Vodafone challenges Deutsche Telekom with $21.8 billion Liberty deal
LONDON (Reuters) – Vodafone (VOD.L) has agreed to pay $21.8 billion to buy Liberty Global’s (LBTYA.O) assets in Germany and eastern Europe to take the fight to rivals with a…
AstraZeneca sells rights for Seroquel to Luye Pharma for $538 million
LONDON (Reuters) – British pharma company AstraZeneca said it had sold the rights for Seroquel, a treatment for schizophrenia and bipolar disease, to Luye Pharma Group for $538 million, as…
Exclusive: Comcast prepares all-cash bid to gate-crash Disney-Fox deal – sources
(Reuters) – U.S. cable operator Comcast Corp is asking investment banks to increase a bridge financing facility by as much as $60 billion so it can make an all-cash offer…
Nestle to pay Starbucks $7.15 billion in global coffee alliance
LONDON/ZURICH (Reuters) – Swiss-based food giant Nestle will pay Starbucks $7.15 billion in cash for the rights to sell the U.S. coffee chain’s products around the world, tying a premium…
Exclusive: Redstone makes concessions on Viacom CEO to clinch CBS merger – sources
(Reuters) – Shari Redstone, the media heiress whose family controls CBS Corp (CBS.N) and Viacom Inc (VIAB.O), has offered CBS CEO Leslie Moonves to drop her demands for Viacom CEO…
Marathon to become top U.S. refiner with $23 billion Andeavor buy
(Reuters) – Marathon Petroleum Corp (MPC.N) agreed to buy rival Andeavor (ANDV.N) for more than $23 billion in the largest-ever tie-up between U.S. refiners, giving the combined company a nationwide…
Britain’s Sainsbury’s and Asda agree 13.3-billion-pound merger
LONDON (Reuters) – Sainsbury’s (SBRY.L) and Asda, the UK arm of Walmart (WMT.N), confirmed on Monday they had agreed a 13.3 billion pounds ($18.33 billion) merger to create Britain’s biggest…
T-Mobile, Sprint say $26 billion deal would give U.S. tech lead over China
(Reuters) – T-Mobile US Inc (TMUS.O) and Sprint Corp (S.N) said on Sunday they had agreed to a $26 billion all-stock deal and believed they could win over skeptical regulators…
Walmart attempts international turnaround with UK, India tie-ups
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Walmart Inc’s (WMT.N) urgency to stem market share losses to rivals around the world is driving it to partner with local players in the UK and…
Sainsbury’s, Walmart’s Asda to create UK supermarket powerhouse
LONDON (Reuters) – Sainsbury’s and Walmart’s Asda are in talks to create Britain’s biggest supermarket group, a combination which would surpass Tesco’s grocery market share and be worth up to…