Software-focused private-equity firm Thoma Bravo is selling a 45% stake in Command Alkon Inc., a provider of supply-chain-management software for the heavy construction industry, to HeidelbergCement AG in a deal that values the company at about $1.7 billion, according to people familiar with the matter.

Thoma Bravo will keep a majority stake in the Birmingham, Ala.-based company, which it acquired last year.

U.K. Retail Price Deflation Slows in September

U.K. retail prices fell on year in September though the decline is slowing as cost pressures begin to filter through into prices, according to the latest report by Nielsen IQ and the British Retail Consortium.

Prices at U.K. stores dropped 0.5% on year for Sept. 1 to Sept. 7, the report found. The rate of deflation on a yearly basis has slowed somewhat when compared with August, when prices declined 0.8% on year.

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Expected Major Events for Wednesday

06:00/DEN: Sep Business tendency survey

06:00/GER: Aug Foreign trade price indices

06:45/FRA: Aug Housing starts

07:00/SVK: Sep Business tendency survey

07:00/SVK: Sep Economic sentiment indicator

07:00/SWE: Sep Monthly Business Tendency Survey

07:00/SWE: Sep Consumer Tendency Survey

07:00/SPN: Sep Flash Estimate CPI

08:00/ITA: Aug PPI

08:00/GER: Sep Brandenburg CPI

08:30/UK: Aug Money and Credit - Lending to Individuals, Lending to Businesses, Broad Money and Credit

08:30/UK: Aug Monetary & Financial Statistics

08:30/UK: Aug Bank of England effective interest rates

09:00/CYP: Jul Industrial Production Index

09:00/EU: Sep Business & Consumer Surveys - Business Climate Indicator & Economic Sentiment Indicator

09:30/BEL: Sep CPI

10:00/POR: Aug Retail trade

23:01/UK: Aug UK monthly automotive manufacturing figures

23:01/UK: Sep CBI Growth Indicator Survey

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