Paul Kazarian, founder of Japonica Partners & Co and known for his purchase of Greek bonds, told Bloomberg in an interview that Greece needs to adopt corporate accounting practices if it is to return to the debt markets.
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Little Eye Labs co-founder says in preliminary discussions of a deal with Facebook
Kumar Rangaranjan, one of the founders of Indian startup Little Eye Labs, told the Wall Street Journal that it was in preliminary discussions with social media giant Facebook regarding a potential deal.
Matriarch of HK property developer Sun Hung Kai hands out stakes to sons
The widow of Hong Kong property developer Sun Hung Kai founder Kwok Tak-seng, Siu-hing, said in a statement yesterday that she handed out a 6.36% ownership stake in each of her sons' family trusts.
Chinese firm launches hostile takeover of Queensland coal miner Carabella
Queensland-based coal mining company Carabella Resources Ltd received a hostile bid from private Chinese firm Wealth Mining, which already owns an 11.06% stake in the Australian mining firm.
Malaysian tycoon Vincent Tan mulls over Cardiff City FC IPO, hires CIMB Group Holdings
Vincent Tan, owner of Malaysia's Berjaya Group, is looking to list Cardiff City Football Club on Singapore's Catalist. Tan controls a 51% stake in Cardiff City, which has been recently promoted to the English Premier League.
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China Development Bank Corp. has committed CNY490 million (USD81 million) to clean-energy operator China WindPower Group's solar farm projects in two Chinese provinces. CDB has provided a total of CNY1.23 billion to China WindPower's previous projects.
Australia-based ProPrint magazine has been purchased by Printer Magazines Group for an undisclosed amount after ProPrint's parent firm, Haymarket Media, decided to exit from the Australian market.
Beijing Interoceanic Canal Investment Management Co announced the joint venture of billionaire Wang Jing and Ukrainian partner Kievgidroinvest LLC to construct an economic development zone and port on the Crimean peninsula.
Insurance Australia Group Ltd is said to be thinking of making an offer for the insurance arm of Wesfarmers, according to sources interviewed by Bloomberg.
Total, Europe's third-biggest oil company, will purchase a 61.3% stake in InterOil Corp.'s liquified natural gas project in Papua New Guinea. The acquisition deal is worth USD3.6 billion.
San Francisco-based recruiting startup getTalent's founder Abraham Shafi told TechCrunch that his company was just acquired by job website Dice, but financial terms of the said deal were not disclosed.
The potential growth of credit-card payment processing services in Japan saw Twitter Inc. co-founder Jack Dorsey's Square Inc and SoftBank Corp's venture PayPal Here battling for a sizeable market share in the niche business.
Private equity firms in Europe have chosen initial public offerings as the way to exit their investments as the markets have become open, according to a report from the Financial News website.
Vale SA, the world's largest iron-ore producer is considering to sell its holdings in its coal and fertilizer divisions. The Brazilian mining giant is also looking to sell its stake in a steel-slab plant constructed with Germany's ThyssenKrupp AG.
