LIXIL [TYO:5938], the Tokyo, Japan-headquartered building materials and home equipment manufacturer, is conducting a sale process for its 53.22% stake in Saitama-based home improvement center operator LIXIL VIVA [TYO:3564], sources familiar with the situation said.   LIXIL has retained SMBC Nikko as financial advisor to run an auction process

ZoomInfo has tapped Morgan Stanley and JPMorgan to serve as underwriters on an initial public offering that could see the fast-growing B2B information provider valued at as much as USD 8bn on enterprise value basis, three sources familiar with the matter said.   The listing comes a year after TA Associates and Carlyle Group-backed DiscoverOrg acquired

The European Commission (EC) has sent out requests for information (RFIs) in its review of EssilorLuxottica’s acquisition of Grandvision, three third-party sources told this news service. The EC has asked third parties for market-share data and their thoughts on the merger’s potential effects on discrete national markets, the sources said. The

US antitrust authorities reviewing vertical merger guidelines will likely look to address key concerns with vertical combinations that have been widely discussed in scholarly and legal circles, said antitrust professors, attorneys and an economist.     Merger guidelines act as roadmaps for the agencies’ antitrust reviews and can be considered

US antitrust authorities reviewing vertical merger guidelines will likely look to address key concerns with vertical combinations that have been widely discussed in scholarly and legal circles, said antitrust professors, attorneys and an economist.     Merger guidelines act as roadmaps for the agencies’ antitrust reviews and can be considered

US antitrust authorities reviewing vertical merger guidelines will likely look to address key concerns with vertical combinations that have been widely discussed in scholarly and legal circles, said antitrust professors, attorneys and an economist.     Merger guidelines act as roadmaps for the agencies’ antitrust reviews and can be considered

US antitrust authorities reviewing vertical merger guidelines will likely look to address key concerns with vertical combinations that have been widely discussed in scholarly and legal circles, said antitrust professors, attorneys and an economist.     Merger guidelines act as roadmaps for the agencies’ antitrust reviews and can be considered

US antitrust authorities reviewing vertical merger guidelines will likely look to address key concerns with vertical combinations that have been widely discussed in scholarly and legal circles, said antitrust professors, attorneys and an economist.     Merger guidelines act as roadmaps for the agencies’ antitrust reviews and can be considered

Financing commitments to support Francisco Partners’ buyout of LogMeIn [NASDAQ:LOGM] are due at the end of this week, said two sources familiar with the situation.   If a deal is struck for the owner of digital conference call provider GoToMeeting, the deal valuation is expected to be north of USD 4.5bn, the same sources and two additional sources

GAM should increase cost cutting efforts Private lebelling business should be reviewed - source Krupa and Bluebell seeking support from other investors   GAM Holding investor Krupa Global Investments is supporting Bluebell Capital Partners in its criticism of the company’s actions in response to its investigation of fund manager Tim Haywood,