Legal & Regulatory

Wison's major shareholder cooperating with China authorities on corruption inquiry

Wison Engineering Services Co. Ltd, is cooperating with Chinese authorities investigating the corruption allegedly committed by the current state assets regulator during his tenure as PetroChina head.


OTP Bank prepares offer for state owned shares in Takarekbank

OTP Bank had prepared to purchase the shares owned by the Hungarian Post Office and the Hungarian development bank.

CBS reaches agreement with Time Warner to end blackout

CBS Corp and Time Warner Cable had reached an agreement to end a month long cable blackout of some shows in New York, Dallas and Los Angeles.

Poland to meet privatization target from smaller stake sales in 2014

Polands 2014 privatization target would be met through several sale of its stakes in listed firms. Poland had expected to meet privatization targets by 2014 through several sale of its stakes listed in companies.


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A deal between China COSCO Holdings and Piraeus would pave the way for privatization of the largest port in Greece.
The European Commission approved the restructuring plan of BCP, Portugal's largest listed bank.
The Syrian government cancelled its tender to buy white 276,000 tonnes of white sugar two times after receiving only one offer from international traders.
The Japanese government said it would use public funds to deal with the radioactive water emanating from the Fukushima nuclear plant as Tepco appeared overwhelmed by the problem.
The Central Bank of Malaysia said no to the proposal of BIMB Holdings to issue Islamic bonds to fund its purchase of Bank Islam.
Reuters reported that five of HTC's employees were jailed over the weekend over trade secrets breach claimed by the Taiwanese mobile phone maker.
Two of Everbright Securities senior executives resigned after severe penalties amounting to were imposed on the company for allegations of insider trading and other illegal activities.
Etihad plans to invest USD600 million in Jet Airways after approval from Indian authorities. Etihad extended the regulatory clearance deadline of its USD600 million deal with Jet Airways.
The oil consortium led by Essar oil is questioning a planned move to rescind an award over oil fields made seventeen years ago.
The Saudi Arabian government has cut down the number of pilgrims allowed to Mecca by requiring bonds for ferrying airlines because of ongoing expansion and construction at Islam's holiest mosque.