Vincent Bollore will be elected as the new Chairman of the Paris, France-based company Vivendi SA after the spin-off of its telecommunications business will be finalized.
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Private equity experts share what they're grateful for in 2013 - report
Thanksgiving is a time for gratitude. A Wall Street Journal report from Shasha Dai shared what private equity professionals were most thankful for this year.
Europe's biggest activist investor sees burst of M&A deals in 2014
Christer Gardell, who co-founded Europe's biggest activist investor Cevian Capital, expects a burst of activity in mergers and acquisitions next year as corporate confidence returns.
RSA Insurance Group Irish unit Chief quits as accounting probe continues
RSA Insurance Group's Irish unit Chief Philip Smith resigned as the internal probe conducted on the insurance firm's accounting practices continued. Smith reasoned that he was made as a fall guy.
Mulally, Nadella are top contenders for Microsoft CEO- sources
Sources interviewed by Bloomberg said the Microsoft Board had favored Ford CEO Alan Mulally and internal executive Satya Nadella as the front runners to lead Microsoft.
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An unnamed source was cited by Bloomberg who said Malaysian billionaire Ananda Krishnan's Binariang GSM Sdn will decide whether to pursue its sale of around MYR6 billion or USD1.9 billion of Islamic bonds before the year ends.
In a speech delivered at Tel Aviv, Harvard Professor Yochai Benkler said cooperation and not self-interest can generate new ideas and transform businesses in today's knowledge economy.
At the SuperInvestor conference held in Paris, EQT Partner Managing Partner Conni Jonsson tackled the difficult issues faced by the private equity world, leading the industry to reflect on where it is headed.
Despite investor criticism it received for paying more investment attention on its non-core division, Gazprom announced on Tuesday in a joint statement that it had acquired Profmedia from metals tycoon Vladimir Potanin.
The resignation of billionaire Carl Icahn's director appointees in Take-Two Interactive Software Inc's board of directors was part of an earlier agreement should Icahn decide to sell his position in the video game publisher.
According to a report by Bloomberg, the charts produced by market-data provider Nanex LLC caused the ire of some traders, who insisted that Nanex's charts caused unnecessary investor anxiety.
Wal-Mart CEO and President Mike Duke will officially step down on Feb 1, 2014 and will be replaced by Doug McMillon who is the head of Wal-Mart's international division. Duke will continue his role as Chairman and will be advising the new CEO for a year.
Allies of Russian President Vladimir Putin will reportedly get upset about the Russian state chief's latest economic policy to freeze prices starting next year, Bloomberg said in its report.
The acquisition by Virgin Connect-affiliate Trivon AG of The MegaMax Group in the Nizhny Novgorod region of Russia dispelled a rumor about the former's business in trouble in the region.
