Hints and tips:
...Getting past the $100bn mark for the first time was largely thanks to bigger rounds for later-stage companies of more than $250m, which grew by a factor of 10 in the past 12 months....
...Its plans for an EU-domiciled subsidiary management company are at an advanced stage....
...Recall how that caused trouble for AB InBev as it was in the late stages of finalising its SABMiller takeover last year....
...The concept of rolling the two sets of assets together is still at an early stage as Sanofi is yet to make a firm decision on what to do with its portfolio....
...The €2bn ($2.8bn)-plus auction is still in its early stages, according to a person close to ProSieben....
...Carlyle Group, HarbourVest Partners and Grosvenor Capital Management are competing in the final stages of the auction of AlpInvest Partners, the Dutch private equity fund of funds investor with €46bn ($64bn...
...It is unclear how much of the company the consortium plans to sell, but they could keep a majority stake and sell the rest in stages after a lock-up period....
...So I was mildly startled last week to be told by a UK pensions expert that in logic, it should eventually stage a comeback. On the darkest-before-dawn principle, I think he may be on to something....
...So while Femsa’s talks with SABMiller and Heineken, first reported by the Wall Street Journal, were still at an early stage, people close to the matter said Femsa appeared willing to move if a deal was acceptable...
...Informa confirmed a report of the approach on FT Alphaville, the FT’s markets blog, but cautioned that discussions were at an early stage and there was “no certainty” that an offer would be made....
...Shares in Informa closed up 6p at 435p, having swung between 396p and 463p during the day, after a cautiously worded statement from Providence and Carlyle noted that the proposal was at an early stage and...
...Instead, sovereign wealth funds have taken centre-stage, with the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority injecting capital into Citigroup, Temasek of Singapore ploughing money into Merrill Lynch, and the Chinese...
...Then, at Davos again this year, just as Nasdaq’s LSE bid was in its final stages, Mr Thain answered a question about his interest in the LSE by saying simply that he was concentrating on completing the merger...
...Credit Suisse put out a recommendation on technology shares, saying that valuations were attractive for both semiconductor and software issues and suggesting that techs in general could outperform in this stage...
...The FTSE Eurofirst 300 index finally settled or 0.3 per cent lower at 1,273.2, having been down more than 1 per cent at one stage....
...That could well set the stage for a bizarre finale, with French patriots rooting for the Yankees and Anglo-Saxon locusts pressing for a European solution....
...Even a combination of Europe’s two biggest bourses would not create a stock exchange capable of competing on the global stage, John Thain, the New York Stock Exchange’s chief executive, said in a Financial...
...When Mr van Boxmeer arrived, saying he would blast the company’s culture and accelerate the speed of decision-making, the stage seemed set for a showdown....
...Mr DeFeo said the activity, such as the New York Stock Exchange’s purchase of Archipelago and Nasdaq’s acquisition of Instinet, heralded the early stages of a restructuring in the industry....
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