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BRIEF-Glenview Capital Management reports 14.6 pct stake in Health Management Associates as of May 6
May 6- Health Management Associates Inc:. *Glenview Capital Management reports 14.6 percent stake in Health Management. Associates Inc as of may 6- SEC filing.
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NEW YORK/ LONDON, May 6- Some shareholders of Verizon Communications Inc say they could be happy for the company to pay up to $130 billion for Vodafone Group Plc's.
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FRANKFURT, May 6- Diversified holding company Franz Haniel& Cie. said it has no plans to further reduce its stake in German drugs distributor Celesio, rebuffing a media report. Stock market newsletter Platow Brief earlier reported that Haniel Chief Executive Stephan Gemkow was considering slashing its holding in Celesio to just above 25 percent.
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Construction group FCC is close to closing the sale of a 50 percent stake in its Latin American services subsidiary Proactiva to Veolia, online newspaper El Confidencial reports, citing financial sources. Pescanova will meet with administrators Deloitte and creditors on Monday to discuss the future of the company, Cinco Dias reports.
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Some shareholders of Verizon Communications say they could be happy for the company to pay up to $130 billion for Vodafone Group's stake in their U.S. wireless venture.
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NEW YORK/ LONDON, May 6- Some shareholders of Verizon Communications Inc say they could be happy for the company to pay up to $130 billion for Vodafone Group Plc's.
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MILAN, May 3- Telecom Italia has asked state financing body CDP to buy a stake in its fixed-line network, a source with knowledge of the deal said, in a move that could smooth a tie-up between the Italian firm and Hong Kong's Hutchison Whampoa.
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MILAN, May 3- Telecom Italia has sent a draft term sheet to Italian state-backed financing body Cassa Depositi e Prestiti for a possible investment in its fixed-line network, a source with direct knowledge of the situation said on Friday.
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LONDON, May 3- State-backed Royal Bank of Scotland on Friday pushed for the British government to start selling its 82 percent stake as early as next year even though it could mean a loss for taxpayers.
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LONDON, May 3- Infracapital and Citi Infrastructure could reap up to 2.3 billion pounds from the sale of a 30 percent stake in Kelda Group, which controls Yorkshire Water, bankers specialising in utilities said.
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MADRID, May 3- Sabadell said on Friday it was taking full control of life insurer Mediterraneo Vida by buying a stake from Dutch firm Aegon, as banking reforms put an end to once-popular insurance joint ventures in Spain. Spain's fifth biggest bank, Sabadell paid Aegon just under 450 million euros for the 49.9 percent stake it did not yet own in Mediterraneo Vida.
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LONDON, May 3- Hammerson PLC:. *Hammerson acquires additional bullring stake. *Acquired an additional 16.7% stake in bullring, taking its ownership to 50%.
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SINGAPORE, May 3- Singapore state investor Temasek Holdings Pte Ltd is in talks to buy a stake worth around $500 million in London- based financial data provider Markit Group, a source familiar with the deal said.
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LONDON, May 3- Verizon Communications would like to buy out Vodafone from their Wireless joint venture but will not do so at any cost, its chief executive has told JP Morgan analysts,.
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SINGAPORE, May 3- Singapore state investor Temasek Holdings Ltd is in talks to buy a stake worth around $500 million in financial data provider Markit Group, a source familiar with the deal said. The news was first reported by Sky News. Markit Group began life in 2001, working out of a barn in St Alban's, a commuter town 20 miles of London.
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*Permira to place 7 mln shares in Hugo Boss. Permira, which owned 65.56 percent of Hugo Boss via its Red& Black vehicle ahead of the placement, last sold shares in Hugo Boss in November 2011, when it reduced its stake by 6.4 percent. Citi analyst Thomas Chauvet said Permira's move to invest in Hugo Boss in 2007 was a sound one. "
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MADRID, May 3- Spanish lender Sabadell said on Friday it had bought the 49.9 percent it did not yet own in domestic insurer Mediterraneo Vida from Dutch insurance company Aegon, giving it full control of the company. The bank said the deal was worth 449.5 million euros.
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AMSTERDAM, May 3- Dutch life insurer Aegon. The sale of the joint venture stake was part of a restructuring of Aegon's Spanish operations following consolidation of Spain's banking sector, Aegon said in a statement. Aegon will keep operating in Spain through other subsidiaries, it said.
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is selling a further 10 percent stake in Hugo Boss, the German fashion house said on Friday. The placement comes a day after Hugo Boss reported a bigger than expected drop in first-quarter sales on weakness in Europe and China. The placement is being carried out by an accelerated bookbuilding process that has already started, Hugo Boss said.