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Thursday, October 19, 2017

Abertis pushes Atlantia to improve bid after Hochtief move

MADRID (Reuters) - The board of Abertis wants Atlantia to improve its offer for the Spanish toll road group although the Italians have the backing of a key shareholder in a takeover battle.

HomeServe steps up U.S. push with Dominion Energy deal

LONDON (Reuters) - British home repairs provider HomeServe is stepping up its expansion in the United States by buying Dominion Energy's home services unit, which has 500,000 customers across 16 states.

Nasdaq, SGX in pact to woo firms interested in listing on both boards

(Reuters) - Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX) and Nasdaq Inc said on Wednesday they were teaming up to woo fast-growing Asian tech firms interested in listing on both their exchanges, as they look to better compete for mid-sized IPOs.

Sinochem taps banks for Hong Kong IPO of oil assets: sources

BEIJING/HONG KONG (Reuters) - China's Sinochem Group has tapped three banks, including Morgan Stanley , to work on the possible Hong Kong listing of its key oil assets, as it seeks to raise capital and revive the company, said four people with knowledge of the matter.

Wal-Mart near deal to give Lord & Taylor website space: WSJ

(Reuters) - Wal-Mart Stores Inc is near a deal with Lord & Taylor that would give the department store dedicated space on walmart.com, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday.

Domino's German JV to buy independent chain Hallo Pizza

(Reuters) - Domino's Pizza Group Plc said its German joint venture, in which it owns a third of the stake, would buy Germany's largest independent pizza chain, Hallo Pizza, to expand its business in the country.

Siemens plans more cuts at Power & Gas business: source

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Siemens is planning further cost cuts at its Power & Gas division that will likely result in thousands of job cuts, a person familiar with the matter told Reuters on Thursday.

China's Meituan-Dianping raises $4 billion, valuing firm at $30 billion

BEIJING (Reuters) - Meituan-Dianping on Thursday said it has raised $4 billion in a funding round that values China's largest on-demand services provider at $30 billion, as part of a strategy to compete with the country's leading e-commerce firms in offline retail.

Zeitfracht, Nayak poised to buy some Air Berlin assets: sources

BERLIN (Reuters) - A consortium of family-owned Zeitfracht and maintenance group Nayak is close to striking a deal to buy Air Berlin's cargo marketing platform and its maintenance business, several people familiar with the matter told Reuters.

Time-Warner, AT&T win conditional antitrust nod in Brazil

BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's antitrust authority on Wednesday approved a merger of Time-Warner Inc and AT&T Inc , and allowed the companies to keep all of their assets in the country, under certain conditions.