Jul 22, 2013 | China, East Asia, News, North America, Oceania, South & Central Asia, Southeast Asia, Western Europe
The Wall Street Journal Although mining companies are becoming broadly less attractive as acquisition targets given sharply lower mineral commodity prices over the past year, the global M&A market will likely continue to expand in coming years, with Chinese...
Jul 22, 2013 | Central & Eastern Europe, News, North America, Russia
The Moscow Times Morgan Stanley sold a 50 percent stake in Moscow’s Metropolis shopping mall to a joint venture of U.S. real estate firm Hines and a California pensions managing agency in a deal which might be valued at over $600 million, a media report said....
Jul 22, 2013 | Central & Eastern Europe, News, Russia
Moscow Times BOSTON — In the city where the American revolution began in the 1770s and the east coast dot-com revolution was launched more than 200 years later, four teams of young Russian entrepreneurs are working to revolutionize the way the world sees high-tech...
Jul 21, 2013 | China, East Asia, News
Bloomberg 16 July 2013 Baidu Inc., owner of China’s largest search engine, agreed to buy app store 91 Wireless for $1.9 billion in its biggest announced acquisition to gain a greater share of the mobile user market. The company will acquire the majority stake owned by...
Jul 21, 2013 | News, North America
Bloomberg AT&T Inc., the second-largest U.S. wireless carrier, agreed to buy Leap Wireless International Inc. (LEAP) for $1.2 billion, giving the company 5 million customers, more airwaves and a larger piece of the pay-as-you-go market. Under the deal, Leap...
Jul 21, 2013 | China, East Asia, News, North America
Marketwire.com 10 July 2013 Goodman Group and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board are pleased to announce a US$500 million increase to their equity allocation to Goodman China Logistics Holding, with US$400 million contributed by CPPIB and US$100 million by Goodman....