Bahrain-based investment firm Gulf Finance House (GFH) agreed to sell part of its stake in West Yorkshire-based soccer club Leeds United for an undisclosed amount.
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Vietnam to exit stakes in airline, state-owned firms
The Vietnamese government plans to exit its stakes in 11 state-owned companies under the transport ministry via stock market listings to boost economic productivity and growth.
VimpelCom Ltd extends partnership with Opera Software
VimpelCom Ltd, one of the largest integrated telecommunications service operators around the world, announced the extension of its strategic partnership with Oslo, Norway-based Opera Software,
Finland's Tieto inks deal to buy part of Siemens Convergence Creators telecom R&D
Finland-based IT service firm Tieto inked a deal to buy part of Siemens Convergence Creators' telecom research and development (R&D) for an undisclosed sum to strengthen its products portfolio.
Secretive company controls 45pct of emissions of Bitcoins- report
The mining pool GHash.io run by a secretive company known as CEX.io which has links to Ukraine nearly controls 45% of Bitcoin network's processing power, according to a report by Bloomberg View contributor Leonid Bershidsky.
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Kerala, India-based healthcare service provider Aster DM Healthcare is in talks with investment banks for a $200-million initial public offering (IPO) in London or Mumbai within a year.
The low-cost price plans of T-Mobile would most likely block Sprint Corp's takeover attempt of the company as regulators like to have an operator that provide lower rates to customers, Bloomberg reported.
San Francisco, US-based venture capital fund IDG Ventures invested an undisclosed sum in the first funding round of Bangalore, India-based mobile sales and marketing software maker FieldEZ Technologies.
World Bank Group member International Finance Corporation (IFC) invested an undisclosed amount in US-based submarine fiber optic cable system developer and operator Seaborn Network Holdings LLC.
Hony Capital Ltd, a Chinese private equity firm, is mulling a potential bid for United Biscuits Holdings Ltd owned by Blackstone Group and PAI Partners, according to sources interviewed by Bloomberg.
Google Inc spends more than five biggest rivals combined in US in bid to grow to new markets- report
Compared to the spending of its five biggest US rivals combined, Google Inc has spent more money in the past two years in its effort to reach out to new markets, Bloomberg reported.
Toshiba Corp, an engineering firm based in Japan, announced that it would be acquiring a 60% stake in NuGeneration Ltd, the nuclear joint venture of GFD Suez and Iberdrola, Bloomberg reported.
While pushing for an acquisition deal, Charter Communications slammed the executives of New York, US-based cable operator Time Warner Cable for a "failed" operating plan resulting in low customer satisfaction ranking.
US-based mobile health consultation app First Opinion raised $1.2M in funding from Greylock, Yuri Milner, Felicis Ventures, and 500 Startups to expland its consultants and workforce.
