(Bloomberg) -- Nestle SA is selling half of its water business for €3 billion ($3.4 billion) in cash and reported robust first-half coffee and snack sales as Chief Executive Officer Philipp Navratil presses ahead with a turnaround of the Swiss foodmaker.

-- Nestle is close to a deal to sell about half of its European water business to private-equity firm Platinum Equity, the FT reports, citing unnamed sources.

La multinationale vaudoise s’allie au fonds américain Platinum Equity pour créer Peranel, une coentreprise qui regroupera ses activités Waters & Premium Beverages. Cette…

Nestlé will receive approximately three billion euros from its global water business joint venture. This new company, named Peranel, will house premium water brands and the…