>>> Naive attracts interest from music majors and investment funds

Naive attracts interest from music majors and investment funds

Naive of France, the independent music publisher, has attracted interest from music majors and investment funds alike, French daily Les Echos reported. The report cited Founder Patrick Zelnik as confirming that the company was listening to all of the expressions of interest, adding that independency was also an option for the business.

According to the report, potential buyers include Warner, Sony and Bertelsmann’s BMG. Industry leader Universal is not among the bidders because of competition issues. The report added that the outcome could be finalised within the next few weeks.

Naïve, which is experiencing difficulties, is 77% owned by Patrick Zelnik. The company reported sales of EUR 15m in 2014 and was not profitable.

Les Echos

>>> ACS environmental unit Urbaser main suitor is Suez Environment; could close

ACS environmental unit Urbaser main suitor is Suez Environment; could close deal this week

Suez Environnement appears to be the main candidate to acquire ACS environmental unit Urbaser, El Economista reported citing sources with knowledge of the process. According to the Spanish-language report, ACS wants to close a deal this week.

The transaction is worth more than EUR 2bn, the paper said.

ACS seeks to reduce net debt of EUR 3.88bn, El Economista noted.

Societe Generale and BBVA have the mandate to sell Urbaser.

El Economista

(BI) Wall Street's brightest minds reveal the most important charts in the world

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Here they are: the most important charts in the world.

As many of the charts in our latest collection from some of Wall Street's top strategists show, questions right now center on what the future holds for the US economy, for emerging markets, and the Federal Reserve.

The last time we ran this feature back in February, the world looked different. The S&P 500 was about 4% higher and hadn't yet seen a 10% correction, which eventually came in a few frantic days in late August.

The Federal Reserve, of course, still hasn't raised rates.

Another Greek crisis came and went.

So as we head towards the final few months of 2015, oil prices remain about 60% below where they were a year ago, the dollar has continued to power higher, while the Dow and S&P 500 are still in the red for the year.

Here's what folks are thinking about.

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