Domino's Pizza chief executive Lance Batchelor decided to quit from Britain's biggest pizza delivery company as its shares dive by 8.7% on Friday morning. Batchelor will be joining a private equity-backed company in a non-competing sector.
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Bitcoins no longer accepted on Baidu
After the government announced a ban on the use of Bitcoin for financial institutions, China's biggest search engine Baidu Inc announced that it would no longer be accepting the digital currency as payment.
UK's AZ Electronics shareholder rejects Merck takeover bid
UK asset manager Threadneedle Investments has increased its stake in AZ Electronic Materials to above 11% in a move that could block the GBP1.56 billion takeover bid from German drugmaker Merck.
Comcast taps JPMorgan on potential Time Warner Cable bid -sources
Top U.S. cable provider Comcast Corp has tapped JPMorgan Chase & Co for advice as it evaluates a potential bid for Time Warner Cable Inc, people familiar with the matter said.Comcast brought in the bank to help review options as speculation about cable industry consolidation increased in the past several months, one of the people said.
No acquisitions for Suntory in the next 12 months as local beverage competition heats up
President and Chief Executive Officer Nobuhiro Torii told Bloomberg in an interview in Tokyo yesterday that Suntory Beverage & Food will not be actively pursuing acquisitions in the next 12 months following its debut on the Tokyo Stock Exchange this year.
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International law firm Willkie Farr & Gallagher said private equity lawyer Kirk A. Radke will be joining their Private Equity Practice Group. Radke is known as one of the top private equity attorneys in the country.
Rob Marcus, the incoming Chief Executive Officer of Time Warner Cable Inc, said he is the perfect guy to manage cable company's mergers and acquisitions component.
The JPY18.6 trillion or USD182 billion economic plan for Japan was approved by the state's cabinet under Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. The core of the package is the JPY5.5 trillion in spending measures Abe ordered back in October this year.
Auction house Christie's said the value of the 2,781 works collection fully and partially-owned by the Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA) was around the USD452 million to USD866 million range.
Swiss bank UBS Ag said Ulrich Koerner will be replacing John Fraser as Head of Global Asset Management. Fraser is set to retire by the end of month.
Google Inc has quietly acquired more than a half-dozen companies for a new robotics groups led by Andy Rubin, formerly in charge of Google's popular mobile software, according to a report in the New York Times on Wednesday.
German medical supplies manufacturer Gerresheimer on Wednesday confirmed that it is no longer vying for UK-based Rexam's healthcare packaging unit. The company said the healthcare business did not fulfill its acquisition requirements.
American retail chain Abercrombie & Fitch's shares increased by 5.8% to USD35.99 per share after activist investor Engaged Capital urged the firm to change its leadership and explore a possible sale.
Engaged Capital, an activist hedge fund, wrote a letter to the board of Abercrombie & Fitch urging the retailer to replace CEO Michael S. Jeffries when his contract expires next year.
