Aug 20, 2013 | China, East Asia, France, News, Western Europe
Bloomberg L’Oreal SA, the world’s largest cosmetics maker, agreed to buy China’s Magic Holdings International Ltd. for HK$6.54 billion ($843 million) to expand in a market where sales growth is outpacing that of the company. L’Oreal will pay HK$6.30 a share in cash...
Aug 6, 2013 | China, East Asia, France, News, Western Europe
Reuters PARIS, Aug 5 (Reuters) – One of China’s top securities brokers has bought parts of the commodities trading unit of French bank Natixis in the latest move by Chinese institutions to expand into natural resources markets. * Western banks under...
Aug 6, 2013 | East Asia, France, News, Western Europe
PR Newswire 5 Aug 2013 NTT Communications Corporation, Arkadin International SAS and AXA Private Equity jointly announced on August 5 that they have entered into exclusive negotiations over NTT Com’s acquisition of a majority stake in Arkadin, the world’s...
Aug 1, 2013 | China, East Asia, France, News, Western Europe
International Venture Capital Post French company CEVA entered into a definitive agreement with Sichuan Hengtong to acquire a majority stake in its animal health subsidiary in China. The signing, which was done in CEVA’s headquarters in Libourne, was witnessed...
Aug 1, 2013 | France, News, Western Europe
Reuters 31 July 2013 France’s Schneider Electric is to buy British engineer Invensys for an agreed 3.4 billion pounds ($5.2 billion) to strengthen its high-margin industrial automation business and win more custom in the fast-growing energy sector. * To pay 502...
Jul 31, 2013 | China, East Asia, France, News, Western Europe
Bloomberg Citic Securities Co., China’s largest broker by market value, completed its purchase of Credit Agricole SA (ACA)’s CLSA unit, withholding $100 million of the $1.25 billion price pending its acquisition of the Taiwan operation. Citic is paying $841.7 million...
