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PVH close to $3 bln deal for Hilfiger-NY Times

Mar 15, 2010

NEW YORK, March 14 (Reuters) - Phillips-Van Heusen is close to a deal to buy U.S. fashion brand Tommy Hilfiger Corp for about 2.2 billion euros ($3 billion), The New York Times reported on Sunday, citing people briefed on the matter.

JPMorgan, Hopu hired on CNOOC-Bridas deal -sources

Mar 15, 2010

SHANGHAI, March 15 (Reuters) - Wall Street bank JPMorgan and China's Hopu, run by influential dealmaker Fang Fenglei, are advisers for a $3.1 billion energy joint venture deal between CNOOC and Argentina's Bridas, banking sources said on Monday.

UPDATE 1-JPMorgan,Hopu hired on $3.1 bln CNOOC-Bridas JV-sources

Mar 15, 2010

* Deal marks first advisory role for Hopu (Adds JPMorgan's comments, more details about Hopu)

Market Chatter -- Corporate finance press digest

Mar 15, 2010

BANGALORE, March 15 (Reuters) - The following corporate finance-related stories were reported by media on Monday:

UPDATE 1-French Connection sells Nicole Farhi; slims in U.S.

Mar 15, 2010

* Sells Nicole Farhi to OpenGate Capital for up to 5 mln stg

UPDATE 1-Liberty in sale-leaseback of flasghip London store

Mar 15, 2010

LONDON, March 15 (Reuters) - Upmarket British retailer Liberty is selling its distinctive mock Tudor department store building in London's West End for 41.5 million pounds ($62.9 million) to pay off debt, it said on Monday.

EU mergers and takeovers (March 15)

Mar 15, 2010

BRUSSELS, March 15 (Reuters) - The following are mergers under review by the European Commission and a brief guide to the EU merger process:

DEALTALK-Forth Ports takeover hinges on land, not sea

Mar 15, 2010

*Industry observers see new offer around 1,500 pence/share

Partners group sees streamlined private equity

Mar 15, 2010

* Asia, emerging markets among Partners' major growth areas

UPDATE 1-Anthracite Capital to liquidate under Chapter 7

Mar 15, 2010

March 15 (Reuters) - Troubled commercial real estate investor Anthracite Capital Inc filed for Chapter 7 liquidation in a Manhattan bankruptcy court more than three months after defaulting on its debt.

UPDATE 1-Cinven to buy diagnostics firm Sebia

Mar 15, 2010

* Montagu to sell Sebia to Cinven, no financials disclosed

DEALTALK-Kabel Deutschland IPO - ambitious play or cunning ploy?

Mar 15, 2010

(Repeats story first filed on March 11 to reach more customers. No changes to text)

PREVIEW-D.Telekom's roadmap for future may lead nowhere

Mar 15, 2010

FRANKFURT, March 15 (Reuters) - Deutsche Telekom chief executive Rene Obermann has been called many things but rarely a visionary and the roadmap for the years ahead he and his team will present this week is unlikely to change that.

UPDATE 1-Stationery retailer Swoozie's heads to auction

Mar 15, 2010

NEW YORK, March 15 (Reuters) - Swoozie's Inc, a maker of luxury gifts and stationery that filed for bankruptcy just weeks ago, will put itself up for sale at an auction on March 25, the company said on Monday.

Siemens to drop hearing aid unit sale plan -sources

Mar 15, 2010

MUNICH/FRANKFURT, March 15 (Reuters) - German industrial conglomerate Siemens has decided to scrap plans to sell its hearing aid unit because submitted bids were below the price it had in mind, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters on Monday,

Blackstone N.Sea wind project clears legal hurdle

Mar 15, 2010

BERLIN, March 15 (Reuters) - Blackstone Group LP will be able to move forward with its 1-billion euro ($1.38 billion) project to build and manage a German offshore wind farm after a legal dispute was resolved, a company executive said on Monday.

Starwood says its bid for Extended Stay is better

Mar 15, 2010

NEW YORK, March 15 (Reuters) - An investor group led by Starwood Capital is saying its plan to take U.S. mid-priced hotel chain Extended Stay America Inc [ESAIN.UL] out of bankruptcy would be a better option than the company's plan, which is backed by rival private equity firms.

UK isolated in row over hedge fund law - EU envoys

Mar 15, 2010

BRUSSELS, March 15 (Reuters) - Britain is increasingly isolated in its defence of hedge funds as big European countries including Germany and France push for tougher regulation of the industry, EU diplomats said on Monday.

UPDATE 1-Siemens to drop hearing aid unit sale plan -sources

Mar 15, 2010

* To make formal decision Tuesday or Wednesday - sources

UPDATE 1-Starwood says its bid for Extended Stay is better

Mar 15, 2010

* Objects to Extended Stay's plan with rival investors (Adds details on Starwood proposal from January)

UPDATE 1-Britain isolated in hedge funds row - EU envoys

Mar 15, 2010

* Finance ministers to meet on Tuesday to negotiate law

UPDATE 1-Warner Music, KKR/Bertelsmann mull EMI bid -sources

Mar 15, 2010

* Warner, KKR/Bertelsmann have met on EMI in recent weeks

UPDATE 1-Lehman plans to end bankruptcy, create new company

Mar 15, 2010

NEW YORK, March 15 (Reuters) - Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc on Monday filed its reorganization plan with the U.S. bankruptcy court in Manhattan, proposing a way to end the largest U.S. bankruptcy case in history.

RPT-Egypt's Citadel invests $183 mln in river ports

Mar 14, 2010

CAIRO, March 14 (Reuters) - Egyptian private equity firm Citadel Capital has invested 1 billion Egyptian pounds ($183 million) in three Nile river ports and wants to invest in two more in the country, the daily al-Mal reported on Sunday.

KKR and Warner Music eye EMI break-up bid -paper

Mar 14, 2010

LONDON, March 14 (Reuters) - Private equity firm KKR [KKR.UL] and Warner Music Group are in talks to launch a break-up bid for Warner's indebted British rival EMI [LNDONE.UL], the Sunday Times newspaper said.

PRESS DIGEST - British Business Press - March 13

Mar 13, 2010

Liberty , the London department store, is in talks with private equity and real estate investors about a takeover that could value the retail business at more than 35 million pounds. BlueGen Capital, the private equity firm headed by former Merrill Lynch banker Marco Capello, is thought to be the front-runner. Richard Balfour-Lynn, chief executive of Liberty's controlling shareholder MWB Group , said that he was pleased by the interest of investors, which he attribute

PRESS DIGEST - Financial Times - March 13

Mar 13, 2010

Tim O'Toole, former managing director of London Underground, could soon become chief executive of one of the private contractors he strongly criticised while in office. O'Toole has held preliminary talks with Tube Lines regarding the role, less than a year after he retired to spend more time with his family. The appointment would go some way to alleviating tension between the two groups, following disputes over the contractor's funding and delays to Jubilee line work.

Advent mulls sale of Poundland- FT

Mar 12, 2010

LONDON, March 12 (Reuters) - U.S. buyout firm Advent International has appointed advisors to assess a possible sale of budget store chain Poundland, the Financial Times reported on Friday.

Farallon managers leaving to start firm-WSJ

Mar 12, 2010

NEW YORK, March 11 (Reuters) - Four veteran investment managers from Farallon Capital Management LLC are departing the San-Francisco based hedge firm to start their own firm, the Wall Street Journal said.

Market Chatter -- Corporate finance press digest

Mar 12, 2010

BANGALORE, March 12 (Reuters) - The following corporate finance-related stories were reported by media on Friday:

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