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Sub-Saharan Africa M&A deals, debt issuance surge in 2013

* M&A deals jump by a third to $30.3 bln * Most are in energy, materials sector * Mozambique most-targeted country for M&A * Sub-Saharan debt issuance at record high The value of merger and acquisition deals targeting sub-Saharan African firms jumped by almost a third last year to $30.3 […]

Yahoo COO de Castro departs; no reason given

Yahoo Inc chief operating officer Henrique de Castro, the high-profile recruit Chief Executive Officer Marissa Mayer poached from Google Inc shortly after she took the helm, will leave on Thursday after about a year on the job. Yahoo did not give a reason for his departure in a Wednesday filing, […]

UBIC ADSs Upgraded to the NASDAQ Global Select Market

UBIC, Inc. (UBIC) (TSE:2158), a leading provider of Asian-language eDiscovery solutions and services, announced today that the listing of its American depositary shares (“ADSs”) was transferred to the Global Select Market, NASDAQ’s highest market tier. The NASDAQ market has three tiers: the Global Select Market; the Global Market; and the […]