Private equity firm Hellman & Friedman is reportedly considering to sell Catalina Marketing Corp. in a deal that could fetch $2 billion to $2.5 billion. Catalina provides customer-driven marketing services to over 25,000 grocery, drug and department stores in the US.
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Creditors of bankrupt Brazilian bank Banco Cruzeiro do Sul propose debt-to-equity swap
In an attempt to get their money back faster, creditors of Brazil-based Banco Cruzeiro do Sul, are looking for a debt-to-equity swap on an unsecured debt valued at 2.3 billion, Bloomberg reported.
Chinese cotton manufacturer to invest $2B in Pakistan
Shandong, China-based cotton and yarn manufacturer Shandong Ruyi Technology Group Co Ltd will invest $2 billion in the energy and textile sectors of Pakistan over the next two years.
FXCM in talks to buy assets of struggling high-speed trader Infinium
Foreign-exchange broker Forex Capital Markets (FXCM) said it was in talks with high-speed trader Infinium Capital Management to buy its assets. FXCM last year bought a $12 million note issued by the struggling high-speed trader.
US regulator wins lawsuit challenging merger of Bazaarvoice Inc and PowerReviews Inc
The US Justice Department won a case challenging the 2012 acquisition of Power Reviews Inc by rival online product review software maker Bazaarvoice Inc, Bloomberg reported.
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The insurance unit of Portugal's Caixa Geral de Depositos SA will be acquired by China's Fosun International Ltd in a deal worth €1 billion, Reuters reported.
There may be a lot of hype accompanying wearable devices but industry observers say these gadgets are not likely to be a big hit with consumers any time soon, Reuters reported.
Japanese trading house Marubeni Corp announced on Friday that it had bought a 100-megawatt (MW) gas power facility in Tokyo and is also planning to add further 200 MW of local capacity in 2016.
The first renminbi qualified foreign institutional investor exchange traded fund or RQFII ETF listed in the London Stock Exchange was launched by Hong Kong-based CSOP Asset Management and London-based Source, Reuters reported.
Philippine-based real estate firm Filinvest Land Inc bought an idle property in Ortigas Center, Pasig City, from state-run Government Service Insurance System in a deal valued at PHP771.5 million.
Al Glowasky, a veteran investment banker with more than 30 years of investment banking experience in his belt, will be joining Performance Trust Capital Partners as Managing Director in the West Coast region
UK's Montagu Private Equity and Rexam have reportedly entered the advance stage of talks on the sale of the latter's healthcare packaging business. Rexam is selling its healthcare division in a deal that could value the asset at about £500 million.
Internet giant Yahoo was earlier reported to have bought San Francisco-based startup Aviate for an undisclosed amount, but now a source familiar with the deal revealed that the acquisition was valued at $80 million.
Private equity firm Blackstone Group and property developer Panchshil Realty have emerged frontrunners for buying Citibank's old headquarters in Mumbai, India. The Blackstone-Panchshil combine have jointly bid INR186 crore for Citigroup Center.
