Reuters — Buyout firm 3G Capital managed to build a consumer empire with a market value of over US$140 billion in just seven years. Yet its ruthless approach to costs […] Read more
Austere empire-building weighs on Kraft’s Unilever bid
Activist investor activity reignites rail merger hopes
Reuters — Shares of railway operator CSX Corp. soared 20 per cent on Thursday after an activist investor’s plan to shake up the U.S. rail operator fueled speculation that the […] Read more
China’s Cofco to pay $1.5B for stake in Noble agribusiness
Singapore/Hong Kong | Reuters — Cofco Corp. has agreed to pay US$1.5 billion for a majority stake in Noble Group’s agribusiness, its second acquisition in less than two months, as […] Read more
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