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Finance / China
China's leading domestic grocery retail operator Lianhua Supermarket Holdings is to acquire Hualian Supermarket Company from department store major Bailian Group in a deal worth CNY491.8mn (US$72mn). Expanding Lianhua's footprint in Shanghai and the Yangtze River Delta region, the deal will also enable the company to gain ground on the expansionary retail multinationals that have...
2009-07-01Finance / China
Two Chinese state-run companies are reportedly planning a bid for up to 35% in the Liquid Niugini liquefied natural gas (LNG) project in Papua New Guinea (PNG), the operator of which...
2009-06-29Finance / Japan
On June 25, Japanese banks Aozora Bank and Shinsei Bank confirmed that they are in talks to merge, after months of speculation. The combination of the two banks would create Japan's...
2009-06-29Finance / Kazakhstan
Toronto-listed Uranium One is ramping up its acquisitions in emerging markets, while forging new relationships with Russia and Japan in its effort to become one of the world's leading uranium producers. In its most recent deal, on June 15, the miner expanded its presence further in uranium rich Kazakhstan by inking a deal with Russia's Rosatom, the state-owned nuclear group. The...
2009-06-17Finance / Russia
Belgium-based AB InBev - the world's largest brewer - has put a number of breweries up for sale in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) as part of its ongoing deleveraging process geared...
2009-06-15Finance / Poland
The Warsaw Stock Exchange (WSE) is solidifying its position as a leading bourse in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), as Poland has weathered the recession better than others in the...
2009-06-10Finance / Brazil
Brazil's Duratex agreed on June 22 to acquire Satipel Industrial in a deal which will create the largest manufacturer of industrialised wood panels in the southern hemisphere and one of the largest in the world. The all-share deal will see Duratex shareholders receive 3.05 Satipel shares for each common share held by the controlling shareholder and 2.54 Satipel shares for each...
2009-06-23Finance / Brazil
Consolidation in Brazil's retail sector is ramping up as smaller businesses are ripe for takeover and there is no shortage of larger, cash-rich players which are keen to take advantage...
2009-06-17Finance / Brazil
New data from Dealogic shows that targeted Brazilian M&A has reached US$13.8bn in 2009, down a massive 70% from 2008 year to date's record level of $46.7bn. Indeed, thus far 2009...
2009-05-19Finance / United Arab Emirates
In a long-overdue move toward reorganization in Dubai's swollen property market, the Middle East's largest real estate company Emaar Properties has said that it will merge with three state-controlled property firms (Dubai Properties, Sama Dubai and Tatweer), in a move that should prompt further M&A activity in the emirate.
2009-06-30Finance / Iran
Despite Iran's third partial bank privatisation in 2009 and the announcement that other companies would shortly be similarly selling off stakes, CFW still expects the Islamic Republic's...
2009-06-29Finance / South Africa
The news that South African mining major Anglo American had rejected rival mining group Xstrata's proposed 'merger of equals' raises the possibility of counter bids from the biggest...
2009-06-23Finance / United States
As we highlight in our top story this week (see 'Emerging Market IPOs: Decoupling In Action?'), 2009 has seen a marked disconnect between the quantity and size of IPOs in emerging markets compared to those in the US, with those in the latter largely limited to smaller offerings in defensive sectors. This was underlined on July 1 with the reported successful pricing of Software...
2009-07-01Companies / United States
M&A activity in US unconventional shale gas assets shows no sign of abating, with Britain's BG Group announcing the acquisition of a 50% stake in Dallas-based Exco Resources....
2009-06-30Finance / United States
US energy and power focused private equity firm Riverstone Holdings has announced its purchase of Babcock & Brown's North American Energy Group, a sale which represents both the...
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