Reuters Deals Today: March 31, 2017

Click to View in Browser Friday, March 31, 2017 J&J declares Actelion tender offer a success, sees closing in second quarter ZURICH (Reuters) - Johnson & Johnson declared its $30 billion tender offer for Swiss biotechnology company Actelion successful on Friday, reporting it controlled 77.2 percent of the voting rights after the main offer period. DuPont in asset-swap deal with FMC, delays close of Dow merger (Reuters) - DuPont said on Friday it would swap some assets with FMC Corp to get clearance from the European Commission for its merger with Dow Chemical Co , and pushed back the closing date of its merger again. Danone to sell Stonyfield unit as part of WhiteWave deal PARIS (Reuters) - French food group Danone said on Friday it would sell its U.S. organic yoghurt business Stonyfield to facilitate the rapid completion of its $10.4 billion acquisition of U.S. organic food producer WhiteWave foods Co . China Everbright eyes $1.5 billion financial deal in overseas push HONG KONG (Reuters) - The financial services arm of state-owned China Everbright Group plans to allocate $1.5 billion of its 2017 spending to the purchase of a fund manager, private bank or insurer overseas to help it raise cash more easily and extend its presence abroad. Rosneft-led deal to buy India's Essar delayed, seen closing in April NEW DELHI/MOSCOW (Reuters) - The purchase of Indian refiner Essar Oil by a consortium led by Russian oil company Rosneft has been delayed, the two sides said on Friday, because some Indian lenders to Essar have yet to sign off on the deal. Japan's listed companies were bankruptcy-free in the past year: research firm TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan had no bankruptcies among listed companies in the just-ended fiscal year for the first time in 26 years, a research firm said on Friday. Trump helps make cross-border M&A great again (Reuters) - Cross-border M&A had its strongest start since 2007, driving first-quarter global volumes up 7 percent, as optimism over U.S. President Donald Trump's economic agenda buoyed the stock market and the dollar, making foreign acquisitions cheaper than some U.S. targets. CIBC raises offer for PrivateBancorp to $4.9 billion TORONTO (Reuters) - Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce said on Thursday it had raised its takeover offer for PrivateBancorp Inc by 20 percent to about $4.9 billion, after some of the Chicago-based lender's shareholders opposed an initial bid. ConocoPhillips says Cenovus made unsolicited offer for oil and gas assets CALGARY, Alberta (Reuters) - Cenovus Energy's offer to buy ConocoPhillips oil sands and natural gas assets for C$17.7 billion ($13.27 billion) was unsolicited, a ConocoPhillips Canada spokeswoman said on Thursday. Unions threaten to scupper Linde-Praxair merger FRANKFURT/MUNICH (Reuters) - Linde labor representatives will vote against the German industrial gases group's planned $65 billion merger with U.S. rival Praxair , the head of the German works council told Reuters on Thursday, in a move that could scupper the deal. Related Video Bank rally drives Wall Street higher Worst day in 8 years for Lululemon stock 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