Government competition bureau approves sale of Astral to BCE. Approval has been issued by the Competition Bureau of Canada for the purchase of BCE Inc of Astral Media Inc.
Investors
Firms Plan HD Supply IPO
Fund managers prepare IPO of HD Supply. HD Supply is going public and many private equity firms are preparing for the IPO. This comes six years after the industrial distribution company was bought out of Home Depot Inc for a whopping US$8.
Private Equity Firms Make 2nd Round Bids for Armacell Buyout
Charterhouse, HgCapital and Pamplona are the remaining companies battling to acquire German insulation company Armacell after Goldman Sachs Private Equity and Equiston withdrew from the auction.
Bankinter and Apollo Team Up for Purchase
Generali's BSI is being purchased by Bankinter and Apollo Global Management. US investment fund Apollo Global Management has partnered with Bankinter of Spain to make a formal bid for Swiss private bank BSI.
Bankinter Joins With Apollo Global to Acquire Generali's BSI
Spanish bank Bankinter formed partnership with U.S. investment fund Apollo Global Management to bid for Swiss bank BSI.
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Facebook to answer lawsuit over IPO misinformation. Facebook, still reeling from the fiascos of its IPO, is now facing another shareholder lawsuit. The world's biggest social networking company's executives, namely founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg, its board and other officers for the damage sustained.
New York-based Latin American Private Equity and Venture Capital Association disclosed that buyout and venture capital firms spent $7.9 billion on acquisition activities in Latin America last year as they benefited from fundraising to gain capital.
Trafigura has shown interest in purchasing zinc from global leading zinc provider Nyrstar Commodities trader Trafigura revealed it has interest in bidding to purchase zinc from world's leading producer Nyrstar that could worth about $700 million per year.
Hellermann Tyton would be listed in the London Stock Exchange. Hellermann Tyton's business is the making of cabling products and has announced it would list at least 40% of its shares in the London Stock Exchange this March.
Corvex and Related lose court fight to restrain stock offer by Commonwealth REIT. Despite the objections by investors in CommonWealth REIT, the sale of thirty million shares valued at US$19 per share would proceed as planned.
American oil and gas explorer Anardarko Petroleum has collaborated with Venugopal Dhoot, an Indian tycoon, for the auction of a 20% stake in a Mozambique gas stake that is expected to fetch $4.5 billion.
American healthcare firm Allscripts has bought Israel's software provider dbMotion in a deal amounting $235 million.
News Ltd of News Corp sells of shares in Sky Network Ltd. As previously reported in Reuters, News Corp SA has completed the sale of its 44% share in New Zealand's Sky Network Ltd.
BP lost a bidding battle again to United States' ExxonMobile as the latter acquires access to Arctic Laptev Sea Fields where Russia's Rosneft has prospect reserves.
