Piedmont was asked to pay Dexia Crediop SpA and Intesa Sanpaolo SpA US$47 million due to interest-rate swap agreement.
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Chinese search engine giant buys app store operator for US $1.9 billion
Baidu Inc shells out US $1.9 billion to acquire 91 Wireless, an app store firm. China's largest search engine company paid US $1. 9 billion to purchase an app store firm, 91 Wireless, from Hong Kong-listed NetDragon Websoft Inc.
Renault-Nissan to put in US 2.5 billion in India
The Renault-Nissan alliance will be investing US $2.5 million in India within the next four years. Car makers Renault and Nissan Motor Co. will be jointly investing the amount of US $2.
Bally Technologies purchases SHFL Entertainment for US$1.3 billion
Bally Technologies Inc would purchase SHFL Entertainment Inc. for US$1.3 billion in its hope to expand in Asia and Australia.
SPH REIT raises US$400 million in IPO
SPH REIT raised US$400 million in an IPO. Singapore Press Holdings Ltd. (SPH) raised SGD$504 million (US$400 million) in an initial public offering, said two sources familiar with the transaction.
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Prudential Plc agreed to sell its PCA Life Japan unit to SBI Holdings Inc. for US$85 million. UK's largest insurer by market value, Prudential Plc, decided to sell its life insurance firm in Japan.
Cipla acquired Cipla Medpro South Africa. Cipla Medpro South Africa was delisted from the Johannesburg Stock Exchange as of July 16, 2013. This was after Cipla completed its acquisition of the company for US$512 million.
Rumors of bidding war for Invensys abound. Rumors of a possible bidding war for the acquisition of Invensys Operations Management abound. This followed the announcement of Schneider Electric of its bid of about US$5 billion for Invensys.
Source BioScience was reported to place an offer for Vindon. The board of Vindon has confirmed that talks with the board of Source BioScience are at an advanced stage.
Opus Bank gears up for the expansion of its Income Property Banking division with the creation of Commercial Real Estate Banking division.
AT&T's acquisition of Leap puts pressure on smaller rivals to make mergers and purchases of their own.
PacTrust Bancorp's merger is “unique to Southern California,” according to Robert Franko, PacTrust Bank President and CEO.
According to Experian, telecom M&A are doing well in the UK. According to Experian, there was an increase in mergers and acquisitions for the telecoms section in the United Kingdom.
The South African mobile operator gets more than US $570 million in equity and loans. South Africa's Cell C announced that it will be given a cash injection amounting to US $350 million from Oger Telecom, its major shareholder.
