CBS is expected to offer $100 million for One Equity Partners' stake in TV Guide Network, sources cited.
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Twitter Creates Hoaxes on Stocks
Several hoaxes on stocks have emerged from the social media site Twitter as investors use the site as source of stock information.
More and More Criticize Judge's Activities on M&A Decsions
More equity dealmakers criticize judges and their activities. In its annual M&A Jamboree in New Orleans held this week, dealmakers delivered its verdict on judges who make superfluous legal rulings to the detriment of their business.
Firms Jockey for Deals as Investors Go Direct
Private equity firms are losing funding sources as investors are wising up to avoid exorbitant fees and charges.
Wider Commodities Funds Draw Investors
Investors of Commodity exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are shifting their interest to funds with broad commodities exposure.
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P. Schoenfeld Asset Management or PSAM is now raising questions on the proposed merger of MetroPCS Communications Inc. and T-Mobile as it vetoes the deal.
Piraeus bested rival Alpha Bank to become the manager of Cypriot lenders Bank of Cyprus and Cyprus Popular Bank.
The US, with its latest megadeals, lead the volume in mergers and acquisitions, overshadowing the bleak future of Europe and Asia.
French insurer AXA is now finalizing the sale of the majority state in its private equity arm to a group of investors in a deal worth about 500 million euros.
Telecom group Vimpelcom is tapping UBS to supervise the sale of its Canadian unit Wind Mobile, which is being valued between $500 million and $1 billion.
Pantaloon has agreed to shed off its 22.5% in a life insurance venture it has with Italian Assicurazioni Generali.
Private equity companies are calling to the Japanese government for the limited role of the country's two largest government funds which have been successful in taking over companies.
Klaus-Michael Kuehne,Hapag-Lloyd's co-owwner,told that the company and its merger partner Hamburg-Sued will be having equal rights for the combined company.
The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC)is set to open public hearings on May 6 on BCE Inc.'s C$3 billion proposal to buy Astral Media.
