Britain's FirstGroup to buy Laidlaw
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Britain's FirstGroup Plc  said on Friday it was buying U.S. firm Laidlaw International Inc. , which operates the iconic intercity Greyhound buses, in a $3.6 billion deal.
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An investment group is expected to  announce Monday that it has struck a deal to buy British water  utility AWG PLC  for about $4.12 billion (2.2 billion  pounds, a source familiar with the situation told Reuters on  Sunday.
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Blackstone Group  has agreed to buy 20 percent of chemical maker China National BlueStar (Group) Corp for up to $600 million, the private equity groups said on Monday, marking its first major investment in the fast-growing market.
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Prudential has surprised investors with plans for a one billion pound rights issue largely to fund expansion in the UK. Shares in Britain&#39;s second-largest listed insurer
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Private equity firm Carlyle Group  said on Monday it would buy aircraft and auto parts maker Sequa Corp.  for $2 billion.
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Soccer club Manchester United, the most well-known British team, confirmed Monday it's been approached by a potential buyer.
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British life insurers Resolution   and Friends Provident  confirmed on Monday that they are  in advanced merger discussions that could lead to the creation  of a group worth over 8 billion pounds ($16.4 billion).
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UK rail and bus operator FirstGroup agrees to buy US yellow school bus and Greyhound coach operator Laidlaw.
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Premier Foods PLC said Monday it will buy RHM PLC for 1.23 billion pounds in cash and shares to create Britain's biggest food producer.Comment
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Share sale to fund 'world's biggest fab' expansion plan
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HSBC Holdings is in talks to buy Korea First Bank from its controlling shareholder, Newbridge Capital.
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Mexican cement giant Cemex SA is buying British-based RMC Group PLC, the world's biggest supplier of ready mixed concrete, in a deal worth some &#36;4.15 billion, the broker for Cemex said Monday.
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British bus firm FirstGroup announced the agreed purchase of Laidlaw International, owner of iconic US inter-city bus operator Greyhound, for 3.6 billion dollars (2.8 billion euros).
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Britain's biggest bus company, FirstGroup Plc , said on Friday it had agreed to buy Laidlaw International Inc. , the U.S. company that runs Greyhound buses, for $2.8 billion plus debt.
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The company behind the Madame Tussauds and London Eye tourist attractions is bought in a Â£1bn deal.
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First Reserve, a private equity buyout firm specializing in energy, announced Thursday that it would buy Dresser-Rand, a maker of oil and gas refining equipment, for $1.
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UK off-licence chain Threshers has been sold to an investment consortium led by Edmund Truell, reports say.