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- Hedge Fund Billionaire Paulson Reports New Citi Stake
- NEW YORK (Reuters) - Hedge fund billionaire John Paulson's firm took a stake in Citigroup C, while cutting holdings in Bank of America BAC and its interest in Goldman Sachs GS, according to a regulatory filing on Friday.Paulson, whose firm Paulson & Co bet against financial companies and the housing...
- News items 2009-11-13
- News Corp eyes stake in Saudi media firm - Rumour
- News Corp is reportedly in talks to buy a 20% stake in Saudi media conglomerate Rotana, giving the firm its first major foothold in the Middle East. The move follows Yahoo!’s investment in Arab portal Maktoob, revealing a trend for media firms to search for new markets to compensate for declining ad revenues in...
- Articles 2009-09-01
- News Corp Looking To Take Stake in Arab Media Giant Rotana
- News Corp is in talks to take a stake in Arab media and entertainment giant Rotana, owned by the Saudi Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal, reports WSJ, citing sources. The news comes shortly after Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) bought Arab portal Maktoob, and points to a growing interest among U.S. and...
- External links 2009-09-02
- Daimler sells part of Tesla stake
- Abu Dhabi-based Aabar Investments is paying an undisclosed sum to acquire 40% of Daimler’s stake in electric vehicle EV firm Tesla. Daimler, which invested in Tesla in May, will retain a 6% stake in the company. In March, state-owned investment...
- Articles 2009-07-13
- Q-Cells selling REC stake for USD718m – Rumour
- German solar manufacturer Q-Cells is selling its 17.2% stake in Norway’s Renewable Energy Corporation REC to cut debt. The firm plans to place around 85m shares in REC in a deal underwritten by Citigroup, Morgan Stanley, ABG Sundal Collier, Dresdner Kleinwort and UniCredit. According to Bloomberg, Q-Cells is selling...
- Articles 2009-05-06
- Virgin Media sells content units
- Virgin Media has officially begun selling its content operations, starting with Virgin Media TV. Virgin Media owns TV channels such as Living and ad sales house IDS. Virgin Media’s 50% stake in UKTV is excluded from the ...
- Articles 2009-04-06
- Berlusconi buys into troubled Premiere
- Fininvest, the family investment vehicle of media tycoon Silvio Berlusconi, is buying a 3.1% stake in Premiere, the loss-making German satellite operator 25.1% owned by News Corp. News of the purchase temporarily sent Premiere's shares up 32.2% on speculation that Fininvest may take over the firm. However, the Italian...
- Articles 2008-11-26
- TVC raises stake in Ireland's UTV
- Investment firm TVC is buying a 3% stake in the Ulster Television Group UTV for GBP2.2m (USD3.2m). The investment brings TVC's holding in the Irish broadcaster to 18%. TVC became UTV's largest shareholder on July 11, when it bought an...
- Articles 2008-11-13
- Vivendi Stake Sale in NBCU Hinges on Price, Timing
- By Jui Chakravorty and Dominique VidalonNEW YORK/PARIS (Reuters) - Talks on the sale of Vivendi SA's VIV NBC Universal NBCU stake to General Electric Co GE hinge on when Vivendi would get paid as well as how much, people familiar with the matter said on Friday.The two sides are up...
- News items 2009-11-20
- Soros' Holdings Increase, Takes Stake in Ford
- BOSTON (Reuters) - Billionaire investor George Soros' hedge fund reported holdings of $6.2 billion during the third quarter, an increase of $2 billion, after taking a stake in automaker Ford and boosting his holdings in communications services stocks.According to a regulatory filing on Monday Soros Fund Management took a 7.3...
- News items 2009-11-17
- UTS Thwarts Total Hostile Bid Attempt, Can it Survive Another?
- UTS Energy,the Calgary-based company with a stake in the Alberta's oil sands, resisted French oil giant Total's attempts at a hostile takeover. Just don't expect UTS to survive another bidding bout. Lots of folks will argue there is little interest in plunging dollars into the Canada's oil sands -- an expensive endeavor that involves...
