Deutsche Bank Wants to Hire Its Way Back to Top: Bloomberg Deals

Hi, it’s Dinesh Nair at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, where I caught up with a senior Deutsche Bank executive to talk about the lender’s European ambitions. Elsewhere today, Carl Icahn loses an Illumina ruling.

Today’s top stories

• Italy clears Telecom Italia’s €22 billion grid sale to KKR.

• JetBlue’s $3.8 billion Spirit deal turns into a nightmare.

• Macquarie preparing for sale of $8 billion AirTrunk.

• Turkish steel giant eyes $5 billion investment in Saudi Arabia.

• KKR-backed BrightSpring seeks as much as $1.36 billion.

Deutsche doubles down

During every M&A downturn, you’ll find one or two banks happy to go ...