On Wednesday, Spain's Liberbank and Unicaja confirmed they had entered talks over a potential merger deal, sending their shares up on the news.
Goldman Sachs, the investment bank, has purchased a minority stake in the Dogan Holding real-estate unit Hurriyet Emlak; however, the takeover deal is still a subject to a competition approval.
CVC Capital Partners is seeking to buy back Sweden's Ahlsell, two years after its initial public offering, valuing the construction tools and products distributor at around $2.65B.
Salini Impregilo, the Italian construction company, could tie up with its Italian partners in a bid or the struggling builder Astaldi, the group's CFO stated.
Britain's private equity firm Apax is set to acquire Trade Me Group, the New Zealand key online marketplace, in a deal valued at $1.8B, after matching the rival offer.
The British unit of the South African group Famous Brands, Gourmet Burger Kitchen, shut down 14 of its underperforming stores after its creditors had approved the restructuring plan.
Quaker Chemical has received the EU antitrust approval to acquire Houghton International, owned by Hinduja Group, saying the deal could trim competition in some of the markets.
The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom announced on Wednesday that she will fight for her post. Moreover, the PM issued a warning that a Brexit deal is in peril.
On Wednesday, German officials announced that a fatal helicopter crash in Mali was caused by an Airbus staff error.
Two British supermarkets Sainsbury's and Asda called for more time to consider and provide all evidence in the launched competition probe into their merger deal.
On Wednesday, the business daily Kommersant reported that negotiations on a potential deal between Gazprom and Royal Dutch Shell to swap assets had been suspended.
On Wednesday, Credit Suisse announced it would buy back up to $1.51B of shares next year, seeking to raise the dividend by no less than 5% from 2019 onward.
The fourth-biggest airline of Brazil, Avianca Brasil, has filed for the bankruptcy protection, as the carrier's operations were threatened by a possible aircraft repossession.
The buyout company L Catterton is planning to acquire the privately-owned hot sauce brand Cholula, backed by Mexico's tequila maker Jose Cuervo, seeking to expand its footprint in the US market.
On Wednesday, Hande Group and Warburg Pincus are set to invest $1.0B in the new Chinese joint venture to help it reach the AUM, assets under management of $5.0B during the following three years.
On Wednesday, Australia's radiology and pathology group Sonic Healthcare stated it would acquire the US-based Aurora Diagnostics in a deal valued at $540M.
The US battery producer Energizer Holdings won the European antitrust approval for its bid for Spectrum Brands' portable lighting and battery business worth $2.0B.
On Wednesday, Indonesia's e-commerce company Tokopedia announced it had secured $1.1B in its latest round of funding, led by Japan's SoftBank Group and China's e-commerce titan Alibaba Group Holding.
Brazilian miner Vale, the world's largest nickel and iron ore producer, signed a $500M worth deal with the investment fund Hankoe FIP to acquire the innovation firm New Steel, with the transaction planned for the next year.
According to Bloomberg, SoftBank is considering a stake sale in Nvidia Corp as early as next year, in a potential deal that could bring the Japanese firm about $3B in profit from the transaction.
The EU antitrust regulator has launched a full-scale inquiry into the $22B worth Vodafone's takeover of Liberty Global assets, as the deal might hurt competition in the Czech Republic and Germany.
Alphabet Inc's Google was considering opening its representative office in Vietnam, the country's government stated, citing Kent Walker, the Senior Vice President of Google.
McDonald's announced plans to diminish the antibiotics use in the fast-food chain's global beef supply, fuelling projections that other restaurants are likely to follow suit.
China-based music streaming firm Tencent Music Entertainment Group stated that it raised nearly $1.1B in its US initial public offering after pricing the company's shares at the bottom of the targeted range.