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  • Saturday, 21 September, 2019
    SoftBank Group Corp
    SoftBank reaps profit from Wirecard debt shuffle

    Japanese conglomerate had agreed a Buffett-like investment in German group

  • Friday, 20 September, 2019
    Saudi Arabia
    Saudi Arabia ‘bullies’ wealthy families to pump cash into oil IPO

    Rich locals including Prince Alwaleed pushed to become cornerstone Aramco investors

  • Wednesday, 18 September, 2019
    AnalysisSaudi Aramco
    Officials work to convince world Saudi Aramco still a good bet

    Attacks laid bare the vulnerability of the world’s biggest oil exporter

  • Thursday, 12 September, 2019
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    Where Warren Buffett is looking to buy next

    Buffet's Berkshire Hathaway strategy for spending its large cash pile may focus on Brexit Britain

  • Wednesday, 11 September, 2019
    Saudi Aramco IPO
    Saudi Aramco selects banks for IPO

    State oil group chooses range of foreign and local lenders for historic listing

  • Tuesday, 3 September, 2019
    AnalysisSaudi Aramco IPO
    The Aramco reshuffle shows the rise of Saudi wealth fund

    New chairman’s appointment to state-backed oil company underlines PIF’s power

  • Tuesday, 3 September, 2019
    Mergers & Acquisitions
    Hedge fund takes aim at £9bn Just Eat-Takeaway.com merger

    Eminence Capital says offer is ‘highly opportunistic’ and too low

  • Monday, 2 September, 2019
    Saudi Aramco
    Saudi Arabia replaces Aramco chairman with MBS ally

    Sovereign wealth fund head Yasir al-Rumayyan replaces energy minister ahead of IPO

  • Monday, 2 September, 2019
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    Africa's most valuable company comes to Europe

    Naspers has become one of the world’s biggest internet investors

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    Philip Morris in $200bn merger talks with Altria

    Move to recombine comes a decade after companies split into US and international arms

  • Monday, 26 August, 2019
    JAB Holdings Ltd
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    Firm that manages fortune of billionaire Reimann family wants to expand in pet care

  • Friday, 23 August, 2019
    Football
    Sunderland football club eyes sale to Michael Dell-linked group

    US investors known for managing the wealth of tech entrepreneur in talks over deal

  • Thursday, 22 August, 2019
    NMC Health PLC
    NMC Health shares jump on report of Chinese interest in stake

    UAE-based healthcare group is most shorted stock on FTSE 100

  • Wednesday, 21 August, 2019
    Cobham PLC
    Banks and advisers to land £200m in fees on Cobham sale

    Bulk of charges relate to debt financing on £4bn deal for UK defence group

  • Tuesday, 20 August, 2019
    Li Ka-shing
    Li family retreats to the pub in search for overseas assets

    Greene King the latest in £30bn UK deals by Hong Kong’s richest man

  • Saturday, 17 August, 2019
    SoftBank Group Corp
    SoftBank staff to put up to $15bn into new Vision Fund

    Almost half of the backing for $108bn venture will be provided by company and employees

  • Wednesday, 14 August, 2019
    Goldman Sachs Group
    Goldman rivals circle after top banker jumps to Elliott

    Steven Barg joins activist hedge fund which he used to advise companies on how to beat

  • Tuesday, 13 August, 2019
    Mergers & Acquisitions
    JPMorgan set to scoop record fee for Allergan sale

    AbbVie’s planned $63bn purchase of the Botox-maker will earn $123m for bank

  • Monday, 12 August, 2019
    Mergers & Acquisitions
    Osram shares jump 10% after AMS bids €4.3bn

    Austrian chipmaker seeks to gatecrash deal that Osram has agreed with Bain Capital and Carlyle Group

  • Saturday, 10 August, 2019
    UK energy
    SSE in talks with Ovo over sale of UK energy business

    Deal would make Bristol company second largest supplier of electricity and gas in country

  • Thursday, 8 August, 2019
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    Private equity comes in from the cold in Germany

    Past hostility to buyout firms is beginning to thaw as dealmaking picks up

  • Friday, 2 August, 2019
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    Test awaits LSE when Refinitiv deal euphoria subsides

    The UK stock exchange group’s purchase of data and trading group has been welcomed, but execution will be key

  • Thursday, 1 August, 2019
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    Combined group aims to rival US exchanges and Bloomberg’s financial data platform

  • Tuesday, 30 July, 2019
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    Saudi wealth fund to invest in NHS chatbot maker Babylon Health

    UK start-up boosted as crown prince seeks to diversify oil-dependent country’s holdings

  • Monday, 29 July, 2019
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    The London Stock Exchange group has confirmed that it is in advanced talks to buy Re…

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