Yara International will be expanding its South American footprint further with its agreement to acquire OFD Holding Inc from Omimex Resources Inc for USD 425 million.
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Gold Fields keen to stretch maturities of loans - CEO
Due to the swing of gold prices, South African mining company Gold Fields Ltd had resorted to negotiating with its creditors for an extension of its loan maturities, said Gold Fields CEO Nick Holland.
China drafts rules to crack down on banks who evade lending limits - sources
China Banking Regulatory Commission's new rules will prohibit banks to circumvent lending limits via loan restructuring and other means, according to sources who had disclosed the new banking measures to Bloomberg.
ZTE developing new smartwatch for mainstream China
ZTE is currently devoting its resources to developing a new smartwatch that would be released to the Chinese market in the first quarter of next year. The device would be almost the same as the Samsung Galaxy Gear, but would be cheaper and could only connect to other ZTE mobile devices.
Fiber optic cable firm, Level 3, may have allowed NSA to tap Google’s fiber network
The New York Times cited reports that have suggested that Level 3 Communications, which controls most of the fiber optic cables that connect everyone to the Internet, may have greenlighted the NSA to tap data from Yahoo and Google. Both companies have announced that they will now start encrypting their data.
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The growing attraction of UK investors in the Cambridge region saw the decline of interest in startups in Shoreditch, a district which is the breeding ground of social media and e-commerce ideas.
Prologis Inc said it plans to increase rents and spend up to USD 600 million a year for warehouses in Japan. Prologis, based in San Francisco, is the biggest owner of warehouses around the world.
Billionaire and Friendster Inc. owner Vincent Tan is reportedly looking to list his online payments company MOL Global Pte., and has been eyeing a dual listing in the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange and either in Hong Kong or Singapore.
LDR Holdings Chief Executive Officer Christophe Lavigne talked to Xconomy 30 days after it had launched an initial public offering, and said money raised from its IPO will help the company expand its presence in the US.
Australia-based task outsourcing platform Airtasker raised an additional USD2 million in a funding round with BridgeLane Capital, Exto Partners, and other private equity investors, to be used for the firm's team expansion.
Philippine-based JG Summit Holdings Inc raised PHP8.8 billion through an overnight equity placement to fund a stake acquisition in Manila Electric Company (Meralco) and other corporate purposes.
France-based biopharmaceutical company Transgene supported the proposal of South Korean contract research and development firm SillaJen Inc to acquire biotherapeutics company Jennerex. Transgene owns 8.5% of Jennerex.
Singapore-based mobile social network for voice Bubbly is in talks with interested partners, including one gaming company, over a possible acquisition, according to the firm's chief executive officer.
A Reuters PE HUB report said venture capital firms like the Ironstone Group are now harnessing the power of algorithms in order to get good deals.
