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Cisco closes in on $3.4bn Tandberg deal

The world’s largest maker of networking equipment has clinched its $3.38bn bid for Tandberg after buying up more than 90 per cent of its shares in the Norwegian company

Investors agree to cut PAI fund by half

Investors have agreed to cut PAI’s €5.4bn private equity fund in half, giving a second chance to continental Europe’s biggest buy-out group while shrinking it to a more modest size

Candover abandons €3bn buy-out fund

Move underlines grim outlook for big buy-out groups that once dominated the M&A market but are now struggling to do deals and cope with losses

Tycoon brushes off potential Rusal delay

Russian tycoon Oleg Deripaska insists it is ‘no problem’ if the $2bn initial public offering of aluminium group UC Rusal is delayed into next year

Daimler shift sparks union concerns

The carmaker is moving parts of the production of its C-Class sedan to the US, exposing the mismatch between large domestic footprints and global sales of many German industrial companies

Sellers increase size of Taikang stake on offer

Potential foreign buyers of the French insurer’s key holding in the leading Chinese life assurer are being offered 19.99%, a larger shareholding than previously indicated

Peugeot weighs buying Mitsubishi stake

PSA Peugeot Citroën is in talks with Japan’s Mitsubishi Motors over a broad-based alliance which may include a capital tie-up

Whistleblower challenges US court ruling

The whistleblower central to the US government’s drive to crack down on tax evasion in Switzerland has launched a challenge to have his prison sentence overturned

Hochtief pulls infrastructure offering

Blow for European stock markets, which have in recent months gradually opened up for larger listings following a long drought period

Peugeot and Mitsubishi talk of alliance

In a sign that a full-blown partnership was more a discussion topic than a done deal, analysts wonder how the alliance might be structured and financed – and whether it made strategic sense

Deutsche Bank chief suggests equity fund for Germany

Recovery will take years, says Siemens

BBVA lifts stake in China Citic Bank

Dutch sports car maker in Saab talks

Russian tycoon finds limelight a little bright

Aer Lingus to cut jobs as union talks fail

Setback for Rusal IPO plans

Nokia predicts modest boost in profitability

Pentagon races to save air tanker contest

Alstom defends winning Areva bid

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