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General Growth spends USD 567 million to buy back shares
General Growth Properties spent USD 567 million to repurchase shares, mostly from Pershing Square Capital Management.
ECI Partners sells Ascribe to MIS Group for GBP 57.5 million
ECI Partners announced the sale of its portfolio company Ascribe to MIS Group for GBP 57.5 million. ECI Partners sold IT software supplier company Ascribe to MIS Group for GBP 57.
Two Republican representatives question regulatory oversight for private equity funds
Two Republican lawmakers questioned the time and resources spent by Securities and Exchange Commission in monitoring private equity funds.
Sale of MSG's Fuse was more common sense than strategic - report
According to a report by Forbes news magazine, the sale of Madison Square Garden Company (MSG)'s Fuse cable TV music channel was a more tactical rather than strategic move to exit from a floundering business unit.
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A Reuters report said the growing number of equity issuance this year was a sign of positive growth.
Antitrust regulators in the European Union would review M&A deals to gauge their effects on local markets.
Virgin Mobile Middle East and Africa had introduced new telecom services in Malaysia. Virtual telecommunication services in Malaysia was recently launched by Virgin Mobile Middle East & Africa in partnership with the Southeast Asian countries fourth largest telecoms operator U Mobile.
Renowned Middle Eastern scientist Hayat Sindi called for more investments in the field of science and technology to foster inventive spirit and innovation.
Confidence in ad tech partners jumped, hoping that riding on the social microblogging platform company Twitter Inc's IPO would provide them additional opportunities for ad placement.
Qatari telecommunications firm Ooredoo would be one of the major sponsors for the Paris-St.Germain football team in the 2012/2013 French Ligue 1.
Citing sources who were familiar with the matter, the Financial Times reported that Shanghai has approved six foreign hedge funds to raise money from investors within China.
Austrian insurer Uniqa said it would selling its private equity fund portfolio worth EUR 400 million to various investors.
Fiat SpA chief executive officer Sergio Marchionne told reportersthat the merger between Italian automaker Fiat SpA and US automaker Chrysler Group LLC might be delayed because of a disagreement over the valuation of shares a retiree trust holds in Chrysler.
According to CSCEC CEO Yu Tao, the company's experience in building and maintaining housing projects would be key to address the needs of the GCC countries.