DEALS

Macquarie Group on Wednesday unveiled separate deals in the US and China, continuing a trend of consolidation in its fund management business.

U.S. Apache Corp (APA) is to sign three oil and gas deals on Thursday worth $30 million for a total of 14 wells in three areas of Egypt's Western Desert, the Oil Ministry said in a statement.

The Australian unit of Swiss bank UBS AG thriving, even as its parent struggles in the global financial crisis, and has earned a reputation for snatching deals from rivals and making a success of them.

China is undeterred by recent Sino-Australian tensions and is gearing up for a slew of deals down under in everything from iron ore to property, bankers and lawyers say.

Despite weakening second home purchases in 2008, the long-term demand looks favorable for the second-home market because there are large numbers of people in the prime years for buying a second home.

Britain's Resolution , an acquisitions vehicle founded by tycoon Clive Cowdery, clinched the first of a hoped-for trio of deals with the 1.86 billion pound ($3.1 billion) takeover of insurer Friends Provident .

Britain's Resolution , an acquisitions vehicle founded by entrepreneur Clive Cowdery, clinched its first deal on Tuesday with the 1.86 billion pound ($3.1 billion) takeover of insurer Friends Provident .

The total value of distressed-debt deals, where creditors use their debt positions to take ownership of troubled companies, has touched $84.4 billion this year, the Wall Street Journal said, at a pace close to double that of 2008.

An attorney for the executors of Michael Jackson's estate said Monday that deals worked out in partnership with the King of Pop's concert promoter could provide millions of dollars to his estate.

Working together to Support Increasingly Interconnected IT Infrastructures, the top networking technology Companies entered into an agreement deals. IBM announced the agreement of reseller and original equipment manufacturing (OEM) of switches and routers which will benefit all the Companies creating good relationship among them.

Verizon Wireless is dialing back on its exclusivity agreements with handset makers after pressure from U.S. lawmakers and smaller carriers.

Struggling No. 1 U.S. trucking company YRC Worldwide Inc has asked investment bank Rothschild to evaluate potential bond exchanges as part of its restructuring plans, according to a source familiar with the matter.

Saudi Aramco and France's Total signed on Tuesday 13 agreements with contractors to build a $9.6 billion joint-venture refinery in the kingdom, state news agency SPA reported.

Telefonica's O2 and Movistar have won exclusive deals to sell Palm's new Pre smartphone -- regarded as the closest rival to Apple's iPhone -- in Britain, Ireland, Germany and Spain.

Telefonica's O2 and Movistar have won exclusive deals to sell Palm's new Pre smartphone -- regarded as the closest rival to Apple's iPhone -- in Britain, Ireland, Germany and Spain.

Chinese President Hu Jintao's visit to Italy generated over $2 billion worth of deals between the two countries on Monday, including a Fiat SpA (FIA.MI) joint venture to produce cars and engines in China.

U.S. President Barack Obama's visit to Russia has generated over $1.5 billion worth of deals, but a longer term step-change in business between the nations will depend on Moscow boosting the rule of law.

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Chinese steel mills offered their first meaningful compromise on iron ore prices on Wednesday, scrambling to salvage annual supply deals with global miners who kept silent one day after a deadline to agree terms.

Consumers, insurance companies and the federal government spend an extra $3.5 billion for prescription drugs every year because brand-name companies pay generic producers to stay out of the market, the head of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission said on Tuesday.

AT&T Inc said it extended a network equipment supply agreement with Alcatel-Lucent and would soon start selling a cellphone from Motorola Inc .