Bid & Ask: The Deals of the Week
Noteworthy expenditures of the week
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(Corrects the headquarters location of Old World Industries.)
1. The world’s largest publicly traded commodities dealer, Glencore International, will buy Switzerland-based coal exporter Xstrata for about $41 billion.
2. Brazil raised $14 billion through the sales of licenses to operate three of the country’s busiest airports in an auction aimed at accelerating private infrastructure investments ahead of the 2014 World Cup.