Icahn's antics clearly for short-term gains

The withdrawal of Carl Icahn's threat to have a court declared valuation is a sign that the billionaire investor's short term goals.


Bank Rossiya units seeking purchase of Tele2 from VTB

Applications with the Federal Anti-Monopoly Service was filed by two Bank Rossiya as they bid to purchase shareholdings in Tele2 from state backed bank VTB.

Essent engages top banks for IPO

Mortgage insurance firm Essent added Wells Fargo into its list of underwriters together with Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase and Barclays.

Jana Partners takes large stake in Outerwall

Activist investor Jana Partners LLC had reported a 13.5% stake in Outerwall Inc. and said it was exploring options including a possible sale, according to a Reuters report.


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Sotheby's would adopt its shareholders right plan after Daniel Loeb's Third Point hedge fund planned to increase its stake in the company and pushed to shakeup the company's management team, said a Reuters report.
According to a report from Reuters, the memories of Facebook's IPO had cloud up Twitter's debut which had dampened enthusiasm for the shares of the social networking platform.
The Irish NAFA had prepared the way to sell off shares. The National Asset Management Agency of Ireland is in the process of preparing the sale of EUR300 million or USD408 million worth of Irish real estate loans.
Lloyds Banking Dublin portfolio creates buzz for investors. A number of US investment companies such as Apollo Global Management LLC, Goldman Sachs Group Inc and Lone Star Funds have forwarded their bids for 25 properties located in Dublin to be sold off by Lloyds Banking Group.
In a basic comparison, Twitter's risk factors were longer than Facebook's, which may indicate a riskier investment.
The merger of Etihad Airways and Jet Airways passed finance regulatory authority review and now would go to the antitrust regulatory authority.
MongoDB announced that it was able to score USD 150 million in financing from various investors. Data management firm MongoDB said it was able to raise USD 150 million in capital commitments from its latest financing round.
The Washington Business Journal said Gannett Co Inc was able to raise USD1.25 billion in debt offering to fund its USD2.2 billion acquisition of Belo Corp.
Twitter, with its more than million followers, would grow in the future avoiding Facebook's pitfalls.
Reliance Capital Asset Management Ltd performed better this year compared to last year, mainly due to increased advertising revenues.