Gift cards and shipping refunds were offered by Amazon.com Inc to appease its customers after UPS said it would not be able to deliver some packages by Christmas, Bloomberg reported.
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Moody's: Potential acquisition of Woori Investment & Securities is credit negative for both NongHyup Bank and WIS
Moody's Investors Service says that the announcement on 24 December by Woori Finance Holdings Co., Ltd. (WFH) that NongHyup Financial Group Inc. (NH FG) is the preferred bidder to acquire Woori Investment & Securities Co Ltd
Co-founder abandons bid to acquire BlackBerry
BlackBerry co-founder Mike Lazaridis has officially dropped his plans to purchase the firm via a joint bid with a fellow co-founder as new management struggles to turn the troubled company around.
Spate of hotel IPOs underscores revival of hospitality industry- report
A report said the wave of hotel initial public offerings of Blackstone Group showcased a resurgence in one of the sectors that suffered the most during the recession, the hospitality industry.
Singapore's GIC buys Blackstone out of Broadgate deal
Singapore's sovereign wealth fund GIC was named as British Land's new partner in London's Broadgate office and retail complex on Tuesday, buying out U.S. private equity group Blackstone for around 1.7 billion pounds.
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Dubai Islamic Bank said on Wednesday it would increase its foreign ownership limit to 25 percent from 15 percent.
Italian insurer Unipol said it had received an offer to buy the insurance business with 1.7 billion euros ($2.3 billion) worth of premiums which it must sell to meet conditions set by the local competition watchdog to clear its merger with peer Fondiaria-SAI.
Title insurer Fidelity National Financial will sell a number of its databases to meet U.S. charges its proposed $2.9 billion acquisition of Lender Processing Services Inc hurt competition, the Federal Trade Commission said on Tuesday.
Japan-based SoftBank Corp is in final stages of talks with T-Mobile parent company Deutsche Telekom about acquiring the U.S.-based wireless carrier
Private equity company KKR & Co LP said on Tuesday it had raised a $1.5 billion real estate fund, its first dedicated investment pool for the asset class, which is rebounding in the United States amid a modest economic recovery.
Torq Energy Logistics, an affiliate of privately held Torq Transloading Inc, said on Tuesday that private equity firm KKR & Co has agreed to invest C$250 million ($236 million) to fund Torq's capital program and acquisition strategy.
Asian markets took cheer on Tuesday after Wall Street rang up more records and upbeat U.S. spending data burnished the outlook for the global economy, with Japan's Nikkei hitting a 2013 high after Tokyo markets opened after a holiday.
Indonesia announced on Tuesday it will allow increased levels of foreign investment in the country's airports, power plants, toll roads, and pharmaceutical industries as part of government efforts to boost the slowing economy.
Brazil-based iron ore miner Vale agreed to sell a stake in logistics company VLI SA to Canadian firm Brookfield Asset Management in a deal valued at BRL2 billion ($842.78 million).
