Deals of the day-Mergers and acquisitions

Activision Blizzard

22/08/2023 14:43

(Adds Kasikornbank, updates Activision Blizzard)
       Aug 22 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers,
acquisitions and disposals were reported by 1330 GMT on Tuesday:

        ** "Call of Duty" maker Activision Blizzard  ATVI.O 
will sell its streaming rights to Ubisoft Entertainment
 UBIP.PA  in a fresh attempt to win approval from Britain's
anti-trust regulator for its $69 billion sale to Microsoft
 MSFT.O .
  
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        ** Thailand's second-biggest lender Kasikornbank
 KBANK.BK  is in talks to buy consumer finance provider Home
Credit Vietnam in a deal of up to $1 billion that would further
its push to expand in Vietnam, two sources said.
  
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    ** French company TotalEnergies  TTEF.PA  said  that it had
agreed to buy the 40% participating interest held by the company
CapeOmega in the CO2 storage exploration licence ExL004, located
off the shore of Bergen in Norway.
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    ** Gold miner Newmont Corp  NEM.N  said on Monday it has
received clearance from Australia's competition regulator to
proceed with its proposed A$26.2 billion ($16.80 billion)
takeover of Newcrest Mining  NCM.AX .
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    ** U.S. grain trader Cargill will seek antitrust approval in
Brazil for a binding offer to acquire three soy crushing plants
in a bid to boost biodiesel production and expand operations in
the world's biggest soy producer.
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 (Compiled by Rajarshi Roy and Arsheeya Bajwa in Bengaluru)
 ((ArsheeyaSingh.Bajwa@thomsonreuters.com))