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27 Jun
Essentra mulls filters sale in shift to components only

Essentra said it was considering selling its filters business as a first step to becoming a pure-play components business as the company said its results were on track to meet full-year expectations.

27 Jun
Summerway to buy medicinal cannabis group Vertigrow

Summerway Capital has agreed to buy Vertigrow Technology, a medicinal cannabis producer, for £80m to take the business public and expand it.

27 Jun
Nu-Oil & Gas to take maritime security business public

Nu-Oil and Gas intends to float on the London Stock Exchange to take the Guardian maritime security business public.

31 Oct
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Sunday newspaper round-up: Heathrow, GSK, Roll-Royce

Plans for a third runway at Heathrow may have been dealt a fatal blow after Ferrovial balked at further investment. The Spanish infrastructure investor, Heathrow's top shareholder, signalled the move in protest over the Civial Aviation Authorities's decision to block a 90% rise in landing charges from 2022, which the company said meant shateholders would have to make do with lower returns. - Sunday Telegraph.

29 Oct
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CMA to investigate CD&R's Morrisons takeover

The Competition and Markets Authority said on Friday that it is investigating US private equity firm Clayton, Dubilier & Rice’s £7bn takeover of supermarket chain Morrisons.

28 Oct
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FirstCash to buy American First Finance in $1.17bn deal

US pawn store operator FirstCash has agreed to buy American First Finance in a $1. 17bn deal.

28 Oct
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Synthomer to buy Adhesive Technologies for $1bn

Synthomer has agreed to buy Adhesive Technologies - the Adhesive Resins business of Eastman Chemical Company - for $1bn (£728m) in cash.

28 Oct
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Abrdn in talks to buy Finimize platform - report

Abrdn is in advanced talks to buy Finimize, an investment information platform, to increase the asset manager's digital capabilities, according to a report.

27 Oct
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Temenos surges as EQT said to consider bid

Temenos shares surged on Wednesday following a report that Swedish buyout firm EQT is considering a potential acquisition of the Swiss banking software specialist.

26 Oct
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Entain shares slide as DraftKings walks away

Entain shares tumbled on Tuesday after US-based DraftKings said it will not be making a firm offer for the London-listed gambling group.

26 Oct
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Schroders buys River & Mercantile solutions arm for £230m

Schroders has agreed to buy the solutions division of River & Mercantile for £230m to expand its services for pension fund clients.

25 Oct
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Exor shares surge on reports of new talks over PartnerRe deal

Shares in Exor jumped on Monday on reports the company had revived talks with French insurer Covea over a possible sale of reinsurer PartnerRE after the deal was scrapped last year due to the Covid pandemic.

25 Oct
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PayPal not pursuing acquisition of Pinterest

PayPal is not pursuing an acquisition of Pinterest "at this time", the company said on Sunday.

25 Oct
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Co-op Bank makes unsolicited bid for TSB

Co-op Bank surprised investors at the weekend with an unsolicited offer for TSB.

22 Oct
JD Sports buys 80% stake in Greece's Cosmos Sport

JD Sports Fashion on Friday said it had bought 80% of family-owned Greek firm Cosmos Sport for an undisclosed sum.

21 Oct
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Primary Health Props buys Irish care centre for €10.1m

Primary Health Properties, an investor in modern primary healthcare facilities, has agreed to buy the Clonbrusk Primary Care Centre in Ireland for €10. 1m.

20 Oct
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StanChart among possible bidders for Citi's consumer banking assets in Taiwan

StanChart is among the lenders planning to table bids for Citigroup's Taiwanese consumer banking assets.

20 Oct
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Facebook fined £50m by UK regulator over Giphy deal

Social media giant Facebook has been fined £50. 5m for failing to prove it was complying with the competition regulator during a probe into the firm’s takeover of GIF sharing platform Giphy.

19 Oct
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PwC disposes of global mobility tax and immigration services unit to CD&R

PwC has disposed of its global mobility tax and immigration services business arm to CD&R in a $2. 2bn takeover deal, the consultancy's largest sell-off in almost 20 years.

19 Oct
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DraftKings gets deadline extension for Entain offer

Ladbrokes owner Entain said on Tuesday that the UK Takeover Panel has extended the deadline for US-based DraftKings to announce a firm intention to make an offer for the company or walk away.