Archive for August, 2012

US hedge fund Knight Vinke Asset Management LLC, a shareholder of Xstrata Plc (LON:XTA), said on Friday it would

British health and social care services provider Care UK plc (LON:CUK) has taken over specialist adult residential care operator Whitwood Care, Care UK said without providing financial details. The

The Policy Exchange Think Tank has recommended councils to sell expensive social homes and invest the money the reclaimed money in building cheaper homes. According to them selling the

British broadcaster ITV Plc (LON:ITV) said it had purchased production company So Television for a maximum price of GBP17m (USD27m/EUR21.5m), as part of plans to boost its capability

British communications services provider BT Group Plc (LON:BT.A) said it had disposed of 14.1% in Indian IT services firm Tech Mahindra Ltd (BOM:532755) for a total gross cash

French media group Vivendi SA's (EPA:VIV) is confident it would secure clearance from the European Commission (EC) for its planned USD1.9bn (EUR1.5bn) purchase of British EMI's recorded-music unit,

US private equity firm Carlyle Group LP (NASDAQ:CG) has sealed a definitive deal to acquire the performance coatings unit of US chemicals giant

It is an unfortunate fact that many pension schemes are forced to wind up as a result of underfunding, company mergers, or other factors.  Understandably, a failed or

US technology giant Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) is set on offloading Motorola Mobility's Home Business and has mandated UK investment bank Barclays (LON:BARC) to help it with the sale, Bloomberg