Jul 29, 2013 | France, News, North America, Western Europe
Bloomberg 28 July 2013 The family of French billionaire Francois Pinault, owner of Chateau Latour in Bordeaux, has acquired California’s Araujo Estate Wines along with its flagship Eisele Vineyard. Araujo has 162 acres (66 hectares) in the northern Napa Valley,...
Jul 29, 2013 | China, East Asia, News, Western Europe
Bloomberg Hutchison Whampoa Ltd., Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka-shing’s biggest company, may consider other options to bolster its telecommunications assets in Italy after talks to merge with Telecom Italia SpA’s wireless business were put on hold, the head of its local...
Jul 29, 2013 | China, East Asia, News
PR Newswire 28 July 2013 Shanda Games Limited, a leading online game developer, operator and publisher in China, announced today that it has entered into definitive agreements to acquire affiliates providing user and payment platform services from its parent company...
Jul 29, 2013 | France, News, North America, Western Europe
The Washington Post 29 July 2013 PARIS — Omnicom Group Inc. and Publicis Groupe SA say they are combining in a “merger of equals” that will create the world’s largest advertising firm, one worth more than $35 billion. The combined company will be called Publicis...
Jul 29, 2013 | Central & Eastern Europe, News, North America, Russia
East-West Digital News Investing in US startups has become a habit for certain Russian venture funds, as shown by a recent $700,000 capital injection into California-based Venturocket.com, an innovative online “talent discovery platform.” The round was led...
Jul 26, 2013 | China, East Asia, News, Oceania
Proactive investors Australia Norton Gold Fields has received Foreign Investment Review Board approval to proceed with its acquisition of Kalgoorlie Mining Company. The company’s offer of 0.054 Norton shares and 0.054 Norton options for each Kalgoorlie Mining (KMC)...
