Bloomberg Fidelity National Information Services Inc. agreed to acquire Worldpay Inc. for about $34 billion in cash and stock, the biggest deal ever in the booming international payments sector. FIS, based in Jacksonville, Florida, will also assume Worldpay’s debt, bringing the enterprise value of the deal to about $43 billion, the companies said on Monday. FIS’s current shareholders will own ...

Bloomberg Lyft Inc. is seeking to raise as much as $2.1 billion in its initial public offering, valuing the firm at up to $19.6 billion. The No. 2 US ride-hailing giant is offering 30.8 million shares at $62 to $68 each, it said in a regulatory filing on Monday. At the targeted range, the San Francisco-based company’s offering will be ...

Bloomberg Brazil’s sugar mills can make the switch into ethanol easier than ever before, making it harder to predict how much sweetener will come from the world’s biggest producer and exporter. Take the case of Sao Paulo-based Usina Batatais. Just two years ago, no matter how low sugar prices got, the company had no choice but send at least 45 ...