The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported on Wednesday including Sinopec, Apache, AMR, US Airways, Deutsche Bank, EDF, Oxford, Andor, Bank Zachodni WBK, Shuanghui, Campofrio, OCZ, Toshiba and CVS Caremark.
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UBS scales back its corporate advisory services in emerging markets
The Corporate Advisory Group of Swiss lender UBS, said three unnamed sources, will be scaling back its team in charge of providing corporate advisory and investment banking services to the ultra-rich in emerging markets including Asia and the Middle East.
Exxon to exit 25% stake in Iraq oilfield to PetroChina
US oil major Exxon Mobil will sign over its 25% stake in Iraq's West Qurna1 oilfield project to China's largest energy company PetroChina. Exxon previously offered to sell its entire stake in the oilfield following a disagreement with Iraq's central government.
Goldpoly New Energy Holdings enters agreement to purchase equity stake in solar farm projects
Chinese photovoltaic solar farm operator GoldPoly New Energy Holdings will be purchasing an 80% equity stake in solar farm projects for HKD 100 million or USD 12.9 million.
Christie’s Hong Kong Auction posts record USD493 million due to Asian investors
The auction frenzy seen in Hong Kong's latest auctions by Christie's International Plc was not caught on in London, wherein seven of the 24 lots put up for sale did not attract bidders.
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ZOOM TECHNOLOGIES INC. TO ACQUIRE BEIJING BAIFEN TONGLIAN INFORMATION & TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. Zoom Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq:ZOOM) is a technology holding company focused on the mobile telecommunications and technology space.
The price briefly topped the equivalent of $1,000 on Chinese exchange BTC China back on 19th November, but this is the first time this level has been reached in a US dollar denominated exchange rate.
A report by the Washington Post noted that Bitcoin's increasing trade value would benefit early investors like Bitcoin lead developer Gavin Andresen and the Winklevoss brothers.
The U.S. Justice Department is probing Morgan Stanley for its hiring practices in China. The move comes as U.S. authorities expand their investigation into whether banks' hiring of politically connected Chinese employees may have breached U.S. bribery laws.
China Everbright Bank Co is set to raise USD 1.5 billion in its initial public offering in Hong Kong, based on calculations done on the lender's sale document.
Burger King Worldwide Inc. formed a joint venture with Bertrand Holding Co. and Naxicap Partners to open new stores in France in the first half of next year. Burger King returned to the country last year, opening three stores with Italian restaurant operator Autogrill.
China's mobile-based taxi booking service Kuaidadi confirmed it recently received a USD100 million investment from Alibaba, and has acquired a Shanghai-based taxi booking app called Dahuangfeng.
The increasing number of new hedge funds by global banks and asset managers in Asia threatened the business of smaller firms who had opened their independent firms just after the 2008 financial crisis.
Teck Resources, Newmont Mining, Magris Resources and private equity firm Blackstone Group are reportedly bidding for Glencore Xtrata's Las Bambas copper mine in Peru. Las Bambas' estimated end-2014 valuation is at USD6.9 billion.
