Bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals involving European, U.S. and Asian companies. The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals involving European, U.

Rothschild banking dynasty agreeing to buy a stake in the Rockefeller group's wealth and asset management business to get a long-sought foothold in the United States.

GP Investments sold Fogo de Chão Churrascaria Holdings for $400 million to U.S. buyout firm Thomas H. Lee Partners.

Defense equipment manufacturer Teledyne Technologies Inc (TDY.N) said it would buy LeCroy Corp (LCRY.O) for $240.5 million.

Pumps and fluid-handling products maker Colfax Corp (CFX.N) said it bought a majority stake in welding product supplier Soldex S.A. (SDC.LM) for $235 million.

Opera Software would cost Facebook over $1 billion as competition from Google and others could push up the price tag.

Fiat and Ferrari's corporate parent Exor opted to pass because the price was too high. Fiat and Ferrari's corporate parent Exor mulled an investment in motor racing company Formula One before its initial public offering, and opted to pass because the price was too high, Chairman and CEO John Elkann said on Tuesday.

The head of Actis' Singapore office, Gary Addison, has left the emerging markets private equity firm after four and a half years

European pension funds plan to withdraw more money from stock markets to avoid rising volatility and almost 70 percent of firms with exposure to peripheral euro sovereign bonds plan even more reductions.

British drinks group Diageo (DGE.L) is buying a maker of Brazil's most popular spirit, cachaca, for about 300 million pounds ($469 million).

German real estate group Deutsche Wohnen (DWNG.DE) said it has agreed to buy a real estate portfolio valued at about 1.24 billion euros ($1.55 billion) from Barclays (BARC.L).

JPMorgan Chase & Co (JPM.N) has injected 2.5 billion yuan ($394.08 million) into its China unit.

News and developments in Asia private equity from Reuters News for the week ending May 25. News and developments in Asia private equity from Reuters News for the week ending May 25.

Australian engineering company Hastie Group said on Monday it has appointed voluntary administrators after recapitalisation talks stalled over an "accounting irregularity".

China will give private capital the same entry standards to the banking industry as other capital, state media said on Sunday.

Glencore will this week move into the final stage of its long-awaited $30 billion takeover of miner Xstrata

India's Bharti Airtel (BRTI.BO) said on Sunday it would roll out 3G services in Rwanda in the next quarter and reiterated plans to invest $100 million in the central African country.

Goldman Sachs (GS.N) is considering selling off Swedish oil group Svenska Petroleum Exploration in chunks, the Independent on Sunday reported.

The ripple effects of Facebook Inc's botched IPO appear to already be hitting the market for initial public offerings

The slow market for merger deals is driving big-name investment banks into combat with smaller rivals for business from companies they usually ignore.

International Financial Corp (IFC) is planning to take part in the planned $1.5 billion listing of Malaysia's Integrated Healthcare Holdings.

Billionaire investor Carl Icahn revealed he had bought a 7.6 percent stake in Chesapeake Energy Corp and called for the natural gas producer to replace at least four directors.

U.S. tax regulators are preparing for a potential tax hike on profits earned by private equity managers .

the criminal record of one of North Street Capital's founders raises questions about bidding efforts.

Private equity firm PAI Partners has pulled out of the race to buy Iglo Group. Private equity firm PAI Partners has pulled out of the race to buy Iglo Group, Europe's biggest frozen food company, leaving Blackstone and BC Partners as frontrunners for a company that could fetch 3 billion euros ($3.

Makers of toilets and taps are sizing up Finnish rival Sanitec. Makers of toilets and taps are sizing up Finnish rival Sanitec, put on the block by private equity group EQT with a price tag of up to 1 billion euros ($1.

Cinven's Camaieu seeks debt changes. Private equity owned French clothing retailer Camaieu has asked lenders to amend roughly 1. 2 billion euros ($1.

Over the past few decades, the structure of the global economy has changed dramatically as unprecedented political and technological developments have made geographical distance increasingly irrelevant.

Shares of Talbots Inc (TLB.N) plunged as much as 39 percent on Friday after exclusive negotiations with Sycamore Partners ended without an agreement

Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc has reached a deal to buy the last portion of the apartment company. Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc, one of three owners of Archstone, has reached a deal to buy the last portion of the apartment company it does not own for $1.