News Corp announced it is splitting its entertainment business from its publishing empire. (Photo : Brendan McDermid/Reuters)News Corp said on Friday it bought SportsTime Ohio, a Cleveland-based regional sports network that broadcasts Cleveland Indians baseball games.
Investors
Fiera Eyes Further Growth
Fiera Capital is pursuing to double its assets through acquisitions of US firms. The Canadian money manager Fiera Capital Corp is planning to increase its assets to more than double the current value of Can$150 billion or US$145 billion through the addition of smaller US firms.
Club Med Eyed by Consortium
A consortium of Club Med's top shareholders, Fosun International and AXA Private Equity preparing to bid Eur17 per share.
Pfizer to do Voluntary Share Exchange with Zoetis Shares
Pfizer would be offering a voluntary stock exchange program with current shareholders for Zoetis shares.
Egypt Set To Return Tax Collected
Egypt set to return the taxes collected from the QNB acquisition of NSGB. (Photo : Reuters)The image is the Arabic logo of the Qatar National Bank. In an announcement, the Egyptian government has said it would be refunding taxes it has collected from the acquisition by Qatar National Bank of National Societe Generale Bank.
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Google may find itself in antiregulatory waters should it push its bid for Waze. (Photo : REUTERS)U. S. regulators closed a long-running investigation into allegations that Google tweaks search results to hurt rival companies without finding any wrongdoing, a decision that disappointed rivals and critics of the Web search giant.
Bluefly's treasury shares as well as shares held by stockholders were purchased by Clearlake Capital.
Many buyout firms and manufacturing companies are eyeing the sale of Panasonic's healthcare unit.
Google contemplating on acquiring Waze. The creator of the Android operating system, Google Inc. , is also contemplating on acquiring the free mobile navigation application, Waze Inc.
Hulu.com auction attracts more bidders. The private equity fund, Guggenheim Digital Media and former President of News Corp, Peter Chernin, have already tendered their bids for the online video service, Hulu Video, as related by sources who are knowledgeable of the matter to Reuters.
Computacenter is offering options to its shareholders for the return of investments, either through a class B share or a dividend amount.
Dai-ichi Life Ins. Co.,Ltd purchased 40% shareholdings in Panin Life of Indonesia worth 30 billion yen.
Mando China Holdings Halts IPO trading in the Hong Kong Stock Exchange citing 'adverse market conditions' and 'significant market volatility'.
Upon its ascension to the Premier League, Cardiff City is exploring an IPO for the club. Vincent Tan, the billionaire Malaysian, is in the planning stage of an initial public offer of shares of footbal club Cardiff City as early as this 2013.
