Mergers & Acquisitions

UPDATE 1-LionGold in talks to buy Peruvian miner IRL

SINGAPORE/LIMA, Oct 4 - Singapore-listed LionGold Corp is in advanced discussions to buy small Latin American gold miner IRL , IRL confirmed on Friday.

FT Partners hires former Goldman banker Haughton

NEW YORK, Oct 4 - Boutique investment bank FT Partners said on Friday it hired former Goldman Sachs banker Jeff Haughton as managing director, based in San Francisco.

Colombia's Pacific Rubiales offers Castilla, Vasconia crudes for Nov -tenders

HOUSTON, Oct 4 - One cargo of 1 million barrels of Colombian Castilla crude and another cargo of 500,000 barrels of Vasconia are being offered by any combination of sellers including Meta Petroleum, Pacific Stratus Energy and C&C; Energy barbados, subsidiares of Canadian Pacific Rubiales, according to tender invitations seen by Reuters.

Stocks, Markets 12:16pm EDT

Icahn caves on Dell again, will not seek share rights

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 4 - Activist investor Carl Icahn, who ended his months-long campaign against Michael Dell's planned buyout of Dell Inc last month, on Friday signaled his final retreat from the struggling personal computer maker.

UPDATE 2-Merkel, SPD welcome further talks on German government

* Atmosphere positive, constructive at first round of talks

Stocks, Markets, 11:49am EDT

Right-wing coalition prospects fade in Austria

VIENNA, Oct 4 - Prospects of a centre-right government in Austria faded on Friday as both the conservative People's Party and the far-right Freedom Party (FPO) moved away from a possible alliance with the new Eurosceptic party of industrialist Frank Stronach.

Deals of the day- Mergers and acquisitions

Oct 4 - The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported by 1330 GMT on Friday:

Sotheby's adopts "poison pill" after Loeb raises stake

Oct 4 - Sotheby's adopted a "poison pill" to ward off an unwanted takeover, two days after activist investor Daniel Loeb's Third Point LLC announced that it raised its stake in the auctioneer and called for its chief executive to step down.

Deals

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