Catherine Badour

Campbell Soup Co (CPB.N) said on Thursday it would sell its international businesses and fresh refrigerated-foods unit, following a months-long strategic review and pressure from hedge fund investors to sell the whole company, Reuters reported.

Wilsonart, the maker of countertops and other furniture-manufacturing materials whose owners include industrial conglomerate Illinois Toolworks Inc (ITW.N), is exploring a sale that could value the private company at $2.75 billion, sources told Reuters.

Sotera Health, a private-equity owned company that operates facilities that sterilize medical products and food, is exploring a potential sale worth as much as $5 billion including debt, people familiar with the matter told Reuters on Tuesday.

Fast-food chain operator Yum China Holdings Inc (YUMC.N) has rejected a $17.6 billion buyout offer from a consortium led by Chinese investment firm Hillhouse Capital Group, quashing what would have been one of Asia’s biggest deals this year, Reuters reported.

Advent International, the private equity firm that acquired 80 percent of Walmart Inc (WMT.N) ‘s Brazilian operations, is going to invest 1.9 billion reais ($485.66 million) in the existing stores as part of an agreement with the world’s biggest retailer, according to a document published in Brazil’s official gazette.

U.S. private equity firm Energy and Minerals Group (EMG) is planning an A$1 billion ($732 million) initial public offering (IPO) of Connecticut-based Coronado Coal in Australia, sources told Reuters.

Toyota Motor Corp (7203.T) will invest $500 million in Uber Technologies Inc to jointly work on developing self-driving cars, the companies said on Monday, a bid by both to catch up to rivals in the hotly competitive autonomous driving business, Reuters reported.

WeWork’s Flatiron School, the coding boot camp purchased last year by the $40 billion co-working startup, has acquired Designation, a Chicago-based, for-profit design education school, the company told Reuters on Tuesday.

Berkshire Hathaway Inc is in talks to invest about 20-25 billion rupees ($285.4-356.7 million) in India’s One97 Communications Ltd, the parent of digital payments firm Paytm, the Economic Times reported on Monday.

Talks between U.S. fund manager Guggenheim Partners and Munich Re (MUVGn.DE) have concluded without a deal, Bloomberg News reported on Friday.