Perrigo Company on Monday posted quarterly earnings below estimates and said it would sell its underperforming generic drugs business for $1.55 billion, as the consumer healthcare products company sharpens focus on its core business. The sale, to private equity firm...
South Korea’s Coupang Inc, which is backed by SoftBank Group Corp, is targeting a blockbuster stock market debut that would value the e-commerce giant at well over $50 billion and make it the largest U.S. initial public offering this year. In a regulatory filing on...
Klarna, the Swedish buy now, pay later behemoth and upstart bank, has raised $1 billion in new funding at a post-money valuation of $31 billion. That sees the company retain the crown as the highest-valued private fintech in Europe. Backers of this round are said to...
A so-called ‘blank cheque’ company set up by a group of financiers is weighing a merger with Lombard International, one of the largest UK-based wealth management groups. Sky News has learnt that Kingswood Acquisition Corp, which listed in New York late last year, is...
Deals targeting logistics companies in China have delivered the best start to the year on record, generating bumper profits for private equity firms. About $5.5 billion worth of acquisitions of Chinese logistics firms have been announced so far this year, the... 