Bid & Ask: The Deals of the Week

Noteworthy expenditures of the week

1. Germany’s BASF agreed to sell the bulk of its nitrogen-fertilizer assets to Russian crop nutrient supplier EuroChem in a deal valued at $947 million.

2. Nisshinbo Holdings, a Japanese manufacturer of textiles, paper products, and tools, will acquire Luxembourg’s TMD Friction Group, maker of brake materials, for $590 million.