Apr 11, 2011
Schneider Electric SA is believed to be considering a takeover offer for Tyco International Ltd. which would make the French firm the globe’s largest maker of security systems.
Apr 11, 2011
With the annual copper industry CESCO week a thing of the past, uncertainty has begun to blossom over the metal’s price strength in the short term.
Apr 08, 2011
Goldman Sachs has bought a 12% stake worth over $900 million of China’s Taikang Life Insurance Co Ltd, giving the company a foothold in the globe’s largest insurance market.
Apr 07, 2011
Australia’s proposed carbon tax will halve the value of Anglo American’s planned $4 billion investments into Australia making them less viable to develop according to CEO Cynthia Carroll.
Apr 07, 2011
Investment banking giant Goldman Sachs Group hopes to buy the 55% of its Australian and New Zealand joint venture that it does not already own.
Apr 07, 2011
The world’s largest asset manager looks to mutual funds and related retail offerings for massive expansion.
Apr 06, 2011
Vodafone shares climbed after the telecommunications giant announced that it was to sell its 44% stake in SFR to Vivendi for $11.1 billion (£6.8 billion.)
Apr 06, 2011
Commerzbank AG says it will sell new shares and use excess capital to repay 14.3 billion euros of state aid by June.
Apr 05, 2011
Private equity firm Apax Partners has agreed to buy the business software makers Epicor Software and Activant Solutions.
Apr 05, 2011
Venture capital firm Insight Venture Partners has announced that it is closing two new funds, which together represent $2 billion in new commitments.