** Savvy Games, wholly owned by Saudi Arabia's Public
Investment Fund, entered an agreement to acquire gaming company
Scopely, based in Culver City, California, for $4.9 billion.
** South Africa's Northam Platinum has terminated
its offer to buy the mid-tier Royal Bafokeng Platinum ,
it said.
** The Russian government said it had approved a deal for
Spain's Inditex to sell its Russian business to a
UAE-based buyer, with some of its former stores to reopen under
new branding in April and May.
** Eni's unit Versalis said it entered exclusive
negotiations to buy the part of chemical group Novamont it does
not already own.
** Deutsche Lufthansa said it would sell the
remaining part of airline caterer LSG Group to private equity
firm Aurelius, three years after it first put the business up
for sale.
** UBS executives sought to assure investors that
Switzerland's largest bank can make its unexpected takeover of
Swiss rival Credit Suisse work and pay off for its
shareholders.
** Deutsche Telekom now holds a majority in
T-Mobile U.S. , the chief executive of the German
telecoms company said.
** British gambling group Entain Plc said it
acquired sports media business 365scores for up to $160 million
to improve its interactive content and experience for
users.
** Spanish power company Iberdrola will seek
expanding in the United States after it announced the sale of $6
billion worth of assets in Mexico, its Chief Financial Officer
Jose Sainz said.
** U.S. sports merchandise retailer Fanatics Inc will run
the official online stores of Italy's national soccer team and
seven Serie A teams, through its acquisition of sports
e-commerce firm EPI, its first foray into the Italian
market.
** Holcim has acquired Sivyer Logistics, a British
company which recycles construction and demolition waste in
London.
** Australian fuel supplier Viva Energy Group Ltd shares shot to a record high after it said it would pay A$1.15
billion ($777 million) for a convenience store chain, as a
strong start to 2023 for corporate deals continues Down
Under. (Compiled by Priyamvada C, Rajarshi Roy and Yuvraj Malik in
Bengaluru)
(Adds Northam Platinum, Inditex, Savvy Games)
April 5 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers,
acquisitions and disposals were reported by 1600 ET on
Wednesday:
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