Reuters: Deals

Empire State Building owner files for $1 bln IPO

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 11:54:11 -0500

(Reuters) - Empire State Realty Trust, owners of the iconic Empire State Building, filed to sell up to $1 billion of its Class A common stock, giving ordinary investors a chance to own a piece of the...

Chesapeake targets new asset, debt sales

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 12:35:28 -0500

(Reuters) - Chesapeake Energy Corp said it will sell $10 billion to $12 billion in assets as decade-low natural gas prices force the company to raise cash to cover a shortfall.

Express Scripts, Medco respond to FTC on deal

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 08:57:58 -0500

(Reuters) - Pharmacy benefit managers Express Scripts Inc and Medco Health Solutions Inc have supplied more information requested by U.S. antitrust regulators in connection with their pending $29...

General Mills buys Brazil's Yoki for $1 billion: report

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 10:09:08 -0500

(Reuters) - General Mills Inc agreed to buy Brazilian food company Yoki for 2 billion reais ($1.16 billion), in a move marking its return to Latin America's largest consumer market, a local...

Dealtalk: Shire may be exception in pharma M&A trend

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 10:48:57 -0500

LONDON (Reuters) - A near $30 billion bid for Shire could emerge as the stand-out deal in the European pharmaceutical universe this year, a highlight for bankers in a market otherwise likely to be...

Proxy adviser ISS slams Facebook share structure

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 11:05:00 -0500

(Reuters) - Facebook diminishes shareholder rights with its dual-class share structure and limits the accountability of its board of directors to investors, proxy advisory group Institutional...

No management takeover planned at Telford Homes: CEO

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 11:22:07 -0500

(Reuters) - Telford Homes Plc's chief executive said there were no plans for a management takeover, dispelling rumors that the homebuilder was a buyout target.

S.Korea's Samsung Heavy inks $2.7 billion deal with Inpex

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 02:55:36 -0500

SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's Samsung Heavy Industries Co Ltd said on Monday that it has won a 3.05 trillion won ($2.71 billion) deal with Inpex Corp to build an offshore gas processing facility...

Vodafone weighing bid for C&W Worldwide

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 09:03:51 -0500

LONDON (Reuters) - Vodafone Group , the world's largest mobile operator by revenue, is considering a bid for Britain's Cable & Wireless Worldwide , whose fixed-line network could boost bandwidth for...

Rothschild venture Bumi holds Jakarta crisis talks

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 11:17:25 -0500

LONDON (Reuters) - Top directors at coal miner Bumi Plc will hold crisis talks in Jakarta on Tuesday, hoping to broker a boardroom deal barely a week after Indonesian shareholders said they planned...