BUZZ-Maersk slides amid Gaza ceasefire hopes, ship delays at South Africa coast Updates with potential ceasefire in Gaza ** Shares in shipping group A.P. Moeller Maersk MAERSKb.CO slide around 4% amid a ceasefire proposal in Gaza, with Hamas awaiting a response from Israel ** A potential ceasefire could put an end to the attacks in the Red Sea, and

UPDATE 2-EQT, Kuehne acquire 35% stake in train and bus company Flix Adds details in paragraph 2, aborted IPO plan in paragraph 7 By Alexander Hübner July 4 (Reuters) - Private equity firm EQT and investor Klaus-Michael Kuehne struck a deal to jointly acquire a 35% stake in bus and train services company Flix to fund its expansion, EQT said in a statement on Thursday.

EQT, Kuehne acquire 35% stake in train and bus company Flix July 4 (Reuters) - Private equity firm EQT and investor Klaus-Michael Kuehne jointly acquired a 35% stake in German bus and train services company Flix, EQT said in a statement on Thursday. EQT and Kuehne are paying more than 1 billion euros ($1.08 billion) for the stake, valuing the company at more than 3 billion euros ($3.24 billion), a person familiar with the deal told Reuters.

BUZZ-Top of the Street: Kuehne + Nagel, NN Group, ASR Nederland, Euronext A round-up of notable broker activity this morning from Europe's top-ranked* analysts: ** Barclays raises Kuehne + Nagel KNIN.S to "equal-weight" from "underweight", pointing to high exposure to sea freight and leaner corporate structure ** J.P.Morgan upgrades Dutch insurer NN Group NV NN.AS to "overweight" from "neutral", seeing it as a "strong" beneficiary of Dutch pensions reform ** The broker also downgrades ASR Nederl

FACTBOX-Shipping firms respond to Houthi attacks in Red Sea Recasts paragraphs 1; updates Hapag-Lloyd, Kuehne+Nagel, Maersk July 2 (Reuters) - Attacks on vessels in the Red Sea by Iran-aligned Houthi militants have disrupted a shipping route vital to east-west trade, with prolonged rerouting of shipments pushing freight rates higher and causing congestion in Asian and European ports.