FRANKFURT / Reuters Springer Nature, the publisher of science magazines Nature and Scientific American, is planning to raise 1.2 billion euros ($1.5 billion) by selling new shares in an initial public offering (IPO), also providing an oppo-rtunity for its private equity owner to cash in. While buyout group BC Partners will sell some of its shares in the listing, German ...

Bloomberg Canada’s export financing agency is giving a vote of confidence to the nation’s economy even in the face of growing trade tensions, raising its projections for sales abroad in its semi-annual forecast report. Export Development Canada predicts the export of goods will grow 6 percent this year, up from a prediction of 4 percent growth six mon- ths ago, ...

London / Reuters Avast, the world’s largest consumer antivirus supplier by customers, said it will apply to list its shares on the London Stock Exchange in what could be a blockbuster float expected to value the company at around $4 billion. The listing, which is anticipated in early May, will see a free float of at least 25 percent of ...