Vivendi nears sale of GVT with green light from Brazil

French media group Vivendi SA is likely to close a deal in the coming weeks to sell a stake in Brazilian telecoms unit GVT


Veteran Managers to Head New Hedge Fund

Wolfberg and Landry to join forces in new hedge fund firm. Adam Wolfberg, a veteran of SAC Capital Advisors, Diamondback Capital Management and the Galleon Group is teaming up with Steven Landry of East Bay Asset Management would launch a new hedge fund.

Former Soros Fund Manager to Raise Own Funds

Former Soros CIO Anderson now raising funds for own financial firm. Learning from the best now he is striking it out on his own. Keith Anderson, former Chief Investment Officer at Soros Fund Management is now raising funds for his own hedge fund named Anderson Global Macro according to recent report from Reuters.

Private Equity in a Nutshell

Private equity defined in simple terms. Private equity is simply a class of assets that include equity securities in operating companies that are not bought and sold in the stock exchange.


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Sharp Corp., the electronics giant, is set to terminate its planned capital merger with Taiwanese business partner Hon Hai to focus on a new deal with another company.
Telrad Agrees to Purchase Alvarion BWA Telrad Networks said it plans to acquire Alvarion Ltd. 's broadband wireless access business in a $6. 1 million deal.
There are two investment plans, proposed by Farnair and Airsia, that will be put in consideration of India's FIPB.
There have been many foreign companies related to agriculture that are courting Malaysia for investment plans.
HP's growth recognized by investment brokers. Following the raising of HP's prices by JP Morgan Securities and UBS, other brokers are following suit in recomputing the value of the tech company's stock.
Datalink to expand through acquisitions. Datalink Corporation is now formulating plans to use acquisitions in order to double its sales revenue to a projected US$1 billion in the next three years.
Hamilton Lane purchases Shott Capital. In an announcement, Hamilton Lane said it has acquired Shott Capital Management. Shott is a private equity firm that provides in kind stock distribution management services to institutional investors.
Keith Anderson, former chief investment officer at Soros Fund Management is looking forward to raise up to $1 billion for his Anderson Global Marco fund.
KKR & Co LP founders and chief executives receive large gains as debt markets and buoyant equity show good signs for 2012
Brazil's OGX Petroleo is being rumored to have a plan of selling a stake to Malaysian oil company Petronas.