By Yoruk Bahceli and Samuel Indyk (Reuters) -A shock election win for France's leftist alliance has reinforced wariness among investors who had already braced for the risk of political deadlock and a policy paralysis that's unlikely to improve the country's creaking public finances. The left-wing New Popular Front (NFP) alliance won the most seats in Sunday's election, but fell far...

LONDON/MADRID/BARCELONA, July 8 (Reuters) - The Grifols family and Canadian fund Brookfield have agreed to evaluate a possible joint takeover bid for beleaguered Spanish drugmaker Grifols with the intent to delist it, the companies said in regulatory filings on Monday. Grifols said its board held an extraordinary meeting over the weekend to study a preliminary offer presented by Brookfield and...

(Reuters) -Chinese property developer Guangzhou R&F Properties said on Tuesday its unit Trillion Glory had received a winding-up petition from a Singapore-based private equity fund due to non-repayment of a loan. The petition was filed on Monday at a Hong Kong Court by Seatown Private Credit Master Fund, which holds an 18% interest in the total outstanding loan amounting to...

July 9 (Reuters) - One person was killed, two power substations and an oil depot caught fire after Ukraine launched tens of drones in a series of massive attacks launched across several Russian regions, Russian officials said on Tuesday. A man died, two other people were injured and several residential houses were damaged overnight in the Belgorod region, Vyacheslav Gladkov,...