Lenders in Spanish has been eyeing to acquire nationalized Catalunya Bank, which was bailed out last year amidst the crash of Spanish proper five years ago.
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Anschutz Draws List of Preferred Buyers
AEG is being sold off and buyers are being selected. A list of potential buyers for Anschutz Entertainment Group has been drawn up by Phil Anschutz. Sources familiar with the negotiations told Reuters that the negotiations can be concluded for the sports and real estate empire within the next few weeks.
Control of Hulu under Discussion
Disney and News Corp are in discussions as to the future of Hulu.com Discussions are now ongoing for the control of Hulu. com, the website partners News Corp and Walt Disney Co currently co-own.
CNOOC to Cede Gulf Assets
For national security concerns, CNOOC cannot use Gulf assets. China's largest offshore oil and gas producer CNOOC has been disallowed to control oilfields in the Gulf of Mexico.
Facebook Tactic Replicated by Twilio
Twilio to fund app makers for its services. Facebook, before becoming one of the most successful Internet companies traded in the market, did what no other company did before it.
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Best Buy Co. has rejected an offer for minority investment from past chairman Richard Schulze's private equity sponsors.
Marchionne, CEO of Fiat and Chrysler, opens up on possibilities for the future. Sergio Marchionne, concurrent CEO of Fiat and Chrylser Group LLC, said that he is determining whether the next step forward would be Chrysler going public or the carmaker would be merged with Fiat.
Nomura Holdings has been in negotiation to close a deal under which it will sell its stake in property firm Nomura Real Estate Holdings.
German group Bertelsmann is set to purchase the stake of KKR in the music rights management firm BMG.
UBS research predicts effects of pension underfunding and corporate bond yields. In a research note, UBS is forecasting that US companies would be contributing at least US$70 billion into their corporate pension plans in 2013.
The lender is in discussion to make sale of its non-performing loans portfolio to a joint venture. Puerto Rican lender Popular Inc. announced that it has plan of selling portfolio of non-performing loans worth $568 million to a joint venture between Caribbean Property Group and Perella Weinberg Partners-affiliated funds.
AIG divests US government of shares over the company. American International Group Inc or AIG has recovered from the 2008 financial crisis after buying out the US government's last financial interest in the formerly beleaguered firm.
Best Buy closes door on takeover bid of its founder. The latest offer from its minority ownership was considered 'poor' by Best Buy Co. , prompting it to reject the bid by Richard Shulze's private equity sponsors.
Under the definitive merger agreement, Danfoss will acquire 24.4% of Sauer-Danfoss common shares that it does not already own.
