Generali Evaluating $10.1B Offer From Monte Dei Paschi

By Al Barbarino

Assicurazioni Generali is evaluating Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena's roughly $10.1 billion offer for its majority-owned wealth management unit Banca Generali, as the Italian insurer considers the broader industrial collaboration proposed by the lender.

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Tokio Marine To Buy UK MGA Direct Commercial For £265M

By Joel Poultney

Tokio Marine said Friday that one of its subsidiaries has agreed to acquire Direct Commercial, a British commercial motor managing general agent, for £265 million ($360 million).

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French Bitcoin Holder To Raise €21M With Share Placement

By Tom Fish

Cryptocurrency holder Capital B said Friday it is seeking to raise €21 million ($24.4 million) from global institutional investors, as the French company seeks to grow its bitcoin reserves and bolster its balance sheet.

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FCA Warns Against 'Flamboyant' Notices Misleading Investors

By Christopher Crosby

Britain's financial watchdog said Friday that there has been a rise in "flamboyant" language in companies' official announcements and warned firms that recent disclosures to investors have sounded more like marketing than regulatory notices.

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Ray-Ban Owner Launches Buyback Worth Up To €788M

By Tom Fish

Ray-Ban-owner EssilorLuxottica SA said Friday that it has launched a share buyback program worth up to €787.5 million ($917 million), reflecting its "confidence in its value creation and long-term prospects."

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McBride Lands £170M Vestacy Deal, Iberian Plants Buy

By Dawood Fakhir

British manufacturer McBride said Friday that it has agreed to acquire two facilities in Spain and Portugal from Vestacy, the maker of Air Wick and Cillit Bang, and has signed a manufacturing agreement as part of a strategic partnership.

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Tata Steel Injects Additional $140M Into Singapore Unit

By Dawood Fakhir

Tata Steel said Friday that it has injected an additional $140 million into its Singapore-based, wholly-owned subsidiary T Steel Holdings Pte. Ltd., following the approval of a $2 billion funding initiative for the unit earlier in 2026.

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Aon Buying KKR-Backed USI In $17B Middle-Market Push

By Al Barbarino

Aon said Monday it has agreed to buy U.S. insurance broker USI from private equity firm KKR and other shareholders in a $17 billion deal that would expand the London-based insurer's presence in the U.S. middle-market insurance segment.

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AGs, WGA Slam Paramount's Bid For $1.9B Merger Suit Bond

By Lauren Berg

The Writers Guild of America and Democratic attorneys general urged a California federal judge Monday to reject Paramount Skydance Corp.'s bid to make them put up a $1.9 billion bond, saying it was the studio's idea to pause closing its planned $110 billion purchase of Warner Bros. Discovery.

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UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London

By Megan Norcott

The past week in London has seen shoe brand Crocs bring an appeal against the chief executive of the U.K.'s Intellectual Property Office, singer Alanis Morissette sued by the former head of operations at Live Nation Israel and the son of convicted fraudster Guo Wengui file an appeal against the Chapter 11 trustee controlling his father's bankruptcy estate. 

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