The excitement of private equity opportunities in India, which reached fever pitch in 2007-2008, has crumbled.
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Warren Buffett's big appetite for newspapers
In a letter to publishers and editors, Warren Buffett said Berkshire Hathaway will probably purchase more newspapers in a few years.
Equity market still challenging, says Raymond James
Regional brokerage and investment bank Raymond James Financial on Wednesday said equity capital markets business in April continued to lag 2011 levels, and that markets in May so far remain challenging and volatile.
Goldman Sachs plans to invest $40 billion in clean energy
Goldman Sachs Group Inc plans to channel investments totaling $40 billion over the next decade into renewable energy projects.
Google Chrome became the top browser
Google Chrome has become the world’s top browser, surpassing Internet Explorer in recent weeks. Google Chrome has become the world’s top browser, surpassing Internet Explorer in recent weeks, according to a report of statcounter.
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Largest fund of its kind raised in 5 yrs - industry body Capital International Private Equity Funds has closed a $3 billion global emerging markets private equity fund, the largest fund of its kind in five years.
China eyeing lowering bar for becoming QFII -sources A proposed plan by China's regulators could allow hedge funds, for the first time, to directly trade in mainland stocks and bonds, opening up one of Asia's biggest capital markets to the $2 trillion industry.
China yuan funds of overseas PE firms to be treated as foreign. China plans to treat local money raised and managed by global private equity firms as foreign funds, industry sources said on Tuesday, restricting their access to sectors such as media and mining in the world's second-biggest economy.
India will slash the tax on long-term capital gains for private-equity investors to 10 percent from 20 percent, a finance ministry statement said on Monday.
China will raise foreign ownership limits in domestic joint venture securities firms and allow them to trade commodities and financial futures in a move to further liberalize the country's capital markets, a senior U.S. official said.
38 Additional Industry Collaborators to Participate in 2nd Annual Survey North Bridge Venture Partners and the 38 leading cloud organizations today announced the launch of its 2nd annual Future of Cloud Computing Survey.
The European Commission pledged to tighten control of so-called shadow banking on Friday, answering central bank calls for stricter regulation of the sprawling 46 trillion euro ($61 trillion) sector which has been blamed for aggravating the financial crisis.
Europe's regulators are closing in on reform of "dark pools" stock trading, a move aimed at increasing transparency but which long-term investors fear will increase their trading costs.
Network automation company Infoblox Inc's shares rose as much as 46 percent on their market debut as technology companies continue to be an investor favorite.Infoblox's IPO comes a day after Splunk Inc made a blockbuster debut, reaping the rewards of being the first mover in the 'Big Data' space.
