Feb 17 (Reuters) - Australia's Perpetual Ltd ( PPTTF ) on Monday confirmed it received an indicative buyout offer from KKR & Co ( KKR ) but said the latest revised proposal and its value were not accurately described in recent media reports. A A$2.2 billion ($1.40 billion) deal with the buyout giant has been on the back burner over...

Feb 17 (Reuters) - Ukraine's drone attack on Russia's Krasnodar region injured one person and damaged at least 12 houses, the governor of the southern Russia region said early on Monday. In a post on the Telegram messaging app, Governor Veniamin Kondratyev called the attack massive, but did not provide further detail. Russia's SHOT Telegram news channel reported that Ukraine...

Feb 17 (Reuters) - Star Entertainment said on Monday it had received a debt financing proposal from U.S.-based asset management firm Oaktree Capital Management to provide a total of A$650 million ($413 million) in two debt facilities with a five-year term. The move comes as the troubled casino operator raised concerns about liquidity and cash last month, with only A$79...

(Reuters) -Shares of Westpac Banking Corp fell as much as 6% on Monday after a core operating measure worsened in the first quarter despite an overall increase in profit helped by a drop in bad loans and growth in lending volumes. Australia's No. 2 mortgage lender posted an unaudited net profit of A$1.7 billion ($1.08 billion) for the three months...