$45bn private equity deal agreed
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Texas Pacific and KKR have  announced the biggest private equity buyout ever, valued at $45bn.
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LONDON  - British fire and safety product manufacturer Kidde said it had agreed to a 1.44-billion-pound (2.09-billion-euro, 2.80-billion-dollar) takeover offer from US group United Technologies Corp.
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Morgan Stanley's  real estate unit agreed to buy Australia's Investa Properties Ltd.  for A$4.7 billion ($3.9 billion) on Thursday, the nation's third-largest property trust takeover.
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British and Chinese companies have signed key business agreements, including a multi-millon-dollar engine deal between Rolls-Royce and Air China, witnessed by Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao and Prime Minister Tony Blair.
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Estate agency firm Countrywide accepts a Â£940.7m takeover bid led by private equity firm 3i.
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Vallourec will pay &#36;706 million for the 45% stake in its largest business held by Salzgitter.
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The US firm which owns online retailer Lastminute.com agrees a $4.5bn takeover bid by two private equity firms.
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Honda has agreed to buy a 45 percent holding in the BAR Formula One team, the revelations of the 2004 season. Honda, the team&#39;s engine maker, agreed to buy the majority
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Australia's Qantas Airways Ltd.   reached a deal on Wednesday to be sold to a group led  by Macquarie Bank Ltd.  and private equity firm Texas  Pacific Group, according to a source familiar with the deal.
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KKR, the private equity firm buying Alliance Boots, reaches a deal with the chemist's pension trustees.
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Swiss Life Holding on Friday said it agreed to sell most of its private-equity portfolio, valued at 400 million Swiss francs ($321.2 million), to an affiliate of a U.S. investment firm.
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The giant private equity firm, founded by Stephen Schwarzman and Peter Peterson, is expected to go public in the next few weeks.
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Australia's Qantas Airways  said on Thursday it has accepted an A$11.1 billion ($8.7 billion) revised buyout offer led by Macquarie Bank Ltd.  and private equity firm Texas Pacific Group at A$5.60 a share.
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A consortium led by Royal Bank of Scotland  unveiled a bid for ABN AMRO  on Tueday valued at 38.40 euros per share, worth a total 71.1 billion euros ($95.6 billion).
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General Electric Co. said Friday that two private equity firms completed a deal to buy a majority interest in its India-based back office unit.
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The announces comes as Honda, who have a three year contract as the team&#39;s engine supplier, have increased their commitment in the team by becoming an equity partner holding a 45 percent share.
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British bank Barclays says it will table a formal Â£45bn offer for Dutch bank ABN Amro within six weeks.