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Alibaba investment by Yahoo more valuable after IPO

Yahoo, which owns 24% of ecommerce giant Alibaba, reaps revenues prior to the IPO. Yahoo's investment in Chinese e-commerce firm Alibaba Group Holding Ltd was sufficient to keep Wall Street happy despite the continued struggle in the third quarter for advertising revenues, The shares of Yahoo increased by 1% to USD33.


Czech Republic's richest man bids for local unit of Telefonica SA

Petr Kellner is seeking to purchase the Czech republic's unit of Telefonica SA. Telefonica SA is hard pressed to extract a higher premium for its Czech unit.

South Korea's Financial Supervisory Service investigates Goldman Sachs

Goldman Sachs, as well as a number of hedge funds or investment firms, is subject of a review by Korean regulators for compliance with local laws.

JP Morgan and CFTC reach settlement accord

To address wrongdoing in the 'London Whale' scandal, JP Morgan enters into a settlement agreement with the CFTC.


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In its amended IPO filing, Twitter would be listed with the NYSE and also reported increased revenues and user base despite mounting losses.
The Aluminum Corporation of China Ltd or Chalco had announced the sale of its shareholdings in the Guinea venture with Rio Tinto.
Known institutional investor Cerberus Capital Management is studying its options to determine if it would make a bid for BlackBerry.
KB Home set to offer bonds as well as notes issued to assist its plan to retire soon to be maturing debt.
A second project between Dow and ERB has been agreed upon where the power plant would utilize sugar cane residue as fuel for electrical power.
A number of prominent institutional investors and proxy advisory firms have supported a resolution calling for a split of CEO-Chairman duties at 21st Century Fox.
Neil Woodford leaves Invesco after 25 years of service for a still unannounced firm of his own. The overseer of the largest equity fund in the United Kingdom, Neil Woodford, had announced his departure from Invesco Perpetual after 25 years of service to manage his very own firm.
ICIG purchases Clariant AG unit focused on detergent and other intermediate chemicals. The plan of Clariant CEO Hariolf Kottmann of focusing the Swiss company to high yield markets would be one step closer to realization.
The plan is to raise funds from a share sale of Huaneng Renewables Corp. Wind farm operator from China, Huaneng Renewables Corp, is planning to raise HKD1.
A number of top notch companies have sent their bids to build Mongolia's Tavan Tolgoi Power Plant.