Tuesday, 6 June 2017

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Tuesday, June 6, 2017
Foxconn says Apple, Amazon to join its bid for Toshiba chip business: Nikkei
TOKYO (Reuters) - Apple Inc and Amazon.com Inc will join Foxconn's bid for Toshiba Corp's semiconductor business, the Nikkei business daily quoted Foxconn Chairman Terry Gou as saying on Monday.
HD Supply to sell Waterworks unit for $2.5 billion
(Reuters) - Industrial retailer HD Supply Holdings said on Tuesday it would sell its waterworks unit to private equity firm Clayton, Dubilier & Rice for $2.5 billion in cash to reduce debt and streamline its operations.
Germany's Delivery Hero lines up latest online takeaway IPO
BERLIN/FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Online food takeaway firm Delivery Hero is preparing a flotation that could value one of Europe's largest internet startups at up to 4 billion euros ($4.5 billion), raising funds to help it fend off new competitors such as Uber [UBER.UL] and Amazon .
Shawbrook rejects third buyout offer from private equity groups
(Reuters) - British challenger bank Shawbrook Group Plc said it rejected a raised and final 868 million pounds ($1.12 billion)offer from private equity groups trying to take control of the lender.
South Africa's Datatec lifted by sale of Americas business to Synnex
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South African information technology firm Datatec Ltd said on Tuesday it will sell its Westcon-Comstor Americas business to Synnex Corp for up to $800 million, sending its shares up 25 percent.
Commissioner says received 32 expressions of interest for Alitalia
ROME (Reuters) - Administrators seeking to sell financially troubled Italian airline Alitalia have received 32 expressions of interest, one of them said on Tuesday.
Netskope raises $100 million as it seeks to turn a profit, go public
(Reuters) - Cyber-security firm Netskope said on Tuesday it has raised $100 million from existing and new investors to fund product development and marketing programs that will help the firm become profitable and set the stage to go public.
GM shareholders to decide on Greenlight stock plan, board challenge
(Reuters) - Greenlight Capital's plan to split up General Motors Co's stock, as well as its challenge to the company's board of directors, will come to a head on Tuesday, as the U.S. automaker's shareholders cast their votes on the hedge fund's proposals.
Blackstone offers $2 billion for Finnish real estate firm Sponda
HELSINKI (Reuters) - U.S. private equity group Blackstone Group said on Monday it had offered to buy all shares in Finnish real estate investment company Sponda for about 1.8 billion euros ($2.0 billion) as it seeks to expand its real estate business in the Nordic region.
Factbox: Elliott Advisors' top five holdings
LONDON (Reuters) - Activist investor Elliott Advisors suffered a setback when U.S. paint maker PPG walked away from bid target Akzo Nobel , but the New York-based hedge fund has plenty of other investments where it is seeking to exert its influence.
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