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UK's spectris agrees sweetened KKR offer as takeover battle heats up
Date: August 5, 2025
LONDON (Reuters) -British scientific instruments maker Spectris has agreed to a sweetened offer from U.S. private equity firm KKR valuing it at 4.8 billion pounds ($6.4 billion), it said on Tuesday,...
Global M&A hits $2.6 trillion peak year-to-date, boosted by AI and quest for growth
Date: August 4, 2025
By Emma-Victoria Farr and Amy-Jo Crowley LONDON (Reuters) - Global dealmaking has reached $2.6 trillion, the highest for the first seven months of the year since the 2021 pandemic-era peak, as a quest...
Air France-KLM pulls out of process to buy stake in spain's air europa
Date: July 31, 2025
MADRID (Reuters) -Air France-KLM has pulled out of the process to buy a stake in Spanish privately owned airline Air Europa, a spokesperson for the Franco-Dutch airline group said on Thursday. Air...
Analysis-Credit agricole's 'tortoise' strategy pays off in italy's M&A contest
Date: July 31, 2025
By Valentina Za, Mathieu Rosemain and Giuseppe Fonte MILAN/PARIS (Reuters) -European bank CEOs studying M&A moves at a time when some EU governments want a say in any reshaping of their banking...
Ceconomy CEO expects EU to conduct review of JD.com's takeover plans
Date: July 31, 2025
DUESSELDORF (Reuters) -Ceconomy expects EU competition authorities to examine JD.com's plans to take it over, said the German company's CEO, Kai-Ulrich Deissner, on Thursday. Given the size of the...
China's JD.com to buy germany's ceconomy in deal valuing it at $2.5 billion
Date: July 30, 2025
DUESSELDORF, Germany (Reuters) -Talks between the shareholders of German electronics retailer Ceconomy over a potential takeover by China's JD.com are on the home stretch, sources told Reuters on...