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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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

May 24 (Reuters) – Royal Mail’s largest union warned on Wednesday it would suspend voting on an agreement reached with the British postal services firm last month over pay and worker terms, charging the firm of not abiding by some of the agreed-upon conditions. The Communication Workers Union (CWU) had …

May 15 (Reuters) – Ofcom, Britain’s communications regulator, said it launched a probe on Monday into Royal Mail’s failure to meet delivery targets in the past year, adding it would consider imposing a financial penalty. Royal Mail earlier said it did not meet delivery targets for 2022-2023, blaming union disputes …

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 …

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 …

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, …