Deals
China Construction Bank Corp purchases majority shareholdings in Banco Industrial & Comercial SA
BicBanco's 72% would be acquired by China Construction Bank Corp for BRL1.62 billion. China's second largest financial institution in terms of assets, China Construction Bank Corp, had entered into an agreement to pay BRL1.
Barrick Gold halts project, offers shares to raise funds
The halt of its Pascua-Lama project as well as gold price decline had forced Barrick Gold to sell of shares to raise much needed funds.
Wells Fargo settles mortgage bonds issues with FHFA
For an undisclosed amount, Wells Fargo settles with FHFA on issue of faulty mortgages issyes In an agreement to settle claims with the Federal Housing Finance Agency, Wells Fargo agreed to pay less than USD1 billion to resolve the issue on the bank's alleged knowledge of the faulty nature of mortgage bonds sold to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
ITT Corp increases dividend and expands manufacturing to address higher demand
Pumpmaker ITT is expanding both on the shareholder value side and on the operations side as demand for pumps had increased by half in the third quarter alone.