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Arla ties up with China's Biostime for infant formula products

European dairy firm Arla Foods Amba has tied up with China's baby food maker Biostime International to invest in adding production capacity for infant formula products.


Bain to pay $1.3 bln for half Japan TV shopping channel-source

U.S. private equity firm Bain Capital will buy a 50 percent stake in Jupiter Shop Channel. U. S. private equity firm Bain Capital will buy a 50 percent stake in Jupiter Shop Channel, a television shopping company, for about 100 billion yen ($1.

Carlyle in talks to refinance $1.9 billion Coates Hire debt: sources

Private equity fund Carlyle Group (CG.O) is in talks with banks to refinance A$1.9 billion ($1.9 billion) in loans used to buy out Australian equipment hire company Coates Hire Ltd.

No fast recovery seen as M&A activity drops 25 percent

Mergers and acquisitions activity fell 25 percent worldwide in the first half of 2012 as global economic uncertainty reined in companies' expansion plans.


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Commodities trader Louis Dreyfus is buying a smaller-than-anticipated slice of Malaysian palm oil firm Felda Global Ventures Holding's (FGVH.KL) $3.1 billion IPO but sealed a deal to market the company's palm oil.
Major private equity and sovereign wealth funds on Thursday took tentative first steps to invest in Russia.
Australian surfwear company Billabong International is selling stock to existing shareholders to raise A$225 million.
U.S. buyout firm KKR & Co has put up for sale Bis Industries Ltd U. S. buyout firm KKR & Co has put up for sale Bis Industries Ltd, valued at around $1.
China will open up its public utilities to private investment as part of the current privatisation drive to bolster economic growth.
Chemicals maker Cabot Corp said it will buy activated carbon manufacturer Norit NV for $1.1 billion.
British private equity fund Charterhouse Capital Partners has approached Italian biomedical group Sorin (SORN.MI) about a possible takeover.
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Corporate Office Properties Trust (COPT) (NYSE: OFC) announced the pricing of its public offering of 6,000,000 of its 7.375% Series L Cumulative Preferred Shares with a liquidation preference of $25.00 per share.
Embattled U.S. truck and engine maker Navistar International Corp drew a line in the sand with activist investors on Wednesday by adopting a poison pill aimed at keeping outsiders from gaining a stake of 15 percent or more.