Sources interviewed by Bloomberg said the Microsoft Board had favored Ford CEO Alan Mulally and internal executive Satya Nadella as the front runners to lead Microsoft.
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Gnanalingam open to client investors in Westports terminals
Westports Holdings Bhd founder and Chairman G. Gnanalingam said his company is looking to partner with strategic investors to expand the capacity of Port Klang in Malaysia.
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In an interview with Bloomberg TV India, billionaire Anil Agarwal expressed his disappointment about the outcome of his INR500 billion or USD8 billion investment in his aluminum business, and even commented that doing business in India is more difficult than elsewhere.
US hedge fund sold stake in Britain's Co-op Bank after Paul Flowers scandal
US firm Aurelius Capital Management sold its stake in Britain's Co-operative Bank to London hedge fund Perry Capital days after the private life of the bank's former chairman, Reverend Paul Flowers, was exposed.
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Thanksgiving is a time for gratitude. A Wall Street Journal report from Shasha Dai shared what private equity professionals were most thankful for this year.
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Bitcoin advocate Mike Hearn and skeptic Dr. Stephen Kinsella shared their opposing views on the future role of the digital currency in a BBC News report.
UK Business Secretary Vince Cable, with assistance from Business Minister Michael Fallon, presented evidence to the Business Committee of the British Parliament to assure the public that Royal Mail shares in the IPO was not undervalued.
Vincent Bollore will be elected as the new Chairman of the Paris, France-based company Vivendi SA after the spin-off of its telecommunications business will be finalized.
An unnamed source was cited by Bloomberg who said Malaysian billionaire Ananda Krishnan's Binariang GSM Sdn will decide whether to pursue its sale of around MYR6 billion or USD1.9 billion of Islamic bonds before the year ends.
In a speech delivered at Tel Aviv, Harvard Professor Yochai Benkler said cooperation and not self-interest can generate new ideas and transform businesses in today's knowledge economy.
At the SuperInvestor conference held in Paris, EQT Partner Managing Partner Conni Jonsson tackled the difficult issues faced by the private equity world, leading the industry to reflect on where it is headed.
Despite investor criticism it received for paying more investment attention on its non-core division, Gazprom announced on Tuesday in a joint statement that it had acquired Profmedia from metals tycoon Vladimir Potanin.
The resignation of billionaire Carl Icahn's director appointees in Take-Two Interactive Software Inc's board of directors was part of an earlier agreement should Icahn decide to sell his position in the video game publisher.
According to a report by Bloomberg, the charts produced by market-data provider Nanex LLC caused the ire of some traders, who insisted that Nanex's charts caused unnecessary investor anxiety.
