Citing the The Washington Post, Techcrunch said Amazon Inc Chief executive officer Jeff Bezos completed his acquisition of the 136 year-old newspaper today.
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Merger of bourse operators soon to occur
The IntercontinentalExchange Inc set to purchase NYSE Euronext. The NYSE Euronext and the IntercontinentalExchange Inc announced last Wednesday that the two are nearing ICE's completion of its proposed takeover of the Big Board operator.
Qatar tops financial centers index
Qatar, according to the latest Global Financial Center Index or GFCI 14 from the Z/Yen Group, is the top financial center in the Middle East.
Saudi's state airports operator surpasses record Islamic bond issue value
The General Authority for Civil Aviation's sukuk bond issue reach SAR15.2 billion. State airports operator of Saudi Arabia had priced a SAR15. 2 billion or USD4.
Barclays Plc freeze accounts of its clients in the UAE
After its announcement of its closure of banking operations, Barclays Plc had begun freezing its customers accounts.
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The price of CHF398 million or USD439 million was paid by hedge fund firms Avista and Nordic Capital for Acino Holding.
Analysts advised foreign grocery chains to be cautious about expanding their businesses in China. British supermarket chain Tesco Plc would the the latest foreign retail chain that had set its sight on China.
HSBC Holdings Plc would stand to get USD19.5 million from the sale of its two paintings by Italian painter Canaletto.
An internal memo news agency Reuters had obtained revealed that Bank of America Merrill Lynch had reassigned its co-heads of its Asia Pacific investment banking business.
Siemens announced on Wednesday it had obtained a new USD3 billion credit facility to replace a previous one that had expired last August of this year.
Tesco Plc paid HKD4.33 billion or USD588 million for 20% of its venture with China Resources Enterprise Ltd.
A BRL 300 million investment would be done GIC Pte in Aegea Saneamento e Participacoes SA. The Singaporean state fund GIC Pte had entered into an agreement that an investment worth BRL300 million or USD135 million in a Brazilian utility firm.
Portugal Telecom announced in a statement that it would be merging with Brazilian telecom company Oi.
Software company SAP AG said it would be pouring over USD650 million to its new SAP Ventures Fund II.
