May 20, 2013 | India, News, South & Central Asia
Business Standard 20 May 2013 (Reuters) Morgan Stanley said on Monday it has signed an agreement to sell its Indian wealth management unit to Standard Chartered. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. “Morgan Stanley will work closely with Standard...
May 20, 2013 | Central & Eastern Europe, News, North America, Russia
Last week NeoPhotonics, a US-based developer of optoelectronics for high-speed communications networks, opened its R&D center and Russia/Eastern Europe sales office in Moscow, a year after it received a capital injection from, Russia’s state-owned nanotech...
May 19, 2013 | Central & Eastern Europe, News, North America, Russia
Moscow Times 19 May 2013 Russian billionaire and president of gaming operator Ritzio International Oleg Boiko is set to produce Scarlett Johansson’s directorial debut, a film adaptation of Truman Capote’s novel “Summer Crossing.” Boiko will...
May 17, 2013 | Central & Eastern Europe, News, Russia
SOCHI, Russia, May 16 (Reuters) – Russian diamond miner Alrosa plans a share sale that could value the business at up to $15 billion and raise hundreds of millions of roubles for its local and national government owners. The issue, which the Russian government...
May 16, 2013 | Africa, News
Moscow Times 17 May 2013 Oil trader Gunvor, co-owned by businessman Gennady Timchenko, in January bought a 9.9-percent stake in Swedish oil and gas company PA Resources, a news report said Thursday, citing the company’s corporate materials. As a result of the...
May 16, 2013 | India, News, South & Central Asia
MUMBAI, May 16 (Reuters) – Private equity investment in Indian infrastructure is poised to pick up following a lengthy dry patch as debt-stressed operators of toll roads and other projects come under pressure from banks to offload assets to strengthen balance...
