-based company, valued at $3bn, seeks to sell a minority stake.

The government's stake in Royal Mail is valued at £660m.

Post the current round of funding, the secure communications start-up is valued at $650m.

EMC agrees to offer of $33 a share, a 27% premium.

According to some analysts, the uranium processing giant's stake sale could help the UK raise £3bn.

LSE will receive $1bn in cash for the asset management business and the remaining will be paid in four instalments,

Symphony could be valued at approximately $650m, if the deal with Google goes through.

Acquisition part of Monde's expansion strategy ahead of a stock market listing it plans in 2016.

Second largest deal follows Royal Dutch Shell's acquisition of BG Group for $70bn in April.

Tesco's South Korean business is its biggest business outside of the UK.

GE confident of closing the €12.4bn deal, for Alstom's power business, in the second-half of 2015.

EC could put out a statement of objections on the GE-Alstom deal on 12 June.

The news boosts the US-listed shares of Diageo, which finished 8.04% higher in heavy trading on 5 June.

Tesco's South Korean unit could attract bids from buyout firms KKR, Carlyle, CVC Partners, TPG Capital and MBK Partners.

Bank Asya will be sold in its entirety or in parts, according to an announcement in the government's Official Gazette.

XPO proposes to raise $3.26bn through new equity and debt, partly to fund acquisitions.

Pfizer already has a 9.5% stake in Cellectis while sovereign wealth fund Bpifrance owns some 8.7% of the biotech firm.

The Istanbul stock exchange expects to list itself in Turkey in the second-quarter of 2016.

The deal will create the largest data centre player in Europe.

Singapore-based Avago will offer Broadcom shareholders $17bn in cash and Avago shares valued at $20bn.

The Nasdaq-listed companies promote hotel packages on each other's websites.

CMA provisionally believes the deal may lead to a "substantial reduction in competition, possibly through higher prices..."

Vodafone's stock has gained over 11% since 20 May, the biggest three-day intra-day gain in nearly two years.

HSBC's Brazilian unit, HSBC Bank Brasil Banco Múltiplo, is the nation's seventh-largest commercial lender.

Mahindra, the world's largest maker of tractors by volume, says deal to help both companies cut costs.