Leading U.S. industrial groups and buyout firms are circling Bartec. Leading U. S. industrial groups and buyout firms are circling Bartec, a German maker of safety systems designed to prevent explosions in hazardous areas of oil and gas production, people familiar with the situation said.

Private equity firm Apax is preparing a possible sale of its troubled British medical courier Marken.

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

Private equity firms Silver Lake Partners and Partners Group are set to buy tax-free shopping business Global Blue.

Australia's Brambles Ltd on Wednesday announced a further delay to the sale of its Recall information management business, which it values at around $2 billion.

Japanese-themed restaurant chain Benihana Inc plans to go private in a $296 million deal with investment adviser Angelo Gordon & Co

Unitech, India's No. 3 property developer, on Wednesday denied a newspaper report that it was in talks to sell three of its assets for about 30 billion rupees ($541 million) to U.S. private-equity firm Blackstone.

SAP has announced a $4.3 billion takeover of Ariba to expand its cloud computer services. SAP, the German business software giant, has announced a $4. 3 billion takeover of Ariba to expand its cloud computer services.

American Spectrum Realty, Inc. is in discussion with several parties to sell or spin-off to one or more joint venture partners its property management and tenant-in-common (TIC) businesses.

Private equity group Bridgepoint has hired Morgan Stanley to sell Aenova, hoping to get more than 400 million euros ($510 million) .