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Gigante Makes Offer on Office Depot Mexico

Grupo Gigante offers to purchase other half of Office Depot Mexico. Grupo Gigante, the Mexican retail giant had formally sent an offer of 8. 78 billion pesos or US$687.


Turkey Highway Privatization Cancelled

Turkish Prime Minister pulls plug on highway privatization deal. In a news conference, the Turkish Minister of Finance Mehmet Simsek announced that the government is cancelling the US$5.

Capitalization Boost Expected with CDS books sale

Banks are now cleaning the vestiges of the 2008 market crash by dumping CDS instruments. In a house-cleaning move, several major banking institutions are trying to rid itself of the credit portfolios that had been the major cause of the 2008 global financial crisis.

SNI Sells Interests

SNI selling off interests to foreign firms. The Moroccan royal family's investment firm, SNI recently announced the sale of its 37. 7 percent stake in dairy firm Central Laitiere.


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HP stock price rises in light of better returns. In a rally, HP share values increased by as much as eleven percent for the fourth quarter of 2012. This prompted at least eight brokerage houses to raise price forecasts over the stock but market analysts say that the worst is still to come for the company.
Okada quits ahead of ouster move. Kazuo Okada resigned from Wynn Resorts Ltd not waiting for the results of the board of directors' vote. The Japanese billionaire is actually facing ouster by the board.
Ross Smith Asset Management Inc. acquires control over common shares of C.A. Bancorp Inc. Ross Smith Asset Management Inc. announces that the investment funds it manages have acquired 3,000 common shares of C.
The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported on Tuesday The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported by 1500 GMT on Tuesday: - Capital One Financial Corp said it agreed to sell to Citigroup Inc its $7 billion portfolio of private label and co-branded credit card accounts linked to electronics retailer Best Buy Co Inc.
Itochu today paid Dole a non-refundable cash deposit of $200 million to be applied toward the purchase price
Renesas is restructuring and will sell shares of stock to improve its overall position. Shareholders of Renesas Electronics Corp had passed a resolution to approve a sale plan amounting to 150 billion yen.
ING Bank Australia to sell record high mortgage backed bonds. ING's Australia unit, ING Groep NV is projecting to sell up to Aus$2 billion or US$2.
New agreements forged to complete Utica Joint Venture. The Utica Joint Venture, comprising of MarkWest Energy Partners LP and the Energy and Minerals Group announced the formalization of an Amended and Restarted Limited Liability Company Agreement for MarkWest Utica EMG LLC.
REIT purchases sprawling Ontario property for expansion. True North Apartment Real Estate Investment Trust has announced that it would acquire four properties in the Ontario area for a total purchase price of US$25.
Petroleum company purchased for US$4.3 billion. A merger agreement was settled between Berry Petroleum Company, LINN Energy LLC and LinnCo LLC. LINN Energy and LinnCo would purchase all of Berry's current outstanding shares totaling US$4.