Japan's Takeda Pharmaceutical is eager to sell the Osaka headquarters due to concerns raised over its $62B deal to acquire Britain's Shire Plc, Nikkei reported.
On Friday, the European Commission has granted its approval to Italy's Atlantia and Spain's ACS for the motorway company Abertis takeover, saying the deal should not raise any competition concerns.
Italy's Generali agreed on selling its 89.9% majority stake in Generali Leben, the company's life insurance unit in Germany to the private equity firm Viridium for about €1.9B.
On Thursday, Britain's Sinclair Pharma stated it had received takeover interest from the privately-held China Grand Enterprise and its subsidiary Huadong Medicine, boosting its shares up by nearly 30%.
The wireless speaker maker Sonos has filed for the initial public offering this Friday; a decision made amid a rising popularity of the streaming music on the connected audio systems via smartphone apps.
On Friday, Spain's ride-hailing service Cabify stated it had no talks over a sale of its business to the US peer Lyft, denying the reports by El Confidencial newspaper.
On Friday, Energean's CEO stated the Greek gas and oil firm was ready to acquire a 45% stake in Gaza Marine, the off-shore gas field, if Israel and Palestina agreed.
Ontex, the Belgian diaper maker, rejected a takeover offer from the private equity group PAI Partners, claiming the proposal was too low.
Altice has agreed on a sale of its French high-society and royalty magazine "Point de Vue" amid the company's asset-disposal programme to lower debts.
Marco Nespolo, the CEO of Italy's debt collector and data provider Cerved Group, stated his company is working on important mergers and acquisitions among the sectors where the firm already operates.
ObsEva, the Swiss drug development firm, is planning a listing on the Zurich SIX Swiss Exchange and a trading debut scheduled for July 13, as it seeks expansion among EU investors.
Germany's industrial gases firm Linde and peer Praxair are seeking to sign a merger deal this year, after they had agreed to sell Praxair's EU gases business to Japan's competitor Taiyo Nippon Sanso.
The Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on Friday announced that the US trade tariffs slammed on China will create a bad outcome for both countries.
It has been recently noticed and revealed by some analysts that Nestle is progressing due to it having a CEO, which has a mixed cultural background.
Mitsui & Co, Japan's trading house, is likely to raise its stake in the Brazilian firm Vale SA, in case of other shareholders selling part of their shares, the company's Chief Executive stated.
Rolls-Royce is planning to sell its unprofitable commercial marine business unit to the Norwegian group Kongsberg Gruppen for $661M amid the company's restructuring launched by its CEO Warren East.
Echostar, the US satellite group, stated it was hoping for talks with the Inmarsat board after the British company rebuffed its takeover bid worth $3.2B to equity holders.
On Friday, LG Electronics stated its Q2 operating profit likely surged 16.1%, missing analysts' expectations for a higher reading for the company's new products in the appliance, TV and smartphone divisions.
The EU biggest independent venture fund Atomico hired the former managers from Uber and Google to join its international expansion boost of the company's portfolio of over 50 growth stage firms and start-ups.
China is thinking over further reduction in the electric car subsidies next year, according to the a Bloomberg report on Friday, calling the carmakers to focus on tech improvements rather relying on the fiscal policy.
The Commerce Ministry of China said on Friday it has no options other than proportionally resist the US President Donald Trump trade bullying, adding that such behaviour negatively affects global value chains.
The Chinese Assistant Foreign Minister Chen Xiaodong said on Friday that Iran is one of the responsible for stability in the Middle East and should do more to get along with Saudi Arabia and other neighbours.
Chinese conglomerate HNA Group stated on Friday that Chen Feng will remain the only chairman after the company's co-founder Wang Jian died suddenly during trip to Europe this week.
The US military's Central Command stated on Thursday that its Navy would be ready to ensure free navigation in the Strait of Hormuz if Iranian Revolutionary Guards tried to take it under its control.