Groupon searches for new CEO and expands to ecommerce. After last week's unceremonious termination of Groupon founder Andrew Mason as CEO, Chairman Eric Lefkofsky is now under pressure to turn the fortunes around of the beleaguered company.
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Royalty Pharma Offers US$6.6Bln Offer for Elan
Royalty Pharma offers US$11 per Elan share. While Elan is in the process of selling its fifty percent share in the successful multiple scelerosis drug Tysabri with its US partner Biogen Idec, here comes American investment firm Royalty Pharma offering US6.
Kuwait's Zain to Sell Iraqi Unit Stake in IPO
Zain, a telecom firm in Kuwait, is in the process of selling its stake in its Iraqi unit. Kuwaiti telecom operator Zain is set to sell its stake in its business unit in Iraq through initial public offering as part of its $1.
Ship Owner Continues Lease Agreement
Capital Product Partners LP agrees to lower bareboat charter costs to lease to Overseas Shipholding.
Kodak Gets Flexible Financing
Kodak gets flexible financing and reorganization plans as it prepares to come out of bankruptcy. The bankrupt photography icon Eastman Kodak Inc was allowed to amend its financing deal in order to become more financially flexible as it girds to exit Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
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Best Buy closes chapter on Schulze takeover bid. With the clock passing on the deadline for the Richard Schulze offer to be filed, Best Buy is now going with the turnaround plan proposed by current CEO Hubert Joly.
Esa Ikaheimonen has been appointed as the new chief financial officer of Transocean Ltd., the largest offshore rig contractor in the world.
A report from newspaper Vedomosti disclosed that Peugeot and ZIL are planning to produce light commercial vehicles in the Russian market.
Sources said that Comark apparel chain is currently on the process to be sold, with an expected amount of up to $400 million based on multiples of other deals in the retail industry.
Hartford posted an amended filing with SEC to correct its results for third quarter in full-year 2012 on internal account error that led to loss instead of a gain.
Iconic Petronas Towers to be a REIT. A restructuring deal struck by KLCC Property Holdings Bhd would transform Malaysia's Petronas Towers into the country's largest real estate investment trust.
Piraeus is now the shipping hub for HP through Cosco Shipping. A deal was inked between Hewlett-Packard and Cosco to make Piraeus, Greece a key hub for supply and distribution.
Blackstone Group says its co-founder and chief executive officer Stephen Schwarzman obtained 2013.3 million in pay and cash dividends in 2013.
Foxconn to dissolve JV with Metro AG. Foxconn Technology Group, after its failed joint venture with Metro AG, a German retailer has said it will turn to China for expansion of its retail business.
