Goldman to sell debt in Chilean local market. The fifth largest US bank by assets, Goldman Sachs Group Inc, is planning to expand into the Chilean market with the sale of fifty year bonds in the local market.
Deals
Nomura Holdings to Divest Holdings over Property Firm
Nomura divests property interests for more liquidity. Nomura Holdings Inc has announced that it would lessen its exposure in Nomura Real Estate Holdings through a deal that will amount to US$577 million.
Bertelsmann to buy out KKR in BMG
Bertelsmann would completely own BMG when it buys out KKR. The largest media company in Europe, Bertelsmann is buying out the stake of private equity firm KKR from their joint venture music rights management company BMG.
ING Groep to Sell its 7.2% Stake in Brazil's SulAmerica
ING Groep is looking forward to set sale of its stake in the Brazilian insurance company as it faces pressure to shed assets in exchange for the state bailout it received during 2008 financial recession.
Bids Filed for Catalunya Banc
Three major banks interested in purchasing Catalunya Banc Three Spanish banks have placed bids on Spanish lending giant Catalunya Banc. The nationalized lender is being sold and the non-binding bids were submitted by Santander, Sabadell and Popular.
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Vodafone pre-empted on bid to purchase Kabel Deutschland. Vodafone Group Plc is still considering a takeover bid of Kabel Deutschland, Germany's biggest cable operator.
Russia's richest man, Alisher Usmanov, is selling a stake worth 7.4% in the Internet group Mail.Ru.
Cipla Ltd offers to take over Cipla Medpro South Africa. Two Ciplas from two continents would merge into one. Indian pharmaceutical company Cipla Ltd increased its offer by 17% to fully acquire South African drug company Cipla Medpro South Africa Ltd.
Ryanair's third attempt to purchase Aer Lingus refused by EU regulators. European Union regulators have refused to validate the third purchase attempt by Ryanair to acquire Aer Lingus.
French water utility Veolia is now considering to buy out some minority investors but will not make acquisitions policy.
Mylan increases market share with Stride purchase. The world's second largest stand alone generic drugs maker, Mylan Inc has agreed to purchase Stride Acroblab Ltd's injectable medicine unit.
BCBG sale may reach US$1 billion BCBG Max Azria Group Inc, the fashion house to stars such as Beyonce and Angelina Jolie, is now expecting to sell at an amount nearing US$1 billion.
Y&R, the wholly-operating company owned by WPP PLC, has acquired a majority stake of Turkish C-Section.
Mediwatch and Genesis Medical have agree to dissolve their joint venture after they did not agree on several commercial aspects during their negotiations.
