On Thursday, Italy's energy group Eni has denied any involvement in talks regarding the loss-making carrier Alitalia, after the report published by the financial newspaper Il Sole 24 Ore.
Lactalis, France's privately-owned dairy group, is expecting its takeover of the Aspen global infant formula unit to boost the company's overseas presence.
On Thursday, Singapore Technologies Engineering stated it would buy MRA Systems, the aircraft part maker, from General Electric in a $360M deal.
Black Mountain, the US private equity group, will acquire the Australian nickel project, on the back of the rising demand for the electric vehicles in the market.
The EU online furniture site Westwing, backed by Germany's investor Rocket Internet, is planning to attract about $139M in the Frankfurt initial public offering.
Japan's Takeda Pharmaceuticals is weighing a sale of Shire's eye care business unit, right after closing a $62B purchase of the British drugmaker, as it seeks to reduce the debt raised to finance the deal.
The Vietnamese Prime Minister has urged the Danish brewer Carlsberg to lift its 17% stake in the country's beermaker Habeco with intention to enhance the privatisation of state assets.
The cabin crews of Ryanair are planning to strike in at least five countries on September 28, a union representative revealed on Thursday.
The European Parliament on Wednesday voted to sanction Hungary because of a combination of various cases, in which the country refused to comply.
Germany's Daimler has acquired a 20% stake in Volkswagen's used-vehicle platform Heycar, its rival carmaker announced on Thursday.
UK's Legal & General has closed a deal on Thursday to insure $5.73B of the historic pension liabilities of British Airways.
Canada's New Gold is considering a sale as the miner is facing operating challenges and rising development costs at its newly-built mine, sources familiar with the matter reported.
On Wednesday, France's Natixis stated it would sell a couple of specialised finance business lines to BPCE, the French cooperative lender and its owner, in a deal worth $3.1B.
Comcast Corp stated on Wednesday that the Sky shareholders would consider the bid from the US cable giant worth £14.75 per share until October 6.
HG Vora Capital Management has built a 4.9% stake in Caesars Entertainment, as the hedge fund seeks to push the US casino operator for divestitures or a sale of the company.
Meituan Dianping, China's online food delivery company, has raised $4.2B in the world's largest internet-focused initial public offering in four years, pricing the float nearly at the top of indicative range.
DNB and Nordea announced on Thursday they had agreed on a sale of 60% stake in the Baltic bank Luminor to Blackstone's private equity consortium in a deal valued at $1.16B.
Alejandro Diaz de Leon, the Governor of the Mexico Central Bank, stated that he anticipates inflation to be close to the bank's target of 3% in the 2020 first half.
Adobe Systems, the image-editing software maker, was in talks to buy Marketo, a cloud-based marketing software firm, according to sources familiar with the matter.
The British government and Barclays launched a fund to secure up to £1B in finance to small house-builders, aiming to tackle England's housing shortage.
Confidence among Japan's manufacturers slipped in the month of September from seven-month high seen in August, a Reuters poll revealed, a sign that the trade war between Beijing and Washington kept exporters on edge.
The RICS stated that house prices in London dropped last month at the fastest pace five months, though with relatively strong rise away from the South of England, indicating a broadly flat prospect overall.
Japanese core machinery orders firmly exceeded forecasts in July, bouncing back from the prior month's drop and firming up the view that capex would continue to expand and boost economic growth.
Oil prices decreased on Thursday, reversing strong gains from the prior session, with economic concerns raising doubts over the ongoing growth in fuel demand.