Oct 22, 2013 | Central & Eastern Europe, News, Russia
MOSCOW | Oct 22 (Reuters) – Russian internet TV portal Tvigle aims to raise more than $10 million and seek private equity investment so it can grow its business as a legal alternative to pirated content. Russia became Europe’s largest internet market by...
Oct 21, 2013 | China, East Asia, News, North America
HONG KONG | Oct 19 (Reuters) – U.S. private equity firm TPG Capital TPG.UL will pay HK$1.66 billion ($213.73 million) for 21st Century Fox-controlled Star Entertainment’s remaining stake in a Chinese satellite television operator. The move is the next step...
Oct 21, 2013 | Central & Eastern Europe, News, Russia
MOSCOW, Oct 21 (Reuters) – Russian entrepreneur Oleg Tinkov’s consumer credit provider TCS is aiming to raise around $1.1 billion in its London flotation – higher than the $870 million previously expected, a financial market source said on Monday....
Oct 21, 2013 | News, South & Central Asia
DUBAI, Oct 21 (Reuters) – Mezzan Holding Co, a diversified Kuwaiti conglomerate, will acquire the distributor of Red Bull energy drink in the United Arab Emirates, highlighting appetite for consumer-related investments in the Gulf Arab region. Mezzan is buying...
Oct 20, 2013 | News, North America
BOSTON, Oct 10 (Reuters) – Lookout, one of the world’s biggest providers of mobile security software, said on Thursday that it has raised $55 million in financing. The round was led by Deutsche Telekom AG. Qualcomm Inc’s venture capital arm, Greylock...
