The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported on Thursday including Sigma Alimentos, Fastjet, Rostelecom, DNB, Caixabank, Cyfrowy Polsat, America Movil, Alitalia, Telecom Italia.
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The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported on Friday, including Microsoft, Comcast, Green Dot, Goldman Sachs and others.
EMedia Networks proposed to go private
eMedia Networks International Corporation today announced a proposal by Jasvir Athwal, Darren Reiter and David Mears, all directors and officers of the Company, for the Company to go private.
Brazil nabs USD9.1 billion total in airport privatization deals
The government of Brazil divested its ownership stakes in two major airports to groups of multiple buyers as part of its strategy to improve the country's infrastructure in time for the World Cup.
Glorious Property gets USD589 million bid from founder
Billionaire Zhang Zhirong offered USD589 million to take Glorious Property Holdings Ltd private, a move is seen as an effort to save a troubled shipbuilder that he founded.
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Crocs Inc, known for its colorful clogs, has hired investment bank Moelis & Co to explore strategic alternatives, including a leveraged buyout, two people familiar with the matter said on Wednesday.
Crocs Inc, known for its colorful clogs, is considering going private, among other strategic options, a person familiar with the matter said on Wednesday.
Due to net income decline, the world's biggest reinsurer Munich Re would do a share buyback program to be completed by April 30, 2014.
Russian state-owned diamond miner Alrosa had reduced its capital investment expectations for its planned IPO.
Woori Finance Holdings closed its preliminary bidding to privatize the largest financial company in South Korea.
A Blackstone Group-led consortium would privatize Pactera Technology. A buyout group led by private equity firm Blackstone Group would be taking China-based Pactera Technology International Ltd private.
The recent privatization of Royal Mail creates an 'equity culture' in the UK. The strong demand for Royal Mail shares could become the watershed moment where retail investors return to share sales.
The privatization deal for Royal Mail had received a government estimated number of more than 700,000 applications for the company's shares, said a Reuters report.
Should Vodafone buy out its minority shareholders in its Indian subsidiary, it would be the first foreign telecommunications firm to do so after the new rules were implemented.
