The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported by 2000 GMT on Friday: ** Spain will sell up t…

The following are the top stories in the Financial Times. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch fo…

John Malone's Liberty Global Plc and Discovery Communications Inc are in discussions with the owners of Formula O…

Mexico's telecom regulator said on Thursday it would postpone the first stage of a tender for two new national TV …

Canada's Talisman Energy Inc is reviewing its Asian oil and gas portfolio, valued at about $4 billion, which could…

The following corporate finance-related stories were reported by media: _0"> * Private equity firm American…

The trail that led investigators to a suspected metal financing scam at China's Qingdao port which has spooked Wes…

The following corporate finance-related stories were reported by media: * Thai telecommunications firm Samart Corpor…

A consortium led by global private equity firm TPG Capital Management LP has agreed to buy the property arm of Austral…

Two of Merlin Entertainments' private equity backers sold 100 million shares in the British theme park owner for …

Alpha Bank, Greece's fourth-biggest lender by assets, said on Friday it agreed to acquire Citibank's retail ba…

German premium auto maker BMW on Friday said its managers had met with executives from U.S.-based electric car maker …

Alpha Bank, Greece's fourth-biggest lender by assets, said on Friday it had agreed to buy Citibank's loss-maki…

William Ackman's Pershing Square Capital Management said it had filed a lawsuit seeking confirmation that a reques…

Executives from German carmaker BMW and U.S.-based Tesla Motors Inc met this week in a move which could lead to the c…

For decades many of Italy's top companies have been in the grip of shareholder pacts, often stifling reform, but i…

Travel website owner Priceline Group Inc said it would buy restaurant reservation website operator OpenTable Inc for …

Wal-Mart Stores Inc will launch its business-to-business e-commerce platform in the Indian cities of Lucknow and Hyde…

The world's biggest would-be drugs merger hit a wall last month but speculation about smart ways that Pfizer could…

William Ackman's Pershing Square Capital Management on Friday it filed a lawsuit against Allergan Inc seeking con…

Travel website owner Priceline Group Inc will buy restaurant reservation website operator OpenTable Inc for $2.6 bill…

Deutsche Bank : _0"> * CVC and Blackstone launch 100 mln share placing of Merlin via Deutsche Bank & Mo…

Merlin Entertainments' private equity backers CVC Capital Partners Ltd and Blackstone Group LP are placing 100 mil…

Two of Merlin Entertainments' private equity backers sold 100 million shares in the British theme park owner for …

Former Barclays chief executive Bob Diamond is set to fall short of his target to raise another $400 million for his A…

Johnston Press Plc : _0"> * Confirms that Panmure Gordon and JP Morgan Cazenove, in their capacity as underw…

Following are terms and conditions _0"> of a dual tranche deal priced on Friday. Tranche 1 * * * * Borrowe…

Orexigen Therapeutics Inc said the U.S. Food and Drug Administration delayed a decision on the marketing application f…

Lufthansa cut back its profit targets for the next two years on Wednesday citing competition from Middle East and low-…

Britain's top share index fell on Wednesday, pressured by stocks going ex-dividend and a sharp decline in Rolls-Ro…

France's third biggest mobile operator Bouygues Telecom plans to cut 1,516 jobs or 17 percent of its staff to redu…

British online fashion retailer boohoo.com reported a 24 percent jump in first-quarter revenue on the back of a strong…

Geron Corp said the U.S. Food and Drug Administration lifted a partial clinical hold on a study testing its blood canc…

Finnish department stores and fashion chain Stockmann cut its outlook on Thursday for the second time in two months, p…

Shares in Britain's B&M European Value Retail, chaired by former Tesco chief executive Terry Leahy, rose nearl…

Energy companies kept Britain's top share index out of the red on Thursday as oil prices were lifted by violence i…

Shares of major U.S. airlines dropped for a second straight day on Thursday as oil prices climbed to a three-month hig…

Geron Corp said the U.S. Food and Drug Administration had lifted a partial clinical hold on a study testing its sole d…

Lululemon Athletica Inc offered little sign on Thursday that it was pulling out of an extended slump, cutting financi…

Canada's Amaya Gaming Group, is near a deal to buy the parent of PokerStars, the world's largest poker website…

Private equity firm Sycamore Partners Said it was interested in acquiring apparel retailer Express Inc and asked the …