JP Morgan and Cazenove close to deal
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US bank JP Morgan Chase and British broker Cazenove are close to agreement on a 50/50 joint venture that could be finalised within weeks, sources familiar with the situation say.
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U.S. investment bank Citigroup is set to  bid for UK stockbroker Cazenove CAZ.UL, challenging rivals JP  Morgan JPM.L and Lehman Brothers LEH.N for the City's most  venerable institution, the Observer reported.
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NEW YORK (CBS.MW) -- The board of UK investment bank Cazenove has approved a plan in which JP Morgan Chase will buy a 50 percent stake in the firm for $180 million, according to a media report Sunday.
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News Corp. and its second-biggest  shareholder, Liberty Media Corp. are close to a deal that will  solidify News Corp. Chairman Rupert Murdoch's control of his  company, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday, citing  people close to the situation.
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JPMorgan Chase  and Washington  Mutual  have held "very preliminary" talks about a  merger, CNBC's Charlie Gasparino said on Friday.
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Tishman Speyer Properties and  Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. are close to a deal to acquire  real estate investment trust Archstone-Smith Trust, according  to the online edition of The Wall Street Journal on Monday.
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Embattled mortgage finance giant  Fannie Mae FNM.N was close to a deal with regulators late on  Sunday that would force the company to keep billions of dollars  more in cash on hand while it corrects accounting problems, a  source familiar with the negotiations said.
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There&#39;s a report that the Securities and Exchange Commission and Time Warner are close to a settlement over accounting questions at the media giant&#39;s America Online unit.
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Tishman Speyer Properties and Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. are close to a deal to acquire the real estate investment trust Archstone-Smith Trust , the online edition of The Wall Street Journal reported yesterday.
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JPMorgan is said to be arranging an auction.
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The Diamondbacks and Yankees were close to a deal Thursday to send Randy Johnson to New York.
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Cazenove and JP Morgan Chase &amp; Co. unveiled a joint venture that effectively ends 181 years of independence for the UK stockbroker and gives a big boost to the US investment bank&#39;s UK presence.
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Cazenove is getting serious over its courtship by at least two US investment banks, and the 180-year old UK brokerage could tie the knot with a suitor in a matter of weeks, sources close to the situation said on Monday.
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JP Morgan Chase &amp; Co. (JPM.N: Quote, Profile, Research) and Cazenove (CAZ.UL: Quote, Profile, Research) said on Friday they have agreed to a joint venture that effectively ends 181 years of independence for the UK stockbroker.
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JP Morgan, the investment bank advising Malcolm Glazer, today said its client had raised his stake in Manchester United to 28.11%, putting the American within touching distance of the holding he would need to launch a takeover bid.
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J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. JPM.N plans  to buy a majority stake in the hedge fund Highbridge Capital  Management, the companies said on Monday, a sign that Wall  Street is seeking a bigger role in the rapidly growing  hedge-fund industry.
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JPMorgan Chase  and Washington Mutual  have held "very preliminary" talks about a merger, CNBC's Charlie Gasparino said on Friday.