Aug 6, 2013 | Central & Eastern Europe, News, North America, Russia
(Reuters) – Billionaire Russian businessman Gennady Timchenko, a long-time associate of Russian President Vladimir Putin, plans to seek U.S. government-backed funding to buy luxury aircraft, Reuters has learned. To smooth the path for financial backing from the...
Aug 5, 2013 | Central & Eastern Europe, News, North America, Russia
The Moscow Times Investment group Sputnik and its Russian partners have purchased a 35 percent stake in PalliaTech, an American producer of marijuana-based pain medication. The deal was worth $10 million, making it a relatively small investment for Sputnik, its CEO...
Aug 4, 2013 | Central & Eastern Europe, News, Russia
The Moscow Times Independent gas producer Novatek has become the second Russian presence on the Polish gas market after buying storage facilities and a retail network for liquefied petroleum gas from Statoil Fuel & Retail Polska. The acquisition will allow...
Aug 3, 2013 | East Asia, News, Southeast Asia
Reuters 23 July 2013 Private equity-backed Taiwan cable television operator China Network Systems Co (CNS) is raising a loan of NT$40 billion ($1.34 billion) to restructure its debt ahead of a proposed Singapore IPO, Basis Point reported on Tuesday, citing sources....
Aug 3, 2013 | China, East Asia, News
China Daily Guangdong Zhanhua Group Co, the largest calcium superphosphate producer and sixth-largest diammonium phosphate manufacturer in China, is seeking strategic investors to fund the relocation and expansion of its production facilities. The Zhanjiang chemical...
Aug 2, 2013 | Central & Eastern Europe, News, North America, Oceania, Russia
RIA Novosti WASHINGTON — Texas-based oil and gas exploration and production company Range Resources has announced that its Australian merger partner International Petroleum is in talks to sell off its Russian assets, business website Interactive Investor reported...
