Carlyle Group founders announce earnings for 2012. Each founder of Carlyle Group LP received $57. 6 million each in earnings from their shares in the private equity firm and executive salaries in 2012.
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Bahri to fund Vela purchase with sukuk bonds
Bahri's purchase of Aramco's Vela fleet now needs to be paid through sukuk bond issue. Saudi Arabia's National Shipping Co's acquisition of Saudi Aramco's marine subsidiary placed it in debt.
Sunac and Greentown Strengthen Partnership
Sunac Greentown venture purchases land in Shanghai's Huangpu District for US$1.45 billion. Greentown China Holdings Ltd and Sunac China Holdings Ltd forged deeper bonds when it purchased a Hong Kong holdings company that has central Shanghai land assets in its portfolio.
Nordic Cinema Business Merger in the Offing
Ratos and Bonnier to merge cinema interests in Nordic region. Ratos, the private equity firm and Bonnier the publishing giant has agreed to the merger of their cinema chains Finnkino and SF Bio respectively.
New Rates to Make it Cheaper to Invest in Fidelity China
Rate cuts instituted to entice investors to capitalize with Fidelity China. Fidelity, the fund manager, announced that management charges paid annually on Anthony Bolton's Fidelity China Special Situations Investment Trust by investors will have a price discount.
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Warburg Pincus converts compulsorily convertible preference shares to increase stake in Capital Finance.
Value First purchases clk2c.com lock stock and barrel. ValueFirst Digital Media Pvt Ltd has recently acquired clk2c. com for an undisclosed amount. The purchase of the Gurgaon based digital media company would result in the acquisition of the mobile video service technology platform and its entire team.
Chesapeake Energy issues redemption notice despite failing to get injunction issued. Last Friday, Chesapeake Energy Corp issued an announcement that it would commence its plan of buying back US$1.
Oktogo.ru receives capital infusion from consortium headed by Victor Sazhin. Oktogo. ru, receives an $11million funding infusion from a new group of venture capitalists.
Rosetta purchases oil shale acreage from Comstock. Rosetta Resources Inc, the oil and natural gas producer, would be investing in Comstock Resources Inc's acreage located in West Texas Permian Basin.
Silver Lake raises funds to support Michael Dell's plans. The technology focused private equity firm Silver Lake Partners has raised US$10 billion in an effort to add on to its US$24.
BYD, despite financial difficulties, denies share offer in the Hong Kong bourse. The Warren Buffett-Berkshire Hathaway backed Chinese automaker BYD Co Ltd denied a recent news report that the company is planning to sell new traded shares in Hong Kong's bourse.
Indian government NALCO share sale nets US$116 million. It was reported on Friday that the Indian government was able to raise $116million as proceeds of the sale of their shares with National Aluminium Co Ltd (NALCO).
Empire State Building to become REIT. The company controlling the Empire State Building has announced that a majority of its investors has approved a proposal to make the iconic building into a real estate investment trust or REIT.
