Oil exports to China from Russia increase for loan funds. With the forthcoming deals to be signed in the next few weeks, Russia would catapult China to become the country's top recipient of oil exports from the former Soviet Republic.
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HP Board Wins in Narrow Elections
Incumbent HP Board wins new term narrowly despite shareholder discontent. In a tense shareholders meeting, Hewlett Packard Co re-elected its board with erstwhile Chairman Ray Lane and three other board members keeping their seats with a narrow vote margin.
Life Tech Sale Gathers Investors
Life Tech gains interest from buyout consortiums and pharmaceutical firms. Life Technologies Corp is up for sale and many important players in the industry are taking notice.
Hostess Brands Sale Ok'd by Court
Court approves sales of Hostess brands. In a decision, the bankruptcy court judge decided that the Hostess Brand would be allowed to be sold to prospective buyers.
Blackstone Approaches Hurd for Dell Top Post
Blackstone eyes Hurd for CEO if and when it takes over Dell. The Blackstone Group LP is making an aggressive offer to hire Mark Hurd from Oracle to be the new CEO of Dell.
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Blacberry founder forms Quantum Science fund for technology development. The venerated inventors of Blackberry Mike Lazaridis and Doug Fregin are again in partnership to set up a fund that would foster the growth, development and commercialization of quantum science technologies.
Cinven and Warburg Pincus Investments to Lower with share sale in Ziggo. Cinven Cable Investments and WP Holdings IV BV are said to be reducing its shareholdings in Ziggo NV.
GEP purchases Bergmann Automotive and forms new entity. In a recent move, the fund German Equity Partners IV has acquired all of the outstanding stock of Bergmann Automotive GmBH.
Clean Seas Tuna admits losses asks for trading halt. Troubled aquaculture firm Clean Seas Tuna has opted to halt stock trading at the bourse because of a pending announcement as to capital fundraising plans for the company.
Terms on the purchase of Sleek Group by Asian Paints undisclosed. In a recent move, Asian Paints recently purchased 51% of the Sleek Group. This is in pursuit of its exploration of the home improvement market opportunities through the one of the top firms in the modern kitchen space market.
Elder and Kose form joint venture for Indian cosmetic market. Elder Pharmaceuticals has formed a joint venture with Kose Corp of Japan for the manufacturing and sale of cosmetic products in India.
Lonely Planet was sold for Aus$75 million. BBC's commercial arm, BBC Worldwide has decided to sell Lonely Planet, the travel guide business show, to Nashville based media group, NC2.
SBI receives government funds for capitalization. The State Bank of India confirmed reports that it had received Rs3,004 crore from the government as part of the plan to recapitalize state run financial institutions.
Men's Wearhouse drafts plans to improve K&G brand. Men's Wearhouse Inc would be exploring a foolproof plan for its K&G brand which includes a move to repurchase additional shares amounting to $155 million.
