The New York Times said private equity investors of Oriental Brewery in South Korea could stand to gain a 34% annualized return on their original investment of the brewery.
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Hero MotoCorp purchases 60% stake in joint venture with Italy's Magneti Marelli
Hero MotoCorp on Wednesday announced its buyout of 17.49 lakh shares in HMC MM Auto Ltd., which represents a 60% stake in the company. HMC MM Auto Ltd. is a joint venture of Hero MotoCorp and Italian automobile company Magneti Marelli.
Peugeot enters final talks on €3.5 billion share sale
French automobile manufacturer PSA Peugeot Citroen is nearing a €3.5 billion share sale deal with Chinese carmaker Dongfeng Motor Co. and the government of France. Under the terms of the deal, Dongfeng and the French state will each hold a 20% stake in Peugeot.
Greenland Hong Kong acquires Shanghai real estate for mixed-use development
A South China Morning Post report said Greenland Hong Kong Holdings Ltd, the real estate arm of China's state-owned Greenland Group, bought a site in Huangpu, Shanghai for CNY5.95 billion or HK$7.59 billion.
UBS to enter Australian property market through joint venture with local developer
Switzerland's biggest bank, UBS AG, will be entering the property market in Australia through a joint venture with local developer Grocon Pty, a Bloomberg report said.
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Credit ratings agency Moody's Corp has acquired Amba Investment Services for an undisclosed amount. The Economic Times reported the purchase highlighted an appetite for big data and knowledge outsourcing firms.
Hengdeli Holdings will be acquiring control of Shenzhen Feierpusi Electronics Co, which owns an 88.6% stake in a watch retailer in Nanchang.
The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported on Wednesday, including Fortum, National Vision, Saipem, CTT, MTS, Southern Pacific, Warrnambool, Verbund, Bakkafrost, Popular and Marathon Oil.
A Business Insider report said the few hundred people who owned the digital currency Bitcoin are the ultra-rich, as estimates indicate that each owns at least $1 million worth of Bitcoins.
A report said the price gap of Bitcoins sold on BTC China and the virtual currency on foreign exchanges had tempted some traders to take advantage by conducting arbitrage.
Idea Cellular board director Sanjeev Aga exited from his 5,000 shares in the Indian mobile network operator for INR8.81 lakh. Aga has been credited for launching Idea Cellular.
South Korea's Financial Services Commission on Wednesday cleared MBK Partners' $1.75 billion acquisition of ING Groep's Korean insurer. MBK bought 8.2 million shares in ING Life Korea.
A joint statement on Tuesday revealed that Micron Technology will be paying Rambus at $10 million in royalties per quarter for a seven-year period for the former's use of the latter's DRAM memory patents.
Internet giant Yahoo Inc. could raise around $36 billion should it decide to divest its entire 24% stake in Chinese e-commerce company Alibaba. Yahoo will be forced to sell much of its stake if and when Alibaba sells its shares in an IPO.
