Investors seemed not receptive to the Chinese government's announcement to resume the initial public offerings by the first month of next year.
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Brazil's Grupo BTG Pactual files application for US commodity trading, warehousing
Latin America's largest investment bank, Grupo BTG Pactual, has applied with the commercial licensing bureau of Michigan to manage a commodities warehousing business in the US.
Industry executives, academics warn sequestration may undermine country's competitiveness- report
Industry executives and academics said mandatory budget cuts or sequestration have led to job losses and could eventually undermine the competitiveness of the US in the global economy, a Reuters report said.
Microsoft gets US government nod for Nokia unit takeover
The Federal Trade Commission in a statement said the US government approved Microsoft Corp.'s acquisition of Nokia's mobile phone business on November 29. The European Union is set to decide on the matter on December 4.
India approves Swedish retailer H&M's USD115 million investment
India's Foreign Investment Promotion Board has given the green light to Hennes & Mauritz's (H&M) INR7.2 billion (USD115 million) investment. The Swedish retail-clothing company looks to open 50 stores in India.
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According to a report on The Telegraph, British Chancellor George Osborne is said to be thinking of modifying the rules in the country's Enterprise Investment Scheme or EIS to boost investment in the venture capital industry.
A report by Agence France-Presse (AFP)recounted the difficulties of curbing the links between corporate Japan and the yakuza, and how some of the country's major banks adopted a laissez-faire compliance in eradicating mob ties.
After a 14-month freeze on initial public offerings, the China Securities Regulatory Commission said it expects a resumption of public listings by January next year.
Bankers and brokers believe that QDII3, a HKD100 billion investment scheme in Shenzen's Qianhai economic zone designed to allow offshore investment in Hong Kong, could take a long time before Beijing approves it.
Ukraine can get cheaper natural gas if it joins an economic bloc led by Moscow, Russian First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov told Bloomberg News.
Lawyers working in the buyout industry say that the private equity industry is bracing itself for more scrutiny by US regulators, according to a report.
The Obama administration declared victory on Sunday in its effort to get HealthCare.gov working smoothly for the vast majority of users, saying the site had reached a goal of handling 50,000 simultaneous users after a five-week "tech surge."
A final deal between Repsol and YPF on compensation for the seizure of the Spanish oil major's stake in its Argentine counterpart is likely before the year-end, a Pemex board member at Repsol said in an interview on Saturday.
A Bloomberg recounted how the Federal Trade Commission's decision to approve the USD2.3 billion buyout deal by Hertz Global Holdings Inc of Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group Inc was a mistake.
