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Deal of the day: Lisin, man of steel
By Mark Shapland and Rob Hartley of mergermarket Russia’s richest man, Vladimir Lisin, has bolstered his position on the global stage with a $600m buyout of steelmaking joint venture partner, Steel...
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Auto parts makers move to India
By Anjali Naik of mergermarket Bit by bit, western component makers are taking positions in India’s auto industry, ready to supply local and newly-arrived international vehicle manufacturers in a...
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Deal of the day: Brazil’s midcap banks brace themselves
By Thomas Williams and Max Gonzales of mergermarket Brazil emerged largely unscathed from the 2008 financial crisis but one sector that came close to the brink of disaster was its crucial small to...
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Deal of the day: $223m Australian coal buy shows Thais hungry for energy assets
By Patricia de Leon of mergermarket Thai companies are keeping up the pace with their overseas deals, boosted by a maturing domestic economy and and a stronger baht. In the latest deal announced this...
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Deal of the day: Lion Industries expands upstream and downstream
By Yu Cher Jou of mergermarket Demand for steel products in Malaysia is set to rise as the government rolls out infrastructure and transportation projects. Lion Industries, which claims a 40 per cent...
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Deal of the day: HNA of China buys Spain’s NH Hoteles
By Samuel Wang and Paul Francis-Grey of mergermarket Having bought up to €6bn’s worth of Spanish debt and reportedly vowing to continue investing in the country, China has seemingly become an important...
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Brazil’s food processors: bom apetite
By Max Gonzales of mergermarket Brazil’s economic boom over the last decade has lead to several changes – one of them being rising consumption of food. Low-income families that might formerly have kept...
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China’s online travel market hots up
By Yue Yang of mergermarket It was inevitable really. Given the growing appetite in China for leisure travel, at home and abroad, it was only a matter of time before online travel booking gain...
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Crompton Greaves continues India’s drive into Europe
By Riddhima Saxena of mergermarket India Inc continues its splurge into Europe with Crompton Greaves, an acquisitive and power-hungry electrical engineering company, buying Emotron, a Swedish power...
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Deal of the day: $31m for Thai broker
By Evie Burrows-Taylor of mergermarket Singapore’s UOB Kay Hian, a self-proclaimed ‘stalwart’ of securities trading and investment for the Asian markets, is pushing further into the Thai market with...
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Deal of day: China goes to Napa Valley
By Debbi Sutuntivorakoon of mergermarket Stories of Chinese tourists paying £25,000 for a bottle of French wine at Harrods should be enough to inspire any Chinese entrepreneur: wine consumption in the...
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Deal of the day: Migros Turk sells Şok
By Evie Burrows-Taylor of mergermarket In what is becoming a popular sector for investors, Turkey’s retail market has seen one of its largest players – Migros Turk – sell off its discount store chain...
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Itochu buys $1.5bn Colombia coal stake
by Mai Mizuta of mergermarket Itochu, the Japanese trading house, pulled off a coup this week, beating both Xstrata and Glencore to acquire a 20 per cent stake in Drummond International’s Colombian...
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US-listed Harbin Electric goes private
By Mark Shapland and Sam Weisberg of mergermarket Here’s a story you don’t hear often: a US-listed Chinese company has decided to go private. But it’s an option that similar Chinese reverse mergers...
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Deal of the day: Goldman sells $242m Inner Mongolia cement company stake
By Olia Wang of mergermarket Inner Mongolia is on the agenda in Beijing with the publication of a State Council paper entitled “Several Opinions of the State Council on Promoting the Construction and...
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SSCP sells coating business as leaders consolidate
By Hyongki Park of mergermarket The global coatings industry has recently seen a wave of M&A among leaders such as PPG, DuPont and AkzoNobel as they seek to consolidate their positions, especially...
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Huarong buys into Chinese broker as consolidation begins
By Yiqing Wang of mergermarket China’s state-owned asset managers are poised for a spending spree as they move beyond the narrow mandates initially set by the government 12 years ago. In the latest...
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UK holidays for Indian schoolchildren
By Sounak Mitra of mergermarket Many of us remember school trips as low-key affairs involving lots of trudging across open moors enlivened by unexpected camaraderie, under-age smoking and the prospect...
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Brazilians shoppers: no fear of recession
By Mark Shapland of mergermarket Brazil’s appetite for shopping shows no sign of waning despite fears in the developed economies of a double dip recession. The county’s consumption boom has been...
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Deal of the day: Posco buys Thainox for steel dominance
By Mark Shapland of mergermarket There was a time when China’s growth story was talked about with a sense of awe and disbelief – not anymore. In the stainless steel market China is seen as ‘old hat’...
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