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Friday, March 17, 2017

Japan not considering support for Toshiba, sharing information with U.S.

TOKYO (Reuters) - The Japanese government said it was not considering steps to support embattled Toshiba Corp and will share information with Washington on developments involving the firm and its U.S. nuclear unit Westinghouse.

China's Ant confident of closing MoneyGram deal: exec

BEIJING (Reuters) - Ant Financial Services Group, the world's largest financial technology company, is confident of closing the acquisition of U.S. money-transfer firm MoneyGram International Inc but says it has other options if the deal falls through, a top executive told Reuters.

Nokia's mobile networks head quits, to split business

HELSINKI (Reuters) - Nokia's head of mobile networks, the division which accounted for more than half of Finnish telecom network equipment maker's sales last year, is leaving the company.

Exclusive: Venezuela's cash-strapped PDVSA offers Rosneft oil stake - sources

CARACAS/HOUSTON (Reuters) - Venezuelan state oil company PDVSA has offered Russian counterpart Rosneft a stake in a joint venture in the country's Orinoco Belt extra-heavy crude area, five industry sources said, in a sign of the Latin American nation's dire economic situation and Moscow's growing muscle there.

China's Sinopec close to snapping up Chevron's South African oil assets: sources

NEW YORK/SINGAPORE (Reuters) - China Petroleum and Chemical Corp (Sinopec) is nearing an agreement to buy a majority stake in Chevron Corp's South African assets, which are estimated to be worth $1 billion, two people familiar with the transaction said.

Ex-Barclays boss Diamond buys Panmure in investment banking return

LONDON (Reuters) - Former Barclays chief executive Bob Diamond marked a return to investment banking in Britain on Friday with a Qatari-backed takeover of stockbroker Panmure Gordon , one of the oldest names in the City of London.

E.ON shares up after $1.4 billion capital raising

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Shares in E.ON rose 1.7 percent early on Friday, a day after the German utility raised 1.35 billion euros ($1.4 billion) by selling 200 million new shares.

Boeing, U.S. government sign $3.4 billion deal for AH-64E Apache helicopters

(Reuters) - Boeing Co said on Thursday it had signed a $3.4 billion contract with the U.S. government through which the U.S. Army and an international customer will buy the latest Apache attack helicopter -- the Apache 'E' variant.

Nutella maker Ferrero buys U.S. confectioner Fannie May

MILAN (Reuters) - Nutella maker Ferrero has signed a deal to buy U.S. confectioner Fannie May from online retailer 1-800-FLOWERS.COM for $115 million in a move to strengthen the Italian company's presence in the overseas market, they said in a joint statement.

British regulator to investigate Sky takeover by Murdoch's Fox

LONDON (Reuters) - The British government has referred Rupert Murdoch's planned 11.7 billion pound ($14.4 billion) takeover of European pay-TV group Sky to regulators to decide if the deal is in the public interest.