A proposed buyout of eBay Inc's Skype led by private equity, including Warburg Pincus and Kohlberg Kravis Roberts, and the Web telephone company's co-founders is unlikely to be completed, the Wall Street Journal cited sources as saying on its blog on Monday.
The sale of the Chicago Cubs baseball team could drag on past May as the Ricketts family arranges financing for its $900 million bid and works for Major League Baseball's approval.
Anheuser-Busch InBev , the world's largest brewer, is considering selling its Rolling Rock brand, The Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday, citing people familiar with the matter.
Goldman Sachs Group Inc is considering making a multibillion dollar share offering to investors as part of its efforts to repay a $10 billion government loan, the Wall Street Journal reported citing people familiar with the matter.
U.S. securities regulators floated five new proposals to curb short selling, drawing fire from short sellers who feel they are being made scapegoats for the financial crisis and stock market plunge.
U.S. securities regulators will seek public comment on five proposals to curb short selling, blamed by some lawmakers and executives for deepening the financial crisis and driving down share prices.
U.S. securities regulators will seek public comment on five proposals to curb short selling, blamed by some lawmakers and executives for deepening the financial crisis and driving down share prices.
Proposals for curbing short selling, blamed by some U.S. lawmakers and executives for worsening the financial crisis and driving down share prices, will be issued for public comment.
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission voted unanimously on Wednesday to issue proposed curbs on short selling, including a return of the uptick rule, for a 60-day public comment period.
About half a dozen investment managers have put forward bids, ranging between $400 million to $800 million, for troubled insurer American International Group's asset management business, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the matter.
U.S. securities regulators will consider about 4 proposals to restrict short selling, a type of investing blamed for accelerating the severe downturn in financial services stocks.
U.S. securities regulators are crafting two types of 'circuit breakers' to restrict short selling, a type of investing often blamed by executives for declines in the stocks of their companies, a source familiar with the proposals told Reuters on Monday.
A Swedish local court on Monday granted General Motors' loss-making unit Saab an extension of the period it is protected from creditors, giving it further time to restructure.
Shares of Dow Chemical Co. jumped Thursday, the day after the company closed on its $16.5 billion buyout of Rohm & Haas and immediately sold Rohm's Morton Salt division to cut its debt load.
Stocks rose in a late rally on Wednesday as unexpectedly strong housing and durable goods data fueled hopes the economy is finally on the mend, offsetting concerns the United States may struggle to fund plans to pull the economy out of recession.
Stocks rose in a late rally on Wednesday as unexpectedly strong housing and durable goods data fueled hopes the economy is finally on the mend, offsetting concerns the United States may struggle to fund plans to pull the economy out of recession.
Ford has moved a step closer to a sale of its loss-making Swedish brand, Volvo Car Corp, opening detailed discussions with potential buyers, it said in a message to Volvo employees on Wednesday.
Wall Street bank Goldman Sachs said on Wednesday it has no need to raise cash by selling a big stake in Industrial and Commercial Bank of China , the world's most valuable lender.
Goldman Sachs Group may sell part of its 4.9 percent stake in Industrial and Commercial Bank of China , the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday, citing people familiar with the matter.
Pfizer Inc, the world's largest drugmaker, launched a $13.5 billion debt sale in five parts on Tuesday, said IFR.
British bank Barclays Plc said it is considering selling iShares, part of its fund management arm, and said it was trading strongly, sending its stock up by more than a fifth.
British bank Barclays Plc on Monday confirmed it had discussed selling its iShares unit and said it was trading strongly, sending its shares up by more than a fifth.
