Deals Rumor Mill: CIMB Group, Xstrata, TowerBrook

By Benjamin Horney (January 13, 2015, 6:18 PM EST) -- A $22.4 billion deal to merge Malaysian lenders CIMB Group Holdings Bhd., RHB Capital Bhd. and Malaysia Building Society Bhd. is in danger of falling apart, the Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday, due to plummeting share prices in addition to other issues. The deal, which has been rumored since at least July, planned to bring together three of Malaysia's largest lenders in order to create the country's largest bank with about $183.1 billion in assets. But with Malaysia's economy struggling, plus reservations from all three sides concerning a likely lack of cost savings in connection with the deal, a collapse appears to be imminent, the report said....

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