BRUSSELS, May 6- The following are mergers under review by the European Commission and a brief guide to the EU merger process:. --RAG trust and buyout firm CVC Capital Partners to sell part of their shares in German chemicals company Evonik Industries.
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BRUSSELS, May 3- The following are mergers under review by the European Commission and a brief guide to the EU merger process:. --RAG trust and buyout firm CVC Capital Partners to sell part of their shares in German chemicals company Evonik Industries.
*UBS raises price target to 47 euros from 46 euros; rating buy. For a summary of rating actions and price target changes on European companies:. Reuters Station users, click. 1580.
*JP Morgan cuts target price to 44 euros from 49 euros; rating overweight. For a summary of rating actions and price target changes on European companies:. Reuters Station users, click. 1580.
PARIS, April 30- Below are company-related news and stories from French and Benelux media which could have an impact on the region's markets or individual stocks. The care home group confirmed its full-year targets after first-quarter sales rose 14 percent to 385 million euros and it announced plans to expand into China.
The luxury and sports brand group missed first-quarter sales forecasts, particularly for its Gucci fashion label and Puma sports brand, hit by sluggish trading in Europe and slower growth in China.
NEW YORK, April 25- Private equity firm KKR& Co LP posted a 10.9 percent quarterly decline in earnings on Thursday due to a slower appreciation of its funds and said it will share 40 percent of profits from its own investments with shareholders.
*Q1 aftertax ENI 88 cents/ adjusted unit vs view 82 cents. NEW YORK, April 25- Private equity firm KKR& Co LP said on Thursday it will share 40 percent of profits from its own investments with shareholders, sending its shares to an all-time high, and reported quarterly earnings that beat expectations.
NEW YORK/ CHICAGO, April 12- Within 36 hours of Warren Buffett's announcement of a deal to buy H.J. Heinz, U.S. authorities froze an account linked to possible insider trading.
NEW YORK, April 11- With the Dow hitting so many fresh highs of late, some investors may be dusting off the 1999 bestseller "Dow 36,000," a book that briefly made "irrational exuberance" seem quite rational.
*Earnings of $1.21/ share misses estimate by 1 cent. April 10- Family Dollar Stores Inc said on Wednesday that sales have perked up as spring weather has finally arrived, but reported a weaker-than-expected quarterly profit which it blamed on a delay in shoppers getting their tax refunds.
April 10- Family Dollar Stores Inc reported a weaker-than-expected quarterly profit on Wednesday, blaming a delay in tax refunds for hurting sales at the end of January and in early February, and again cut its annual forecast. "We expected weakness and we got it," said Jefferies analyst Daniel Binder, who has a "hold" rating on Family Dollar shares.
WASHINGTON- The White House proposes a budget that sharply trims the U.S. deficit over three years by forcing millionaires to pay more in taxes and enacting spending cuts that replace the "sequester" reductions that went into place last month. ( USA- FISCAL/, expect by 1400 GMT/ 10 AM ET, by Mark Felsenthal and Jeff Mason, 850 words).
April 10- Family Dollar Stores Inc reported a weaker-than-expected quarterly profit on Wednesday, blaming a delay in tax refunds for hurting sales at the end of January and early February. Family Dollar shares were down 4.3 percent at $57.20 in premarket trading on Wednesday.
BEIJING- China posts a mild trade deficit of $884 million in March as a forecast-busting 14.1 percent year-on-year surge in imports eclipses export growth of 10 percent, signalling domestic demand is gathering steam needed to drive economic recovery. (CHINA-ECONOMY/TRADE, moved, by Aileen Wang and Nick Edwards, 1,100 words).