Hedge fund Elliott International, which owns a 25.16% stake in Celesio, said that reports suggesting it will accept McKesson Corporation's $8.3 billion bid for the German drugs wholesaler are incorrect. Elliott had irrevocably rejected McKesson's offer, saying that it undervalues Celesio.
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Retailers' woes continue as US consumers shop less on final weekend before Christmas-report
In spite of the steep price cuts offered, consumers in the US did not do a lot of shopping in brick-and-mortar stores on the weekend before Christmas, Reuters reported.
Dubai's Coal & Oil Group gets $250M to finish Independent Power Plant in India
Coal & Oil Group based in Dubai said it has secured $250 million for the completion of its 1,200 megawatt power plant called the Mutiara Thermal Power Plant in Tamil Nadu, India.
Kazakhstan to sell equal-sized stakes in BTA Bank to Kazkommertsbank, Kenes Rakishev for undisclosed sum
Samruk-Kazyna, Kazakhstan's sovereign wealth fund, on Monday struck a deal to sell equal-sized stakes in its BTA Bank. Its holding in the country's third-biggest bank will be sold to Kazkommertsbank and businessman Kenes Rakishev for an undisclosed sum.
Rhoen-Klinukum expecting green light from German antitrust regulators on the proposed sale of its assets to rival Fresenius SE & Co. in early 2014
Rhoen-Klinukum, which had put up for sale its 43 hospitals and 15 outpatient facilities, expects to get the green light from German antitrust regulators on the proposed sale of most of its assets to rival Fresenius SE & Co.
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Carmat, a French medical technology firm, saw its stocks rise 43% after it implanted the first artificial heart in a patient last week, Bloomberg reported.
Qatar Investment Authority, the sovereign wealth fund of the gas-rich, Middle Eastern country, is in talks with Mumbai-based Kotak Realty Fund to invest $200 million in a residential property in India.
During the financial crisis when the deal markets were quiet, banks parted ways with their senior investment bankers. Now that business has slowly revived, lenders are seeing that they are left with junior bankers that are a little wet behind the ears.
Fondazione Monte dei Paschi, Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena's top shareholder, is reportedly nearing a deal to divest its 20% stake in the Italian bank to three other banking foundations and a group of investment funds.
Taminco Corp, the world's largest alkylamines and alkylamine derivatives producer, said it had agreed to acquire the formic acid business of Finland-based chemicals firm Kemira.
Tribune Co., which planned to split its newspaper division from its TV-broadcasting division in July, said that it intends to meet with Rep. Henry Waxman to dicuss his concern about the spinoff's impact on the Los Angeles Times.
Infinity Group, a private equity firm based in China, announced its investment of $4.2 million in Israel-based biotechnology firm BotanoCap, a developer of green solutions for various industries.
Members of Boeing Co.'s union, the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, plan to vote on a contract related to the production of the 777X on January 3. The said contract will ensure that the jetliners will be assembled in unionized facilities in Washington.
Trucking firm YRC Worldwide, which has roughly $1.4 billion in debt, is nearing a financing deal comprised of $250 million in equity and $25 million in debt committed to become equity.
