Feb 27, 2014 | News, North America, Western Europe
MILAN, Feb 27 (Reuters) – Italian fashion house Versace is selling a 20 percent stake to U.S. private equity firm Blackstone (BX.N) for 210 million euros ($287 million), aiming to fund new shops and build on a recent recovery in sales before an eventual stock...
Feb 20, 2014 | France, News, Western Europe
PARIS, Feb 20 (Reuters) – French property group Gecina has reached a preliminary deal to sell the Beaugrenelle shopping mall in Paris for 700 million euros ($960 million) to a group of private investors, the company said on Thursday. Gecina has been selling off...
Feb 4, 2014 | News, North America
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb 4 (Reuters) – Information-technology network company Spiceworks announced on Tuesday it had raised $57 million in venture-capital funding led by Goldman Sachs. The Austin, Texas-based company said in a press release it would use the cash to...
Jan 31, 2014 | France, News, Western Europe
PARIS, Jan 31 (Reuters) – U.S. investment firm Blackstone and Canadian property manager Ivanhoe Cambridge said on Friday they held 22.98 percent of French real-estate investment firm Gecina following a ruling by a Luxembourg court. The ruling, concerning loans...
Jan 31, 2014 | News, Western Europe
BERLIN, Jan 31 (Reuters) – American buyout group KKR has agreed to take a 10 percent stake in Hertha Berlin in a deal worth about 60 million euros that will boost the capital club’s finances and brand in the Bundesliga, the two sides said on Friday. The...
