DUBAI / Reuters Oman Telecommunications (Omantel) will pay $1.35 billion to buy a further 12.1 percent stake in Kuwaiti telecoms company Zain in a deal that will expand its reach to nine Mid- dle Eastern and North Afri- can countries. It paid 0.781 Kuwaiti dinars ($2.58) per share, around 74 percent above the current listed price, for the stake, which ...

Bloomberg Total SA’s billion-dollar deal to buy liquefied natural gas assets from Engie SA shows how much size matters in the industry. After Royal Dutch Shell Plc’s takeover of BG Group Plc last year, industry consultant Wood Mackenzie Ltd. says the latest accord is evidence that the biggest energy companies with access to large volumes of diverse supplies will continue ...

Bloomberg American Tower Corp. agreed to buy mobile-phone towers from Vodafone Group Plc’s Indian business and Idea Cellular Ltd., boosting its infrastructure in the country by a third, as the merging carriers sell off assets to raise cash for debt repayment amid a scathing price war. The Boston-based real estate investment trust agreed to pay 78.5 billion rupees ($1.2 billion) ...