The Delaware Supreme Court on Monday dismissed Cooper Tire & Rubber Company's appeal against an earlier court ruling favoring Indian tire maker Apollo Tyres Ltd. The two companies went on trial in November over the stalled merger deal.
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Austria's OMV sells Bayernoil stake to Vitol-Carlyle joint venture for undisclosed sum
Austria's OMV will divest its 45% stake in German oil refinery Bayernoil to Varo Energy for an undisclosed amount. Varo Energy is a partnership between Swiss oil trading firm Vitol and American private equity firm Carlyle Group.
South Korea's LIG Insurance picks Goldman Sachs to advise on stake sale
LIG Insurance Co. has put up for sale a controlling stake of 20.96% in the South Korean non-life insurer to compensate investors for losses sustained after buying debt issued by its affiliate. It has hired Goldman Sachs Group to advise on the sale.
Carlyle, KKR advance in the bidding for Transpacific Industries' waste management unit
US-based private equity firms Carlyle Group and KKR & Co and Australian investment firm Archer Capital have advanced in the sale of Transpacific Industries Group's waste management business. The three firms are working with banks to put together loan packages to back their bids.
Bristol-Myers Squibb is reportedly exiting its stake in a diabetes joint venture with AstraZeneca for $3 billion
Bristol-Myers Squibb is reportedly exiting its stake in a diabetes joint venture with AstraZeneca for $3 billion. Bristol-Myers shifted its focus from producing diabetes and hepatitis C treatment drugs to medicines harnessing the immune system to fight cancer.
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Private equity firm KKR & Co. on Monday announced that it will acquire specialty finance company KKR Holdings LLC for $2.6 billion in an all-stock deal. The deal is expected to close in the first half of next year.
Sports bar and pub operator Fox & Hound filed for bankruptcy protection in order to run a streamlined sales process for all of its assets. F&H Acquisition Corp., Fox & Hound's parent, listed out assets and liabilities between $100 million and $500 million.
Debt-ridden fishing firm Pescanova SA is weighing a buyout offer from a consortium led by US private equity firm KKR & Co. The KKR & Co consortium, which includes investment firm Ergon Capital Partners and existing shareholders Luxempart and Damm, offered to acquire Pescanova for an undisclosed sum.
US-based EchoStar Corp. said it had ended talks with Vivendi SA's subsidiary Global Village Telecom on a proposed partnership in Brazil. The joint venture aims to provide pay TV services in the Latin American country.
American International Group is said to be negotiating the sale of International Lease Finance Corp. to Netherlands-based independent aircraft lessor AerCap Holdings NV. In December 2012, AIG agreed to sell as much as 90% stake in ILFC to a Chinese consortium for $4.7 billion.
United States' Hagelin & Co. has been sold to Israeli flavorings and specialty ingredients firm Frutarom Industries for $52.4 million. Frutarom finance the deal through a short-term bank loan.
Investment bank Goldman Sachs Group will provide a $120 million loan to Warburg Pincus-backed warehouse firm e-Shang. e-Shang reportedly plans to go public in the next few years.
Celesio's supervisory and management board on Wednesday recommended shareholders to approve the $8.3 billion buyout offer from US drug distributor McKesson Corp. Elliott Management Corp, one of Celesio's shareholders, earlier refused McKesson's offer.
Internet giant Yahoo Inc. could raise around $36 billion should it decide to divest its entire 24% stake in Chinese e-commerce company Alibaba. Yahoo will be forced to sell much of its stake if and when Alibaba sells its shares in an IPO.
