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| Friday, August 19, 2005 9:22 PM PDT | SocGen to buy Egypt's MIBank
Financial Times Fri, 19 Aug 2005 7:07 PM PDT
SociétéGénérale, the French bank, yesterday announced plans to buy Misr International Bank, a listed Egyptian bank, in a deal worth E£2.43bn ($420.6m), to expand its rapidly growing presence in North Africa. |
Gazprom may borrow $10bn to buy Sibneft - Gateway To Russia - News From Russia
Gateway to Russia Fri, 19 Aug 2005 7:17 PM PDT
Gazprom is most likely to buy a stake in Sibneft. The gas giant is going to borrow $10bn from a group of western banks to buy Roman Abramovich s company, the Finansoviye Izvestia newspaper reports. ABN Amro and Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein (DrKW) could help Gazprom finance this acquisition. |
Group to buy stake in Bank of China
The Philadelphia Inquirer Fri, 19 Aug 2005 7:47 PM PDT
A group of investors led by Merrill Lynch has agreed to pay $3.1 billion for a 10 percent stake in one of China's big four state-owned banks. |
Partners buy out Belkin
Atlanta Journal-Constitution Fri, 19 Aug 2005 7:34 PM PDT
Steve Belkin is leaving the Hawks-Thrashers ownership group, and the remaining owners vow there will be no more fussing and feuding. |
Macquarie Infrastructure to Acquire Hawaii's Gas Co. (Update4)
Bloomberg.com Fri, 19 Aug 2005 7:06 PM PDT
Aug. 19 (Bloomberg) -- Macquarie Infrastructure Co., an airport-services provider run by Australia's biggest investment bank, agreed to buy the Gas Co. of Hawaii from K1 Ventures Ltd. for $238 million to enter the gas-distribution business. |
How pros look for ways to invest in handheld gadgets
CBS Market Watch Fri, 19 Aug 2005 5:49 PM PDT
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- While consumers puzzle over which portable electronic gadgets to buy, investors face at least as much confusion trying to sort through a crowded sector of the players large, small and obscure. |
Hotel plans to revitalise old wharf
The New Zealand Herald Fri, 19 Aug 2005 6:12 PM PDT
An inner-city high-rise developer has offered to buy Devonport's troubled wharf, upgrade it and build an iconic hotel. Peter Chevin has made an unconditional offer to buy the lease on the wharf, which has languished for three years in the ownership of financiers Bridgecorp. |
Milosevic family to relocate to Hague
NEWS.com.au Fri, 19 Aug 2005 6:56 PM PDT
THE family of former Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic plans to sell properties in Serbia and buy a residence in The Hague to be closer to the ex-dictator who is standing trial there for war crimes, a British newspaper has reported. |
Killers plead guilty, avoid death penalty
The News & Advance Fri, 19 Aug 2005 9:01 PM PDT
RUSTBURG - An Evington couple will spend the rest of their lives in prison after pleading guilty Friday to brutally slaying a house guest and stealing $200 from him to buy drugs. |
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