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Monday, October 9, 2017

Exclusive: Honeywell prepares to spin off businesses - sources

(Reuters) - Honeywell International Inc plans to spin off non-core assets and create at least two new publicly listed companies, as the U.S. industrial conglomerate seeks to streamline its business, according to people familiar with the matter.

Qualcomm offers EU concessions over $38 billion NXP takeover bid

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - U.S. smartphone chipmaker Qualcomm has offered concessions in an attempt to allay EU antitrust concerns over its $38-billion bid for NXP Semiconductors, the largest ever in the semiconductor industry.

Total, Eni, Statoil seek buyers for North Sea Teesside terminal: sources

LONDON (Reuters) - Total , Eni and Statoil are seeking buyers for their stake in the Teesside oil terminal in northern England, which receives crude from the Norwegian Ekofisk fields, part of the global Brent benchmark, banking sources said.

Spanish regulator authorizes Atlantia bid for Abertis

MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's stock market regulator said on Monday it had authorized a bid by Italian infrastructure group Atlantia to buy Spanish motorway operator Abertis .

Belgium's Bpost buys U.S. e-commerce firm Radial for $820 million

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Bpost , Belgium's national postal deliverer, said on Monday it has agreed to buy U.S.-based e-commerce service provider Radial for $820 million including debt.

Accor in $920 million Mantra bid as Australia tourist boom stokes hotel demand

SYDNEY (Reuters) - France's Accor SA has bid A$1.18 billion ($920 million) for Mantra Group Ltd - a deal that would combine the two biggest hotel owners in Australia and seek to capitalize on surging tourism in the country.

Australia's AMP buys U.S. logistics group from Carlyle

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's AMP Capital has bought U.S. logistics group ITS ConGlobal from Carlyle Infrastructure Partners, marking the Australian fund manager's largest-ever North American deal.

Air Berlin flights to cease by October 28

BERLIN (Reuters) - Flights operated by insolvent German carrier Air Berlin will end by Oct. 28 at the latest, the carrier said on Monday as it works toward a carve-up of its assets.

Mediaset, Vivendi lawyers in talks over pay-TV dispute, deal seen difficult: source

MILAN (Reuters) - Lawyers representing Italian broadcaster Mediaset and French media group Vivendi are holding talks over a possible solution to a legal dispute between the two companies, an Italian source close to the matter said on Monday.

French fashion group SMCP to price IPO at 20-25 euros/share

PARIS (Reuters) - SMCP, the French fashion group behind labels Sandro, Maje and Claudie Pierlot, said on Monday it would price its looming flotation at between 20 to 25 euros per share, giving the company an enterprise value of up to 2.2 billion euros.