Stocks fell on Friday, with the Nasdaq weighed down by another drop in shares of Apple, and as the overhang of "fiscal cliff" negotiations kept buying to a premium.
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Judge Rejects Apple Injunction Bid vs. Samsung
A U.S. judge on Monday denied Apple Inc's request for a permanent injunction against Samsung Electronics' smartphones, depriving the iPhone maker of key leverage in the mobile patent wars.
Newtown Blacklash Prompts Bushmaster Rifle Maker Sale
The company whose AR-15 type Bushmaster rifle was used in the Newtown school massacre in Connecticut will be immediately put up for sale, its private equity owner Cerberus Capital Management LP said on Tuesday in response to investor concerns.
KKR Raises $6 Billion Asia Fund, Region's Largest Ever
KKR & Co L.P. has finished raising $6 billion for its second pan-Asia fund, according to sources, the largest private equity pool ever assembled for the region, with strong demand from pension funds and endowments seeking emerging market returns.
Massachusetts Fines Morgan Stanley Over Facebook Research
Morgan Stanley, the lead underwriter for Facebook Inc's initial public offering, will pay a $5 million fine to Massachusetts to settle charges that its bankers improperly influenced its research analysts when the Internet company went public.
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A strong yen and tight domestic market conditions have induced major Japanese banks to expand their footprint in the southeast Asian economies, many of which are experiencing relatively high economic buoyancy. Against this backdrop, Japan's retail and commercial bank Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc (MUFG) has worked out two deals in a single day.
The move is also reportedly aided by a planned purchase of 70 percent of Sprint by Japanese mobile firm Softbank, with an associated capital infusion.
Swiss bank UBS faces a fine of about $1 billion next week to settle charges of rigging the Libor interest rate benchmark, a person familiar with the situation said on Thursday.
Mercedes-Benz expects to lose its lead in the U.S. luxury market to German rival BMW, which is expected to be aggressive in its incentive strategy this month.
Delta Air Lines has agreed to pick 49 percent in Virgin Atlantic for $360 million. A two-year wait has finally yielded the much-vaunted outcome. American carrier Delta Air Lines has agreed to pick up a 49 percent stake in Virgin Atlantic for $360 million, which will give it access to London's Heathrow airport, the veritable hub of European corporate travelers.
MegaFon, Russia's second biggest mobile operator, has acted swiftly to pick a stake in cellphone retailer Euroset which operates 5,500 stores across the country and Belarus.
Thailand's Charoen Pokphand (CP) Group, controlled by the country's richest man Dhanin Chearavanont, has taken over global bank HSBC's 15.6 percent stake in China's Ping An Insurance, one of world's largest insurers.
Tax consultancy in The Netherlands is seemingly on the upswing in view of a greater number of corporates seeking to establish their European holding companies in the EU member country because of its many bilateral tax agreements with other nations to prevent double taxation. Against this backdrop, US private equity firm Blackstone Group LP has decided to buy Dutch tax consultancy Intertrust from Dutch private equity firm Waterland for a reported $883 million (675 million euros).
US insurer American International Group Inc (AIG) has decided to sell 90 percent of its stake in ILFC, the world’s largest aircraft leading business, to a Chinese consortium –comprising New China Trust, which is one-fifth owned by Barclays Plc, China Aviation Industrial Fund and P3 Investments Ltd -- for a total consideration of $4.8 billion. An arm of Industrial and Commercial Bank of China will join the consortium once the deal has regulatory approval.
