Bloomberg Downer EDI Ltd., the Australian engineering and infrastructure management company, offered to buy Spotless Group Holdings Ltd. in a cash deal valuing the company at A$1.26 billion ($974 million) as it continues to diversify from resources following the mining-investment boom. Downer offered A$1.15 per share for the Melbourne-based cleaning and catering services firm, according to a statement on …

  Bloomberg TPG, the US alternative-investment firm that oversees more than $74 billion, sees opportunities in health care and microlending in Asia to meet untapped demand in some of the world’s fastest-growing economies. The region is short of quality health-care infrastructure, Jim Coulter, TPG’s co-founder and co-chief executive officer, told a Bloomberg private equity forum in Mumbai. In India, industries …

  Bloomberg Britain’s largest property brokers are cutting jobs, closing branches and raising capital even as homes sell for record amounts. While some companies have blamed Brexit and tax hi-kes for a drop in transactions, high values have put off many other buyers. Demand for housing dropped to 6-month low in Feb, according to the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors. …