July 24 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported by 0930 GMT on Wednesday: ** Ascential Plc's ( AIAPF ) shares soared over 26% to an all-time high after events organiser Informa ( IFPJF ) agreed to buy the owner of the Cannes Lions Festival for 1.2 billion pounds ($1.55 billion). ** Australia's Peak Rare Earths...

The shares of global financial services behemoth Visa Inc. ( V ) experienced a downturn in Wednesday’s pre-market trading, following a minor shortfall in the company’s third-quarter revenue. What Happened: According to Benzinga Pro, Visa’s shares were trading at $256.54 in the pre-market, a 3.12% drop since its close of $264.79 on Tuesday, following a 2% decline in after-hours trading...

July 24 (Reuters) - BMW is recalling 291,112 vehicles in the U.S. as their interior cargo rail may detach during a rear crash, which can increase the risk of injury, the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said on Wednesday. ...

KUALA LUMPUR, July 24 (Reuters) - Malaysia's digital minister said on Wednesday he has asked global tech firms Microsoft ( MSFT ) and CrowdStrike ( CRWD ) to consider compensating companies that suffered losses during last week's global tech outage. A faulty update to CrowdStrike's ( CRWD ) security software crashed computers powered by Microsoft's ( MSFT ) Windows operating...