Finance/Venture
Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Nears Deal for Thai Life Stake
Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance of Japan is in the process of acquiring Thai Life Insurance Co at a deal priced at around US$700 million.
EU Approves ICE's $8.2 billion Acquisition of NYSE Euronext Without Conditions
The Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) was given unconditional approval to acquire NYSE Euronext for US$8.2 billion.
Lafarge on the way to $700M trade for its gypsum enterprise
The world's biggest cement and concrete manufacturer is just around the corner of vending its North American gypsum unit to Lone Star for about $700 million, informants said.
Millennium's Portfolio Companies Show Sterling Results
Millennium had done four exits of companies it had invested in just for the first half of 2013. (Photo : Reuters)The image is the acquisition by Yahoo of Tumblr.
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Osprey Capital announced it made a 35% investment into Mansard Capital. (Photo : Reuters)This is the logo of Mansard Capital. Osprey Capital Limited, a venture capital firm from the United Kingdom, has announced an investment of 35% in Mansard Capital.
TA Associates purchased a minority stake in Fractal Analytics. (Photo : Reuters)This is the logo of Fractal Analytics. A minority stake in Fractal Analytics was bought by TA Associates worth $25 million.
As its debt drew near, Dubai increased asset sales to pay its US$30 billion worth of debt next year and another US$9.6 billion debt by 2015.
Prof. Jacob A. Frenkel was named the new chief of the Bank of Israel replacing former bank governor Stanley Fischer.
Kuwaiti Sheik Meshal Jarah al-Sabah sued UBS AG in a Dubai court valuing the case at US$21.4 million.
Billionaire Kumar Mangalam Birla's daughter Ananyashree Birla offered credit to women in villages in Maharashtra state.
Lloyds Banking Group asked for a two year extension from the European Commission for the sale of its 631 branches.
Barclays is under investigation by German tax authorities for possible tax evasion according to German newspaper.
CVC Capital Partners and Apax Partners LLP show promising results as one of the top buyout firms in Europe.
Rampant speculation on Fed Reserve actions have caused German, Italian and Spanish bonds to decline.