TORONTO, April 4 (Reuters Breakingviews) - The scent of stress is wafting from the Brazilian backer of Aesop.
Natura (NTCO3.SA)agreed to sell the luxury lotion maker to French cosmetics giant L’Oreal (OREP.PA) for about $2.5 billion.
It offloaded the successful investment to shore up its balance sheet, an M&A motivation that probably will spread.
With recessions being anticipated in a higher interest rate environment, more companies are bound to consider a similar calculus.
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