May 20, 2013 | India, News, South & Central Asia
Business Standard 19 May 2013 The estimated Rs 950-crore IPO of local search engine Just Dial will begin tomorrow and is one of the largest initial public offers by an Indian Internet company. The IPO, which does not have issue of fresh shares, would see promoters...
May 20, 2013 | Africa, India, News, South & Central Asia
Business Standard 17 May 2013 Investment bankers have suggested that Bharti Airtel’s top management hive off the company’s African telecom tower assets into a separate company and then sell it to its listed subsidiary, Bharti Infratel, at a valuation of $2...
May 14, 2013 | Africa, News
Africa Venture Capital Association 14 May 2013 Dutch fund manager XSML announced its investment in Starz-kin, a retail business consisting of shops that sell household goods to the lower end of the market in DRC. This investment, through XSML’s Central Africa SME...
May 14, 2013 | Central & Eastern Europe, News
Financial Times – Beyond Brics 13 May 2103 Question: What’s the link between a national airline, a global-brand ski factory and an organic flour producer? Answer: none at all, except in Slovenia, where any half-aware citizen would immediately recognise them as...
May 14, 2013 | China, East Asia, News
Financial Times – Beyond Brics 14 May 2013 The media and netizens alike have been chatting up a storm about the upcoming Alibaba IPO. Even though the offer has not been officially announced, estimates of the company’s potential value once it is listed on the...