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Essar buys Trinity Coal from Denham
Indian steel maker Essar shells out $600 million for US coal producer Trinity Coal, providing an exit for Trinity's private-equity owner Denham Capital.
By Sameera Anand | 8 March 2010
Polls
Robin Hood? No, thanks
Taxing speculative financial trades to fund social spending is an idea that has intuitive appeal to most people, except market participants.
By FinanceAsia Editors | 5 March 2010
Macro & Markets
Cloudy outlook for carbon markets
Carbon market participants are downbeat on future expansion thanks to global politicians' failure to make any binding decisions in Copenhagen in December. Maybe it's time to ...
By Lara Wozniak | 4 March 2010
M&A
Trading firm Li & Fung buys UK's Visage Group
Hong Kong-based trading firm Li & Fung continues its acquisition spree, agreeing to pay up to $264 million to strengthen its presence in Europe.
By Sameera Anand | 1 March 2010
M&A
Tengzhong acquisition of Hummer cancelled
Tengzhong is unable to secure regulatory approvals to proceed with the Hummer acquisition, forcing it to abandon the deal.
By Sameera Anand | 26 February 2010
People Moves
BoA Merrill adds global corporate banking to Paul Donofrio’s portfolio
Paul Donofrio will lead Bank of America Merrill Lynch’s global corporate and investment banking operations.
By Edward Russell | 24 February 2010
Macro & Markets
Central banks switch to hoarding gold
An apparent change in behaviour by these institutions may be affecting investors' approach to the metal, says the World Gold Council.
By Joseph Marsh | 18 February 2010
M&A
Bharti tables $10.7 billion offer for Zain Africa
India's Bharti Airtel makes its third attempt in two years to acquire an African business, this time with a $10.7 billion offer for Zain's African operations.
By Sameera Anand | 17 February 2010
People Moves
Moscow-based Renaissance Capital hires former J.P. Morgan banker
Nick Andrews joins as global head of equities with a particular mandate to expand the firm's business in Asia.
By Anette Jönsson | 17 February 2010
M&A
ONGC/Petronas consortium wins Venezuelan oil project
Three Indian oil companies, Malaysia's Petronas and Spain's Repsol are awarded the mandate to partner with the Venezuelan state oil company on a multi-billion dollar oil ...
By Sameera Anand | 12 February 2010
Corporate
Banks in US still under fire
Bank of America, Ken Lewis and Joe Price face a law suit related to the Merrill Lynch merger, while Goldman Sachs pays each of its head honchos a $9 million bonus for 2009.
By Sameera Anand | 9 February 2010
Polls
Yes, we can...ban prop trading
FinanceAsia readers agree with the US president’s plan to ban deposit-taking institutions from proprietary trading.
By FinanceAsia Editors | 4 February 2010
View Point
Global carbon market to grow by 33% in 2010
Despite the failure to reach a global consensus on extending the Kyoto Protocol, 2010 is likely to be a year of growth and stability in the world's established carbon markets, ...
By Lara Wozniak | 2 February 2010
Business Moves
Calyon changes name to Crédit Agricole
The new brand – Crédit Agricole – reflects the group's efforts to bring all its business lines under one banner.
By Lara Wozniak | 29 January 2010
View Point
US President Barack Obama goes after the banks
US President Barack Obama goes after the big banks in the US, but his proposals, which are weak on detail, seem more like a PR stunt than sound economic planning.
By Lara Wozniak | 25 January 2010
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