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China
Shares in pioneering Chinese carmaker BYD Auto skyrocketed on September 29 after it was confirmed that a company controlled by Warren Buffett would pay HKD1.8bn (US$230mn) for a 10%...
2008-10-01Afghanistan
The US$1.9bn buyout of Wendy's by Triarc was approved by Wendy's shareholders on September 15. Triarc, controlled by Nelson Peltz, billionaire investor and owner of Arby's, will combine...
2008-09-18Singapore
A US$2.5bn bid by the Maurbeni-led 'Lion Power' consortium has seen it emerge as the winner in the auction for Senko Power, Singapore's largest power generating company. The utility...
2008-09-15China
Good news for venture capitalists and private equity funds: both the Shanghai and Shenzhen stock exchanges have announced that investors who have bought into a company via a private...
2008-09-11Australia
US major ConocoPhillips has announced plans to spend up to AUD9.6bn (US$8bn) on a 50% stake on a coal bed methane (CBM) gas venture with Origin Energy, the Australian energy group...
2008-09-09South Korea
In the latest development in what will be one of the biggest M&A deals in Asia this year, South Korean-headquartered Hyundai Heavy Industries, the world's largest shipbuilder,...
2008-08-26India
Indian state-run petroleum and exploration giant Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) has agreed to buy leading Russia-focused oil explorer Imperial Energy, as part of its continuing...
2008-08-26India
AIM-listed gas producer Great Eastern Energy (GEEC) has said it is planning an Indian IPO, in a bid to capitalise on the continuing strength of demand for Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG)...
2008-08-19
