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Barclays promotes John Miller as Americas banking head

Barclays Plc promoted investment banker John Miller as head of banking for the Americas division of the bank, according to an internal memo seen by Reuters.


KKR acquires Malaysia's Weststar Aviation

KKR & Co LP, a US private equity fund, had acquired a substantial minority stake in Weststar Aviation valued USD200 billion, said a Reuters report.

Men's Wearhouse rejects Jos. A. Bank's offer

Men's Wearhouse had rejected the takeover offer of Jos. A. Bank valued at USD2.3 billion in cash as the company deemed the bid to be inadequate, said a Reuters report.

Mossi Ghisolfi looks at Hong Kong listing by end of the year

Mossi Ghisolfi's Chairman said last Wednesday that the company had been looking to expand globally through a Hong Kong listing of about a third of its M&G Chemicals unit by end of the year.


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According to sources that told Reuters, US private equity firm Blackstone would be among possible bidders for Versace's minority stake.
Former Blackstone Group unit Stonepeak Infrastructure Partners raised an oversubscribed fund totalling USD1.65 billion.
The late release of government subsidy for the IFC backed Simran Wind Project Pvt forces it to shelve expansion plans.
Danish turbine maker Vestas Wind Systems A/S bond yields declined because of plans to sell off its machining and casting unit.
About GBP40 million was invested into Oxford Nanopore Technologies by new and old investors for the expansion of sales and manufacturing capacity of the company.
In a joint statement, Bharti Retail and Walmart dissolve their Best Price partnership in India. After weeks of speculation, Bharti Enterprises and Wal-Mart Stores Inc had announced that they are going on their separate ways for operations in the retail sector.
A joint venture firm was agreed to be formed between Siemens AG and John Wood Group John Wood Group Plc, the energy service firm together with Siemens AG, the German industrial conglomerate, have announced the formation of a joint venture entity to create a globally integrated rotational equipment service unit.
Saks Inc Stephen Sadove was appointed to the Board of Directors of JC Penney. JC Penney Co said the Chief Executive Officer of Saks Inc, Stephen Sadove, would be joining its board of directors.
Multiple issues regarding the imposition of collectible tariffs have affected the schedule of imported coal power plants of Tata Power.
Under the leadership of CEO Tamim Al-Kawari, QInvest would move away from its non essential businesses to focus on buyouts and buyins for Qatari companies.