Secured lenders at Texas Competitive Electric Holdings and unsecured bondholders at Energy Future Intermediate Holdings (EFIH) were in a deadlock about their confidentiality agreements due to Energy Future Holdings' USD250 bond debt payments due on November 1.
Investors
StoneCalibre acquires Anatrace, a unit of Affymetrix
Anatrace was recently acquired by StoneCalibre to expand its portfolio of detergents and lipids for the marketplace.
Retrax acquired by Kinderhook's Tectum Holdings LLC
No financial details were provided in the acquisition of Applied Products Inc or Retrax by Kinderhook's Tectum Holdings LLC.
China's ICBC to issue yuan-denominated bond in London - British finance minister
Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne announced via a Twitter post that Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) would be issuing a yuan-denominated bond on the London bourse next month.
Air France-KLM is 50-50 on participating in Alitalia EUR300 million capital increase - source
According to an anonymous source who told Reuters, Air France-KLM was 50-50 on whether it would participate in the EUR300 million share issuance to save the Italian airline from bankruptcy.
Latest News
Wumart Stores was said to be in discussions with CP Lotus to buy the latter's units, according to a source who told Bloomberg.
Capitol Bancorp has signed an agreement with Talmer Bancorp for the sale of the common stock of Capitol's consolidated entities.
Grupo BTG Pactual got regulatory approval to open a broker-dealer unit in Mexico. Brazil-based Grupo BTG Pactual received approval on Monday from regulatory authorities to establish a new broker dealer operation in Mexico.
A Wall Street Journal report said that Citigroup and State Street were already preparing for a possible debt default by the US government.
Trafigura Beheer and Mubadala Development would be purchasing a controlling stake in PortCo, a unit of MMX Mineracao & Metalicos.
The Wall Street Journal reported that China could allow foreign companies to sell shares in the free trade zone in Shanghai.
Tokyo Gas said it would looking at majority stake purchases for mid-sized LNG projects in Southeast Asia or Africa to bring down import costs.
After purchasing stake from OdontoPrev's CEO Luiz Zanetti, Banco Bradesco took full control of the dental care services firm.
Private equity firm KKR injected USD 300 million to First Data's balance sheets to help it refinance its debt.
