Retail bondholders of Britain's Co-operative Bank have voted in favor of a restructuring to rescue the bank and proceed with its plan to fill a 1.5-billion-pound hole in its capital.
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Petrofac not interested in acquiring Foster Wheeler -source
British oil services group Petrofac is not interested in acquiring Swiss-based engineering company Foster Wheeler, a source familiar with the UK company said on Sunday.
'Fast & Furious' star Paul Walker dead at 40
Actor Paul Walker, who shot to fame as star of the high-octane street racing franchise "Fast & Furious," died Saturday in a car crash in Southern California. He was 40.
Iceland government launches debt relief package for households
Iceland said on Saturday it would launch a mortgage debt relief program worth about 150 billion krona, in a move that could hurt its credit ratings and which critics say could scare off foreign investors
Vossloh chairman not eyeing merger with Knorr Bremse -magazine
The chairman and largest shareholder of German rail technology provider Vossloh denied he was planning to delist the company or merge it with his own company Knorr Bremse, which makes rail and commercial vehicle brakes.
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China's securities regulator could streamline its approvals process for some initial public offerings by next January, the regulator said on Saturday, mapping out reform measures.
Amazon.com Inc has no intention of bowing to pressure from striking workers in Germany and is more worried about bad weather hurting Christmas deliveries, its country head said.
Finnish stainless steel maker Outokumpu said it planned to raise 650 million euros ($885 million) through a rights issue and divest assets back to ThyssenKrupp as it looks shore up its finances.
Brampton Brick Limited today announced that it has entered into an asset purchase agreement to acquire substantially all of the assets of Atlas Block, including its state-of-the-art facility located in Hillsdale, Ontario.
Imvescor Restaurant announced today that a wholly owned subsidiary of Imvescor has acquired the manufacturing facility, customer relationships, the trademark ''Commensal'' as well as all associated retail products marketed under the Commensal brand.
Italian state lender Cassa Depositi e Prestiti (CDP) expects to cash in around 3 billion euros ($4.1 billion) by June 2014 from the sale of minority stakes in gas and power grid networks, two sources with knowledge of the matter said on Friday.
The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported on Friday including Statoil, Cassa Depositi e Prestiti, ThyssenKrupp, Mercator, Avivasa Emeklilik, Hayat Sigorta, Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena, Telus Corp, Atrium Innovations and John Hardy
British insurer Aviva Plc and Turkey's Sabanci Holding have mandated Citigroup and HSBC to sell between 20 and 25 percent of Turkish life and pensions joint venture Avivasa Emeklilik & Hayat Sigorta in an initial public offering, two sources told Reuters on Friday.
British media and education group Pearson has agreed to sell its Mergermarket news service for 382 million pounds ($624 million), to invest in its global education business.
