Bulk of Rio Narcea shares tendered to Lundin bid

(Reuters) - Reports now value the deal at C$925 million , up from C$864 million when first announced in April.




The offer expires Aug. 10 said Lundin, a mid-tier
Swedish-Canadian miner, which prizes Rio Narcea's Aguablanca
nickel mine in Spain.


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Private equity industry promises more transparency

(Reuters) - Walker, appointed by the British Private Equity and Venture
Capital Association earlier this year, said on Tuesday that his
guidelines would recommend, for example, that reports and
accounts be published online four months after a company's year
end -- far ahead of the nine-month legal obligation.




Reports would also include some disclosure on managers in
funds, though not on limited partners.


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UPDATE 1-ThyssenKrupp denies talks with US Steel, Severstal

(Reuters) - "There are no talks about merger or cooperation. Reports to
this effect are false and inaccurate," he said.




Severstal's chief executive, Alexei Mordashov, had also on
Saturday denied the report by the Interfax news agency, which on
Friday cited an unidentified source as saying that ThyssenKrupp
was in discussions to take over Severstal or U.S. Steel.


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