Jun 19, 2013 | Africa, MENA, News
ACCRA, June 19 (Reuters) – Dubai private equity group Abraaj said on Wednesday it will acquire African dairy firm Fan Milk International, tapping into fast rising consumer spending in six west African countries. Abraaj, which has $2.2 billion invested in Africa,...
Jun 19, 2013 | China, East Asia, News
South China Morning Post 18 June 2013 A group of companies controlled by Li Ka-shing are buying Dutch waste management firm AVR Afvalverwerking for HK$9.7 billion, Li’s second investment in a waste treatment firm this year. Cheung Kong Infrastructure (CKI) and...
Jun 19, 2013 | News, North America
Bloomberg 18 June 2013 Corning Inc., the maker of glass for flat-panel televisions, phones and tablets, led a $60 million investment in View Inc. and will help the company develop tintable, energy-saving windows for buildings. Khosla Ventures, General Electric Co....
Jun 19, 2013 | China, East Asia, News
12 June 2013 Goldpoly New Energy Holdings is celebrating the successful acquisition of approximately 92.17% of the entire issued share capital of China Merchants New Energy Holdings on 10 June. In January, Goldpoly announced that the deal had been valued at HK$2.12...
Jun 18, 2013 | News, South & Central Asia, Western Europe
(Reuters) – Azeri state energy company SOCAR said it has started talks with the Greek government on purchasing the country’s natural gas grid operator DESFA, after being the only bidder in a failed tender for the asset sale. “The tender procedure on...
Jun 18, 2013 | Central & Eastern Europe, News, Russia
MOSCOW, June 17 (Reuters) – Billionaire Mikhail Fridman’s Alfa Group will invest $20 billion or more in global oil and gas projects through a new fund it has set up that will be advised by top-ranking former oil bosses, including ex-BP chief executive Lord...
