Jun 24, 2013 | News, North America
Winespectator.com 18 June 2013 Co-owner Christian Navarro and Marciano brothers buy store from founder Steve Wallace; sources say possible national expansion in the works. Wally’s Wine & Spirits, arguably one of Los Angeles’ top wine stores, is being...
Jun 24, 2013 | Central & Eastern Europe, News, Russia
Marchmont News RVC, the Russian government’s fund of funds for innovation, and GK Pilot, a leading local systems integrator, have co-invested in “FABRIKA,” an IT park in the southern Russian city of Astrakhan. RVC’s involvement comes through its tributary...
Jun 24, 2013 | China, East Asia, News, North America
Reuters 20 June 2013 Wright Medical Group Inc said on Wednesday it will sell its hip and knee implants business to a unit of MicroPort Scientific Corp for $290 million in cash. Wright’s OrthoRecon business generated about $269 million in revenue for 2012 and...
Jun 24, 2013 | Central & Eastern Europe, News, Russia
East-West Digital News Russian billionaire Alisher Usmanov, who controls amost 40% of Vkontakte via the Mail.Ru Group, of which he is one of the main shareholders, is no longer considering an IPO for the social network. The decision was reported by the Russian news...
Jun 24, 2013 | East Asia, News, Southeast Asia
Reuters 24 June 2013 (Reuters) – Japan’s Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) (8306.T) is in advanced talks to acquire a majority stake in Bank of Ayudhya Pcl, Thailand’s fifth-largest lender, in a deal worth over $4 billion (2.6 billion pounds),...