Taiwan's media and broadcasting regulator is set to approve private-equity firm Carlyle Group L.P.'s $1.14 billion sale of  Taiwan cable TV unit Kbro Co. On July 26, the Tsai Family, which controls Fubon Financial Holding Co. (2881.TW), said it was in talks with Carlyle to buy Kbro TV and was...

The Gulf city-state, Dubai's government hired HSBC (HSBA), Deutsche Bank (DBKGn) and Standard Chartered (STAN) to issue dollar bond. The issue would be the first government bond sale since Dubai World, a flagship company of the emirate, left financial markets reeling in November last year by asking for a delay...

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Private-equity firm Blackstone Group LP (BX) is in exclusive, early-stage talks to buy chemical company MatlinPatterson's Polymer Group Inc. (POLGA). Polymer is majority-owned by MatlinPatterson Global Advisors, a New York-based investment firm. MatlinPatterson has been trying to sell Polymer, in which it the largest shareholder, for months. MatlinPatterson Global Advisers...

Canadian-based health sciences company, Sernova Corp (SVA) said its experimental glucose-control device showed safety and efficacy in a pre-clinical study in pigs that were made diabetic. Dr. Philip Toleikis, Sernova's President & CEO, noted "Our Cell Pouch System(TM) is a proprietary medical device implanted under the skin rapidly forming into...

Alstom (ALO), French power and transport engineering maker, signed a contract worth 100 million euros to build 90 megawatt wind farms in the state of Bahia, in Brazil with renewable energy company Engevix. Alstom will build three farms for Brazilian renewable energy company Desenvix, a subsidiary of Brazilian engineering group...

Solexant Corp., developer of third-generation ultrathin-film PV technology, raised $41.5 million in venture financing. Olympus Capital Partners led the round of financing, which included DBL Investors and Birchmere Ventures. Existing investors include Trident Capital, Firelake Capital, Medley Partners and X/Seed. Olympus is the lead investor in this new round of...

1) Mukesh Ambani Net Worth- $ 29 bil Mukesh Ambani is the chairman, managing director and the largest shareholder  of Reliance Industries, India's largest private sector enterprise and a Fortune 500 company. 2) Lakshmi Mittal Net Worth- $ 28.7 bil Lakshmi Niwas Mittal is a British Indian steel tycoon, philanthropist,...

If you're a man who cares about style, you probably own (or want to own) a few watches. How often do you see very successful men in a very ordinary watch? Successful men wear luxury, masculine, and often sporty watches. It might be difficult to tell what watches correspond with...