- Blog posts 2009-04-28
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- Berkshire Buys Nestle, Exxon; Ups Wal-Mart Stake
- By Jonathan StempelNEW YORK (Reuters) - Billionaire Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc BRKaBRKb on Monday revealed new investments in Nestle AG NESN NSRGY and Exxon Mobil Corp XOM and that it has nearly doubled its investment in Wal-Mart Stores Inc WMT.In a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filing reporting U.S.-listed...
- News items 2009-11-16
- JANA Partners Shows New Stakes in Century Aluminum and Thinkorswim, Boosts AK Steel Stake
- Lon Juricic submits: Barry Rosenstein's JANA Partners released its 13F for the quarter ended June 30, 2008 the other day. Below are some notable moves:New 1,204,656 share stake in Century Aluminum CENXNew 1,012,800 shares stake in Genentech DNANew 8,714,300 share stake in Talisman Energy TLMNew 2,344,493 share stake...
- External links 2008-08-20
- GE, Vivendi $1 Billion Apart Over NBC Universal Stake: Report
- NEW YORK (Reuters) - General Electric GE and Vivendi VIV are at least $1 billion apart in their valuation of the French group's stake in NBC Universal, the Financial Times said on Thursday.The difference dampens hopes of a quick resolution to a stand-off holding up Comcast's CMCSA planned bid for...
- News items 2009-11-19
- Stake valuations hit Comcast deal?for?NBC
- General Electric and Vivendi are at least $1bn apart in their valuation of the French group's stake in NBC Universal, damping hopes of a quick resolution to a stand-off that is holding up Comcast's planned bid for a majority stake in the US broadcast, cable and film group. GE and...
- News items 2009-11-19
- Sequoia Capital purchases 1.5 percent stake in Idea Cellular, India for US$48 million
- Sequoia Capital has purchased a 1.5 percent stake in Idea Cellular for $48 million. Hedge funds and PE players paid a lower price for a stake in Idea Cellular. A 15 percent stake in Idea Cellular by US-based Providence Equity Partner's is valued at $400 mSequoia Capital has purchased a...
- Research articles 2006-12-10
- Hutchison Whampoa not to offer its major equity stake in HTIL to Orascom
- Hutchison Whampoa is not planning to sell its major equity stake in Hutchison Telecommunications International Ltd. HTIL to Orascom. Hutchison has 67 percent stake in HTIL through Hutchison-Essar Ltd., while Orascom already has 19.3 percent stake.Hutchison Whampoa is not planning to sell its major equity stake in Hutchison Telecommunications International...
- Research articles 2006-11-01
- Venezuela: Telefonica to acquire GTE's stake in Cantv.
- Telefonica aims to acquire GTE's stake in the Venezoelan telephone company Cantv. GTE holds a majority stake (57.7%) in Venworld, which holds 42.5% in Cantv - Telefonica presently holds a 6.8% stake in Cantv. Market sources informed that AT&T als Telefonica aims to acquire GTE's stake...
- Research articles 2000-09-06
- Hutchison Whampoa not to offer its major equity stake in HTIL to Orascom
- Hutchison Whampoa is not planning to sell its major equity stake in Hutchison Telecommunications International Ltd. HTIL to Orascom. Hutchison has 67 percent stake in HTIL through HutchisonEssar Ltd., while Orascom already has 19.3 percent stake.Hutchison Whampoa is not planning to sell its major equity stake in Hutchison Telecommunications International...
- Research articles 2006-10-01
- Icahn Capital Boosts Stake in MOT, Cuts TWC, Shows EMIS Stake
- Lon Juricic submits: Carl Icahn's Icahn Capital hedge fund released its 13F for the quarter ended June 30, 2008. Below are some notable moves: Lifted his Motorola Inc. MOT stake from 115,649,600 shares to 144,119,843 shares Showed a new...
- External links 2008-08-17
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