Hochtief AG is returning to its construction roots by the sale of its airport management division. Hochtief AG has entered into an agreement to sell its airport division to the Public Sector Pension Investment Board of Canada.
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Sainsbury to Acquire Sainsbury Bank in Full
Sainsbury to acquire Sainsbury Bank in full from Lloyds Banking Group. The third largest supermarket retailer in Britain, J Sainsbury is in deep discussion woth Lloyds Banking Group as to the acquisition of full ownership of the Sainsbury Bank joint venture.
Kopetz Recapitalized by LMW2
Kopetz recapitalized through LMW2 capital infusion. Sikich Investment Banking disclosed its recently concluded deal, the recapitalization of Kopetz Manufacturing, Inc by LMW2 Partners, a private equity firm.
ECI to Plan IPO
PT Electronic City Indonesia or ECI is planning to raise US$150 million through an IPO. One of the largest electronics retailers in Indonesia, PT Electronic City Indonesia (ECI) is now planning to raise nearly US$150 million through an initial public offer on June 2013.
New Name for Alcorn for its IPO
Alcorn Gold would be known as Cosco Capital when its IPO pushes through. Cosco Capital is planning to make a share offer worth at least US$500 million in order to improve its liquidity and free float as it comes out of a recent conglomerate restructuring program.
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The New Zealand government is divesting its interests in private companies in order to curb costs and trim debt.
Hertz's private equity shareholders sell of interest. In an announcement, Hertz Global Holdings Inc said that private equity firms of Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, the Carlyle Group and the Bank of America Merrill Lynch have exited their ownership in the company.
For the third straight time, Buffet's Berkshire Hathaway has sold off Moody's shares. In another surprising move, Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway has sold another 1.
Flexitallic, the sealing product specialist has been acquired by international private equity firm Bridgeport.
Tableau Software would undertake an IPO with an expected value of US$215.3 million. Tableau Software, the data analysis software programmer, announced that its initial public offer price would be pegged between US$24 and US$26 per share totalling US$215.
William Lyon Homes to do IPO expecting share price between US$22 and US$24 per share. An initial public offer for William Lyon Homes is expected to fetch a price per share between US$22 and US$24 totalling US$209 million.
Virtus expects a price per share between Aus$4.92 and Aus$5.68 and earnings of as much as Aus$449.4 million.
Alcobra Pharma to conduct an IPO projecting to raise US$27.3 million. A pharmaceutical firm in Israel is in the process of developing oral medication that reduce the side effects of the treatment of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
According to Alibaba CEO Jack Ma said that the IPO would be coming soon. The world's largest online retailer is trying to avoid experiencing the issues Facebook had faced with its initial public offer.
