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Shareholder says participation in Herbalife buyout likely

Herbalife Ltd fourth largest shareholder Bill Stiritz said he would most likely take part in a leveraged buyout of the company, as the nutrition company is in the middle of pyramid scheme accusations by hedge fund manager Bill Ackman.


FedEx chief's position at risk with Loeb entry

Despite Daniel Loeb's assurance that he or his hedge fund Third Point LLC does not have any plans to ouster FedEx Corp founder, chairman and chief executive Fred Smith, an analyst said

Bedlam Asset Management winds down, divert business improvement plans after CEO exit

Bedlam Asset Management, a London-based fund manager founded by former Credit Lyonnais Securities Asia managing director Jonathan Compton, would be closing shop after chief executive officer Ian McCallum quit without notice last October.

TPG Capital appoints Tim Dattels as new Asian operations co-head

TPG Capital replaced Stephen Peel with Tim Dattels as co-head for Asian operations and assigns Peel to focus on TPG's interests in emerging markets beyond the region.


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Nissan Motor Co Ltd will build 1 million cars in Mexico by 2016, cementing the country's position as the export hub for the Japanese automaker in the Americas, Chief Executive Carlos Ghosn told Reuters as he inaugurated a $2 billion plant.
TPG Capital senior partner Tim Dattels, a former Goldman Sachs banker, is moving back to Asia to be co-head of the global private equity firm's regional operations, as current Asia head Stephen Peel steps away from day-to-day management.
OAO Sberbank, under the leadership of CEO Herman Gref, had undergone layoffs as well as transitions to become one of the top banks in Europe, with interests in Eastern Europe and Turkey.
Activist investor Dan Loeb, founder of hedge fund Third Point LLC, said Tuesday that his investment firm owns shares of FedEx Corp and remains bullish on Japan.
Project A's Managing Director joins the board of Tictail for strategic and operational cooperation, whose membership includes experts in the social media and ecommerce platform.
Bradley Nii was introduced by Monroe Capital LLC as its new Managing Director for its Los Angeles office as well as its new Group Head for the Southern California region.
Pepsico CEO says that India has degraded from 'must invest' to 'must deal with' because of infrastructure issues such as corruption and unclear taxation policy.
The amount that private-equity firm KKR & Co would use to acquire Brickman Group Ltd would come from its ongoing North American fund worth over USD8.3 billion and other financial pools.
The USD25 million funding Jessica Alba's The Honest Company had raised would go towards implementing its growth plans, including a potential expansion in the Canadian market.
Transocean Ltd announced on Monday its plans to appoint new members of its board of directors in Switzerland, an initial public offering of a Master Limited Partnership, and an equity payout of USD3 dividend.