Burger King Agrees to $4 Billion Private Equity Offer The New York Times | Burger King agreed on Thursday to sell itself to an investment firm with roots in Brazil in a deal valued at $4 billion, including the assumption of debt. | The deal is the largest leveraged buyout of a fast-food chain ever, according to the market researcher CapitalIQ, and the second for Burger K...
Business Diary: Curse of Sky strikes again The Independent | Representatives from Sky will be out in force at the car-free day it is sponsoring in London tomorrow. | Let's hope the "Sky ride" round the capital is more successful than the pro cycling team into which Sky has been steering cash for the past yea...
Ignore Capturing the dragon: Investors looking at alternatives to gain exposure Gulf News | With a stimulus-fuelled boom in domestic demand altering the composition of China's breakneck growth, investors are increasingly looking at fresh angles to buy the dragon. | Gaining exposure to China's growth story can be a tricky prospect — ...
Luna Gold Releases Updated Ni 43-101 Technical Report For Aurizona Gold Project redOrbit | VANCOUVER, Sept. 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Luna Gold Corp. (TSXV-LGC) ("Luna" or the "Company") is pleased to announce the results of the updated NI 43-101 compliant technical report, entitled "NI 43-101 Technical Report Mineracao Aurizona S.A, Au...
Nissan Announces Plan to Grow Presence in Argentina redOrbit | BUENOS AIRES, Argentina, Sept. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Nissan Americas today announced a new business strategy to grow the company's presence in Argentina through a partnership with Manuel Antelo. The new arrangement, to begin in late 2011, will strength...
Brazil's Petrobras unveils$64-bln share offer Breitbart | View of an oil platform off the coast of Brazil. Brazil's state-run oil com... | Brazil's state-run oil company Petrobras on Friday unveiled a huge share offering which could raise 64 billion dollars to help finance new exploration projects in the ...
Brazil Oil Firm Petrobras Plans $65 Billion Stock Sale ABC News | By Brian Ellsworth | September 3, 2010 | RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazilian state oil company Petrobras will sell up to $64.5 billion in new stock -- one of the largest in capital markets history -- to raise funds for the world's biggest oil expl...
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Tourism: South America a likely booster Business Report | Submit your comment | South America is likely to be a growing source market for tourism to South Africa, according to Nick Seewer, the former managing director of the five-star Mount Nelson Hotel in Cape Town. | He came out of retirement on ...
A Hot Few Days In Argentina Scoop Friday, 3 September 2010, 2:04 pm | Press Release: Council on Hemispheric Affairs | A Hot Few Days In Argentina | by COHA Research Associate Azul Mertnoff | Alleged wiretapping hearings lead by a politician, the shutdown of an Internet provider and t...
Burger King Agrees to $4 Billion Private Equity Offer The New York Times | Burger King agreed on Thursday to sell itself to an investment firm with roots in Brazil in a deal valued at $4 billion, including the assumption of debt. | The deal is the largest leveraged buyout of a fast-food chain ever, according to the market...
Burger King agrees to $4bn takeover bid by 3G Capital Irish Times | THE BOARD of Burger King has agreed for the Miami-based fast-food chain to be taken private for the second time in its history, after accepting a $4 billion (Euro3.1 billion) bid from 3G Capital, a little-known US investment group backed by Brazili...
Now meat price surge raises fear of food inflation The Independent | Freakish weather conditions and soaring demand from China, Brazil and other fast-emerging economies have pushed meat prices around the world to a 20-year high. | International food prices have risen to their highest in two years, shooting up five p...