March 11 (Reuters) - Japan's Nidec Corp ( NNDNF ) and U.S.-based private equity firm KPS Capital Partners are competing to acquire Siemens AG's Innomotics large motors business, which could fetch about 3 billion euros ($3.28 billion) in a sale, Bloomberg News reported on Monday, citing people familiar with the matter. ($1 = 0.9149 euros) ...

March 12 (Reuters) - * JAPAN'S NIDEC, US PRIVATE EQUITY FIRM KPS CAPITAL COMPETING TO BUY SIEMENS UNIT INNOMOTICS, PURCHASE PRICE SEEN ABOUT 3 BILLION EUROS - BLOOMBERG NEWS * NIDEC SHARES FALL 3% Source text for Eikon: Further company coverage: ...

RIO DE JANEIRO, March 11 (Reuters) - Two Brazilian cabinet members said on Monday that a proposed extra dividend suddenly axed by state-run Petrobras would be kept in a reserve for future disbursement - keeping alive investor hopes that they would gain expected returns. On Thursday, Petrobras Chief Executive Jean Paul Prates proposed to the oil company's board that shareholders...

SYDNEY, March 12 (Reuters) - New Zealand's Transport Accident Investigation Commission said on Tuesday it was seizing the cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder of a LATAM Airlines Boeing 787 after an incident that left more than 50 people injured. The New Zealand accident investigator said it was assisting Chilean authorities with their probe into the flight. TAIC is...