Nov 7, 2013 | China, East Asia, News
Nov 6 (Reuters) – U.S.-listed chipmaker RDA Microelectronics Inc said it received an $18 per share buyout offer from China’s state-owned Tsinghua Unigroup Ltd, which is funded by the Tsinghua University, marking it a second such bid in more than a month....
Oct 30, 2013 | East Asia, News, Western Europe
MILAN, Oct 30 (Reuters) – Italian luxury leather goods brand Bruno Magli said on Tuesday its hedge fund owner Fortelus has begun exclusive talks to sell the entire company to a consortium of Asian investors. Bruno Magli said London-based Fortelus is expected to...
Oct 28, 2013 | Central & Eastern Europe, China, East Asia, MENA, News, Russia
TEL AVIV, Oct 28 (Reuters) – The Catalyst Funds will close two private equity funds soon that will bring Chinese and Russian investment to Israeli companies and help the firms break into those markets, one of Catalyst’s managing partners said on Monday....
Oct 21, 2013 | East Asia, News, North America
TechCrunch Oct 21 With the rise of the Mobile Era, a growing number of startups are trying to revolutionize the way we learn languages by giving us access to learning content and translation from anywhere, especially on the go. Like the popular Duolingo, many of these...
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 10, 2013 | Central & Eastern Europe, East Asia, News, Russia
The Moscow Times State corporation Rusnano will sell part of its stake in Russky Quartz to the project’s new strategic investor, Japan’s Sumitomo Corporation, a news report said Friday. The share constitutes 16.13 percent of the mineral processing...
