Reuters Deals Today: March 30, 2017

Click to View in Browser Thursday, March 30, 2017 Saudi Aramco formally appoints banks to advise on share sale LONDON (Reuters) - Saudi Aramco has formally appointed JPMorgan Chase & Co , Morgan Stanley and HSBC as international financial advisers for its initial public offering, sources familiar with the matter told Reuters. Corporate America's top shareholder referee gets tougher on activists NEW YORK (Reuters) - Institutional Shareholder Services Inc, the world's top proxy advisory firm, is making activist investors work harder than ever to earn its backing in corporate control battles in a shift being led by the new man in charge of its recommendations. German lawmaker warns U.S. exchanges against Deutsche Boerse bids LONDON (Reuters) - U.S. stock exchanges should not attempt to buy Deutsche Boerse , the German exchange whose bid to merge with its London counterpart has just collapsed, a senior German politician said on Thursday. Toshiba gets go-ahead for chip unit sale at angry shareholder meeting Chiba, JAPAN (Reuters) - Toshiba Corp shareholders agreed to split off its prized NAND flash memory unit on Thursday, paving the way for a sale to raise at least $9 billion to cover U.S. nuclear unit charges that threaten the conglomerate's future. ConocoPhillips sells oil and gas assets to Cenovus for $13.3 billion CALGARY, Alberta (Reuters) - ConocoPhillips on Wednesday agreed to sell oil sands and western Canadian natural gas assets to Cenovus Energy Inc for C$17.7 billion ($13.3 billion), making it the latest international oil major to pull back from a region where high costs and low crude prices have made it hard for large companies to make an acceptable return. China's Creat makes 1.2 billion euro bid for German blood plasma firm FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Chinese investor Creat Group Corp has offered to buy German blood plasma products maker Biotest for about 1.2 billion euros ($1.3 billion) including debt following its purchase last year of British peer Bio Products Laboratory. Other Akzo shareholders also want talks with PPG: Elliott Advisors AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Elliott Advisors, the activist investor with a 3.25 percent stake in Akzo Nobel , said on Wednesday other shareholders owning almost a quarter of the Dutch paints and chemicals group want it to enter into talks with spurned U.S. suitor PPG Industries . Boston Scientific to buy Symetis for $435 million (Reuters) - Boston Scientific Corp said on Thursday it would buy privately held Symetis SA for $435 million to expand its minimally invasive heart devices business. HSBC announces fintech partnership with Tradeshift LONDON (Reuters) - HSBC announced on Thursday a strategic partnership with financial technology company Tradeshift, that will allow the bank's clients to manage their supply chains and working capital requirements digitally. Biotest says had more requests for deals beyond Creat FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Biotest Chief Executive Bernhard Ehmer told a press conference on Thursday that China's Creat Group has not been the only suitor approaching Biotest about a deal but it chose to talk to Creat because the proposal was "thought through". Related Video Samsung unveils its Galaxy S8 smartphone Energy, consumer shares lift S&P 500 to slight gain Related News Wall St. pulls back from record; utilities slump U.S. consumer confidence rises in December Make sense of the market with highlights of valuable financial information and reports along with compelling investment insights. Register Today Get a jump on the day with our early morning summary of key news developments for the US markets, as well as global market news. Register Today » » MORE NEWSLETTERS - 3 Times Square New York, NY 10036 USA © Copyright 2017 Thomson Reuters Ensure delivery of Reuters Newsmails, add newsletters@email.reuters.com to your address book. Subscribe to other Reuters newsletters. Unsubscribe from this newsletter. Follow us on Twitter Friend us on Facebook