Sep 11, 2013 | Central & Eastern Europe, China, East Asia, News, Russia
The Moscow Times Rosneft has offered a stake in an East Siberian oil producer to China National Petroleum Corporation as part of their broader cooperation, sources close to the matter said Tuesday. The sources said Rosneft offered a stake of up to 30 percent in oil...
Sep 11, 2013 | East Asia, News, Oceania
Reuters SYDNEY, Sept 10 – Japanese recruitment giant Recruit Holdings Co is in talks to buy Australian online jobs portal Freelancer.com for $400 million, a source close to the deal said on Tuesday, declining to be identified as the information was confidential....
Sep 9, 2013 | East Asia, News
Reuters LONDON/TOKYO |Sep 9 Japan’s Suntory Beverage & Food Ltd is to buy GlaxoSmithKline Plc’s Lucozade and Ribena brands for 1.35 billion pounds ($2.1 billion) to help it expand into new markets. The deal had been expected since people close to the...
Sep 6, 2013 | China, East Asia, News
Reuters HONG KONG, Sept 5 – Focus Media Holding Ltd, a Chinese display advertising company backed by Carlyle Group and other private equity firms, plans to return to the loan market with a recapitalisation plan of up to $500 million, according to sources...
Sep 6, 2013 | China, East Asia, News, Western Europe
MILAN, Sept 3 (Reuters) – (Reuters) – Chinese-Italian private equity fund Mandarin Capital has sold its 7.57 percent stake in packaging machinery company IMA at 18.6 euros per share, two traders told Reuters on Tuesday. Mandarin Capital said on Monday it...
Sep 4, 2013 | China, East Asia, MENA, News
SHANGHAI, Sept 3 (Reuters) China’s Bright Food (Group) Co Ltd is in talks on the possible acquisition of Tnuva, Israel’s biggest food manufacturer and distributor, in a deal one newspaper said could be worth around $1.6 billion. “This has really just...