The region of Abu Dhabi will establish a presence of a major, global studio for the first time, with Digital Domain Media Group planning to have a studio of animation, visual effects and motion capture and a media school.
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EU mergers and takeovers (May 22)
mergers under review by the European Commission and a brief guide to the EU merger process. The following are mergers under review by the European Commission and a brief guide to the EU merger process:APPROVALS AND WITHDRAWALSNoneNEW LISTINGSNoneEXTENSIONS AND OTHER CHANGES-- Finnish group Outokumpu to acquire German group ThyssenKrupp's Inoxum stainless steel unit (notified April 10/deadline extended to Sept.
Morgan Stanley lowered Facebook revenue forecast right before IPO
Morgan Stanley expressed caution of Facebook’s revenue in the filing of an amended prospectus with U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission(SEC).
Blackrock, others buy $1.6 billion stake in F1: sources
Private equity firm CVC Capital CVC.UL has sold a $1.6 billion stake in Formula One to three investors.
Accor to sell Motel 6 to Blackstone for $1.9 bln
Accor is to sell its troubled U.S. budget hotel business for $1.9 billion to private equity group Blackstone.
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Colorado start-up UrgentRx today has closed on a $3 million Series B round of financing, lead by Los Angeles-based venture capital fund JUMP Investors.
Chinese Internet entrepreneur Jack Ma's Alibaba Group is buying back up to half of Yahoo Inc's 40 percent stake for $7.1 billion.
South Africa's Vodacom said it will fight a court ruling that it must pay $21 million in consultancy fees or submit to the mandatory sale of its shares in its joint venture in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Motor racing business Formula One will start pre-marketing for its up to $3 billion Singapore initial public offering on May 22.
Private equity group Nordic Capital said on Monday it has bought Sport-Master, Denmark's largest sporting goods chain, continuing a string of recent deals in the region's buoyant buyout market.
Bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals involving European, U.S. and Asian companies. The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals involving European, U.
Israel's IDB Development Corp agreed to sell 49.9 percent out of its 60.5 percent stake in Clal Industries and Investments (CII) to U.S.-based Access Industries .
Pressure on the mining industry amid a global economic slowdown has not deterred a handful of mining companies from tapping the high-yield market with five deals emerging in recent weeks.
Manulife Financial Corp and Metlife are among the companies that have submitted first round bids for ING's entire Asia life insurance business, sources said on Saturday.
