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Monday, March 20, 2017

MoneyGram offers to give Euronet confidential info to firm up bid: sources

(Reuters) - U.S. electronic payments company MoneyGram International Inc has offered to share confidential information with peer Euronet Worldwide Inc , after the latter made a $1 billion acquisition offer, people familiar with the matter said.

Albertsons held preliminary merger talks with Sprouts: Bloomberg

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Grocery business Albertsons Cos held preliminary talks to merge with Sprouts Farmers Market Inc , Bloomberg reported on Sunday, citing people familiar with the situation.

Vodafone, Idea in $23 billion deal to create new Indian telecom leader

MUMBAI (Reuters) - Britain's Vodafone Group and Idea Cellular agreed on Monday to merge their Indian operations in a $23 billion deal, creating the country's biggest telecoms business after the entry of a new rival sparked a brutal price war.

Borr Drilling to buy 15 Transocean rigs in $1.35 billion deal

OSLO (Reuters) - Oslo-listed rig operator Borr Drilling has agreed to buy 15 drilling rigs from Swiss-based Transocean in a $1.35 billion deal, Borr said in a statement on Monday.

Media communications firm Cision to merge with blank-check firm Capitol

(Reuters) - The parent company of media communications firm Cision, and Capitol Acquisition Corp III , a blank-check company, on Monday agreed to merge in a deal valuing the combined company at about $2.4 billion.

China FX head says overseas M&A like 'a rose with thorns': paper

BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese companies investing overseas need to be careful and invest rationally, the head of China's foreign exchange regulator was quoted as saying by the official Shanghai Securities News on Monday.

Hansteen to sell German, Dutch industrial properties for $1.4 billion

(Reuters) - Britain's Hansteen Holdings has agreed to sell its German and Dutch property portfolios for 1.28 billion euros ($1.38 billion) to entities owned by funds advised by affiliates of the Blackstone Group LP and M7 Real Estate, the company said on Monday.

U.S.-Israeli data storage firm Reduxio raises $22.5 million

TEL AVIV (Reuters) - U.S.-Israeli Reduxio Systems, a provider of storage and data management technology, said on Monday it has secured $22.5 million of funding in an investment round expected to total up to $32 million.

Atos denies Worldline preparing bid for Ingenico

PARIS (Reuters) - French IT consulting firm Atos formally denies that its Worldline payment terminals business was preparing an offer for Ingenico, a company spokesman said on Monday.

Peugeot family says Opel deal paves way for global expansion: paper

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - PSA Group's acquisition of General Motors division Opel gives the French carmaker greater scale to pursue global expansion plans, family shareholder Jean-Philippe Peugeot told German paper Welt am Sonntag.