Many analysts say the lack of transparency may put the free trade zone experiment in China in jeopardy, unless it is confirmed as one of the economic priorities of the Third Plenum of the Chinese Communist Party.
Deals
Allete buys 3 US wind farms for USD27 million
Allete Clean Energy, a subsidiary of US power company Allete, recently announced its acquisition of three wind farms located in Minnesota, Iowa, and Oregon, for USD27 million.
Telecom Italia to gain EUR4 billion from Telecom Argentina exit
Telecom Italia, the largest telecommunications company in Italy, will be selling its controlling stake in Buenos Aires-based Telecom Argentina to investment firm Fintech for EUR4 billion.
T-Mobile to raise USD1.96 billion in a stock offering
T-Mobile, a mobile service provider based in the US, had put up for sale its 66.15 million shares worth USD1.96 billion to improve its capacity for wireless data services.
China's SASAC open to allowing private sector interests in state firms
In a recent statement, the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission or SASAC had welcomed the move to allow the private sector to purchase interests in state owned or controlled corporations.
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According to sources interviewed by Bloomberg, New York-based private equity firm Forstmann Little & Co had shortened its list of potential bidders for IMG Worldwide Inc, its talent agency, to five.
Boston-based email productivity startup Yesware made its first acquisition by buying troubled San-Francisco based email file sharing startup Attachments.me, which would also be shutting down today.
A new CEO was recently installed for billionaire Eike Batista's OSX as it prepares itself for bankruptcy and other legal processes, according to its lawyers.
Atomico Ventures was able to raise USD 476.6 million for its third fund, based on an filing submitted to the US Securities and Exchange Commission on October 25.
Singapore-based Bitcoin exchange startup itBit secured USD3.25 million in a new funding round to be used for the launching of its Bitcoin exchange currency and the expansion of its operations worldwide.
Czech startup Futurelytics Inc closed its seed financing with USD 800,000 in a round led by Index Ventures and Credo Ventures. Futurelytics was the first Czech company to win initial funding from Seedcamp.
Accredited investors from The Williams Financial Group participated in the Series C round for Dallas-based Cleantech IT innovations firm Servergy Inc which closed with USD 20 million.
The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported on Monday. The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported on Monday.
Brazilian mining giant Vale had put up for sale its USD1.1 billion stake in Norwegian aluminum supplier Norsk Hydro, significantly reducing its stake in the company to 9.74%.
