German bank Deutsche Bank AG is reportedly negotiating the sale of Tilney Investment Management to British private equity firm Permira. Permira has beaten other rival bidders for Tilney, including Brown Shipley & Co.
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IDP Eductaion mulls 2014 IPO in Australia
Australia-based IDP Education, the world's largest provider of international student placement, is considering the sale of its shares through an initial public offering (IPO) in 2014.
Australian fashion retailer Specialty eyes Rivers expansion after USD5 million buyout
Specialty Fashion Group, the biggest women's fashion seller in Australia, bought the Rivers clothing brand for USD5 million and plans to increase the number the Rivers outlets from 160 to 220.
KKR to acquire minority stake in Gland Pharma for USD200 million
American private equity firm KKR & Co LP reportedly agreed to commit USD200 million in Indian injectables manufacturing company Gland Pharma. The deal could put the company's valuation around USD600 million to USD650 million.
China's Shuanghui to fight for control over Campofrio
Hong Kong-based Shuanghui International Holdings intends to offer a counter bid for Spanish meat processor Campofrio. Mexican food company Sigma Alimentos earlier offered Campofrio a takeover deal worth EUR695 million.
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Bankruptcy judge Sean Lane dismissed a private effort to block the merger between US Airways and AMR Corp and gave the clearance to allow the transaction to proceed.
New York-based web tools and service maker Betaworks is raising a new USD20 million round of financing to build more useful services, according to the company's Chief Executive Officer.
Japanese chipmaker Toshiba offered to acquire solid-state hard drive maker OCZ Technology Group Inc. in a planned bankruptcy proceeding. The California-based company will immediately file for bankruptcy and liquidate if the deal with Toshiba falls apart.
Golub Capital announced that it provided a USD 193 million one-loan debt facility to Los Angeles-based private equity firm Aurora Capital Group to support its National Technical Systems Inc acquisition.
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.
Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. entered into a Purchase Agreement with Icahn Group. On November 26, 2013, Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. entered into a Purchase Agreement with High River Limited Partnership, Icahn Partners LP, Icahn Partners Master Fund LP, Icahn Partners Master Fund II LP and Icahn Partners Master Fund III LP, pursuant to which the Company agreed to repurchase 12,020,744 shares of the Company's common stock owned by the Icahn Group, at a price per share of $16.
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 accessibility of purchasing and selling Bitcoins via ATMs were popular, that a Robocoin Bitcoin ATM stationed in Vancouver, Canada raked in over 1,500 transactions at more than CAD1 million in 29 days.
UK Business Secretary Vince Cable, with assistance from Business Minister Michael Fallon, presented evidence to the Business Committee of the British Parliament to assure the public that Royal Mail shares in the IPO was not undervalued.
