Dixons Retail, the owner of Currys and PC World, and mobile phone retailer Carphone Warehouse have said they are in talks over a possible merger. The companies said the talks were at a very early stage and there could be no certainty a merger would take place. They also said […]
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Billionaire Dangote Leads Record Nigerian Syndicated Loan Surge
Billionaire Aliko Dangote, Africa’s richest man, helped fuel a record surge in syndicated loans by Nigerian borrowers last year with a $3.3 billion facility. The nation’s companies signed more than $13 billion of syndicated debt, four times the amount raised in 2012, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. Dangote Industries […]
Breaking – Facebook Buying WhatsApp – $16B In Cash And Stock
From the regulatory filing: On February 19, 2014, Facebook, Inc. (“Parent”) entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger and Reorganization (the “Merger Agreement”) with Rhodium Acquisition Sub II, Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly owned (in part directly and in part indirectly) subsidiary of Parent (“Acquirer”), Rhodium Merger Sub, […]
