Sophie Sassard

By Soyoung Kim, Sophie Sassard and Michelle Sierra NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) - Sprint Corp has lined up eight banks to finance its proposed acquisition of T-Mobile US Inc, edging closer...

LONDON (Reuters) - Bankers advising pharmaceuticals companies Pfizer and Britain's AstraZeneca are likely to miss out on $260-340 million in fees after the U.S. company's final takeover bid was rejected...

NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) - Merck & Co Inc is considering selling a big portfolio of mature drugs that could fetch more than $15 billion, according to people familiar with the...

LONDON (Reuters) - Italian designer Roberto Cavalli is in advanced talks to sell a majority stake in his eponymous fashion house to London-based buyout firm Permira in a sale worth...

PARIS/LONDON (Reuters) - France's Vivendi said on Friday that its board needed more time to weigh two bids for its SFR telecom business, leaving business and political circles in suspense...

LONDON (Reuters) - A string of large transactions drove the value of global mergers and acquisitions (M&A;) activity up by 54 percent in the first quarter compared to the same...

PARIS (Reuters) - French groups Bouygues and Numericable have both improved the terms of their bids for Vivendi's telecoms unit SFR, ahead of a decision by the seller on Friday...