The private-equity unit of Brazilian investment banking powerhouse BTG Pactual (BBTG11.SA) agreed to buy a minority stake in local apparel retailer Leader Participações.
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Ceptaris Secures $10 Million in Series D-1 Financing
Ceptaris Therapeutics, Inc has raised $10 million through a Series D-1 private placement of preferred stock.
Bubble burst: what Facebook IPO can mean for startups
Today Facebook’s price declined further, closed at $25.87 per share, down 3.83%. Today Facebook’s price declined further, closed at $25. 87 per share, down 3.
Asia share of global private equity deals jumps -McKinsey
Asia's share of global private equity investments has doubled to 21 percent in the past four years, helped by last year's strong growth and that figure should continue to rise, a top McKinsey & Co executive told Reuters.
Soros gets green light for Brazilian telecom buy
Billionaire investor George Soros has received regulatory approval to enter the Brazilian telecom fray.
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India's Bharti Airtel (BRTI.BO) said on Sunday it would roll out 3G services in Rwanda in the next quarter and reiterated plans to invest $100 million in the central African country.
The slow market for merger deals is driving big-name investment banks into combat with smaller rivals for business from companies they usually ignore.
Makers of toilets and taps are sizing up Finnish rival Sanitec. Makers of toilets and taps are sizing up Finnish rival Sanitec, put on the block by private equity group EQT with a price tag of up to 1 billion euros ($1.
The price-to-earnings ratio is around 100 but Facebook even doesn’t have a clear long-term prospects.
New York state's pension fund assets rose 5.96 percent to $150.3 billion in the 2012 fiscal year.
Goldman Sachs Group Inc plans to channel investments totaling $40 billion over the next decade into renewable energy projects.
Private equity firms Silver Lake Partners and Partners Group are set to buy tax-free shopping business Global Blue.
Japanese-themed restaurant chain Benihana Inc plans to go private in a $296 million deal with investment adviser Angelo Gordon & Co
European scientists are testing robot “fish” which can detect pollutant at the Northern Spanish port of Gijon on Tuesday, according to Reuters.
