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African explorer Afren has significantly expanded its geographical spread after agreeing to buy Canada-based Black Marlin for US$101mn on June 2.

2010-06-04

Finance

Following Santander Brasil's double listing in New York and Sao Paulo (the US$8.1bn IPO is the largest global IPO so far this year), the Brazilian unit has attracted yet more interest.... 2009-10-14


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To those who thought sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) would hibernate until the end of the global recession, Qatar Investment Authority (QIA)'s involvement in the VW-Porsche megamerger... 2009-07-28


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Gemfields Resources, an arm of private equity group Pallinghurst Resources, is still after a controlling stake in TanzaniteOne. On October 21 Gemfields made a second bid for the Tanzania-based... 2008-10-22


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Turkey's first major privatisation of the year was completed in late February with British American Tobacco (BAT) winning the bid for cigarette firm Tekel Sigara. BAT was the sole... 2008-02-26