Cash deal with PE firm Altor and minority shareholders Will boost Nordic presence, DNB CFO says No job cuts expected, deal to finalise in H1 2025 STOCKHOLM, Oct 21 (Reuters) – Norway’s largest bank DNB (DNB.OL), opens new tab has agreed to buy Swedish investment bank and asset manager Carnegie …
Read More »KKR extends tender period for Fuji Soft to November
TOKYO, Oct 21 (Reuters) – U.S. investment firm KKR (KKR.N), opens new tab has extended by 10 working days the first stage of its tender to take Japanese IT services firm Fuji Soft private, it said in a filing on Monday. The extension comes after Bain Capital made a rival …
Read More »Royal Mail’s sister business GLS to buy 20% stake in Greece’s ACS for $80 million
Oct 21 (Reuters) – Parcel services firm GLS, the international sister business to the UK’s Royal Mail, has agreed to buy a 20% stake in Greece’s ACS for 74 million euros ($80.06 million), their parent International Distribution Services (IDSI.L), opens new tab said on Monday. Under the deal GLS will …
Read More »Travel and lodging firm Viad to sell events unit for $535 million
NEW YORK, Oct 21 (Reuters) – Travel and lodging operator Viad Corp (VVI.N), opens new tab on Monday agreed to sell its events and conferences business GES to private equity firm Truelink Capital for $535 million, according to a statement seen by Reuters. The sale of GES would leave Viad …
Read More »Bollywood filmmaker Karan Johar’s studio sells 50% stake worth 10 bln rupees to vaccine maker’s CEO
Item 1 of 4 Director Karan Johar poses during a photo opportunity as he arrives to attend the engagement ceremony of Anant Ambani, son of Mukesh Ambani, the Chairman of Reliance Industries, and Radhika Merchant, daughter of Encore Healthcare CEO Viren Merchant, at Ambani’s Antilia residence in Mumbai, India, January …
Read More »Royal Mail-parent IDS appoints new CEO
July 20 (Reuters) – Royal Mail’s parent group International Distributions Services (IDS) (IDSI.L) appointed Martin Seidenberg, CEO of the group’s international parcels network, as its new group CEO on Thursday. Seidenberg, who previously spent 15 years at Deutsche Post DHL, joined GLS in 2015 and has been a member of …
Read More »UK’s Royal Mail CEO Thompson to step down after union clash
May 12 (Reuters) – Royal Mail’s CEO Simon Thompson plans to step down later this year, saying it was the “right time” for the company to move forward under new leadership, as the British postal group tries to draw a line under a lengthy pay dispute. Parent company International Distributions …
Read More »Royal Mail CEO exit could come this week – Sky News
May 8 (Reuters) – Royal Mail’s parent (IDSI.L) could announce the UK postal services firm’s CEO Simon Thompson’s exit as soon as this week, Sky News reported on Monday. The report said the exit plan could be delayed beyond this week but an announcement will be made before annual results …
Read More »Factbox: Czech billionaire Kretinsky’s sprawling empire
April 24 (Reuters) – Daniel Kretinsky is seeking to take control of debt-laden French supermarket chain Casino (CASP.PA), in a deal that would bring several well-known retail brands under the Czech billionaire’s umbrella in France. Kretinsky, 47, a former investment bank lawyer who built one of Europe’s largest energy groups, …
Read More »UK’s Royal Mail sees smaller loss for fiscal 2023 on cost cuts
Jan 26 (Reuters) – UK’s Royal Mail forecast a narrower loss for the current fiscal year, helped by measures to keep costs low, although its expects cash flow to slip into negative for 2024 as it reels from the impact of a series of strikes, its parent firm said on …
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