Mar 29, 2013 | News, Western Europe
MILAN, March 27 (Reuters) – Octo Telematics, an Italy-based company that makes vehicle recording devices for the auto insurance market, is looking for a buyer and will send information to potential bidders in the second part of April, a person close to the...
Mar 29, 2013 | News, Western Europe
LONDON, March 27 (Reuters) – Merlin Entertainments Group, the private-equity backed owner of Madame Tussauds and Legoland, is preparing to go public in either London or New York and has been meeting with potential investors, its chief executive said on...
Mar 28, 2013 | Central & Eastern Europe, News, Russia, Western Europe
MOSCOW/STOCKHOLM, March 28 (Reuters) – Russian billionaire Mikhail Fridman is ready to trump state bank VTB’s deal to buy Tele2’s Russian division and is considering an offer for the whole of the Nordic telecoms group. Fridman’s A1 says sale to...
Mar 28, 2013 | China, East Asia, News, Western Europe
AMSTERDAM, March 28 (Reuters) – Dutch express delivery company TNT Express said it has sold Hoau, its Chinese domestic road business, to private equity funds managed by CITIC Private Equity, but gave no financial details. The Dutch firm was forced to come up...
Mar 27, 2013 | France, News, Western Europe
PARIS, March 26 (Reuters) – The sale of French department store Printemps to Qatari investors could be a done deal by as early as this summer as the timetable for presenting the deal to its staff is now set, people close to the proposed deal said on Tuesday. The...
