Bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals involving European, U.S. and Asian companies. The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals involving European, U.

Rothschild banking dynasty agreeing to buy a stake in the Rockefeller group's wealth and asset management business to get a long-sought foothold in the United States.

GP Investments sold Fogo de Chão Churrascaria Holdings for $400 million to U.S. buyout firm Thomas H. Lee Partners.

Defense equipment manufacturer Teledyne Technologies Inc (TDY.N) said it would buy LeCroy Corp (LCRY.O) for $240.5 million.

Pumps and fluid-handling products maker Colfax Corp (CFX.N) said it bought a majority stake in welding product supplier Soldex S.A. (SDC.LM) for $235 million.

Opera Software would cost Facebook over $1 billion as competition from Google and others could push up the price tag.

Fiat and Ferrari's corporate parent Exor opted to pass because the price was too high. Fiat and Ferrari's corporate parent Exor mulled an investment in motor racing company Formula One before its initial public offering, and opted to pass because the price was too high, Chairman and CEO John Elkann said on Tuesday.

The head of Actis' Singapore office, Gary Addison, has left the emerging markets private equity firm after four and a half years

European pension funds plan to withdraw more money from stock markets to avoid rising volatility and almost 70 percent of firms with exposure to peripheral euro sovereign bonds plan even more reductions.

British drinks group Diageo (DGE.L) is buying a maker of Brazil's most popular spirit, cachaca, for about 300 million pounds ($469 million).