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Bankers and politicians touting their countries' wares have to work hard to get the attention of Qatar's sovereign wealth fund, such is the range of its interests, from banks to cars to soccer clubs, and its exacting requirement for returns.With estimated assets of about $200 billion, and more than a dozen potential deals on its radar every week, the state-run firm has no time for less than compelling investment opportunities and hopes to make more than 17 percent on its book this year, according to one banker close to the fund.In a series of interviews with top bankers and officials who deal with the fund, most of whom wished to remain anonymous due to their business relationships, Reuters probed the thinking behind the gas-rich Gulf state's investments and the future destination of its capital."There's clearly an open-door policy. Qatar has no mystery and no global mission to conquer the world. All it is buying strategic shares in big companies at an advantage," says a senior banker ...
Dell Inc is edging closer to an agreement to sell itself to a buyout consortium led by Michael Dell, its founder and chief executive, and private equity firm Silver ...
Dell Inc is nearing an agreement to sell itself to a buyout consortium led by its founder and Chief Executive Michael Dell and private equity firm Silver Lake Partne...
Eyeing the popular Twinkies brand, private-equity firms Apollo Global Management and Metropoulos & Co. have filed a $410 million baseline bid to acquire the majority...
Hostess Brands Inc said private equity firms Apollo Global Management LLC and C. Dean Metropoulos & Co have set a baseline offer of $410 million to buy the company's...
Hostess Brands Inc plans to submit an agreement next week to sell its Drake's cake business as part of its bankruptcy reorganization, a lawyer for the company said o...
The union and pension fund for Hostess Brands Inc has hired Gordian Group, an investment bank specializing in distressed cases, to help preserve jobs and workers' be...
A banker for Hostess Brands Inc. said he expects all of the company's 30 or so brands to be snatched up at auction, along with about 30 of the baking company's facil...
IntercontinentalExchange struck an $8.2 billion deal to buy NYSE Euronext, a combination that will propel the commodities market powerhouse into European financial f...
In the latest attempt to consolidate the exchange industry, Intercontinental Exchange (NYSE:ICE) unveiled an $8.2 billion cash-and-stock deal on Thursday to land NYS...
American Airlines parent AMR Corp. (AAMRQ) next week will seek bankruptcy-court approval to enter into a new labor contract with its pilots, the final step in long-r...
Hostess Brands Inc, the bankrupt Twinkie and Wonder Bread maker, has received bids for assets being sold by about two dozen parties including Wal-Mart Stores Inc (NY...
For Leo Apotheker, the former Hewlett-Packard CEO, a July 2011 meeting with Autonomy founder Mike Lynch at a chic seaside resort in France was pivotal to his effort ...
Fifth & Pacific Cos. Inc. , formerly known as Liz Claiborne Inc., rose 3% on Wednesday after the Wall Street Journal reported the company is considering selling its ...
Popular Inc. said Friday its banking subsidiary Banco Popular de Puerto Rico agreed to sell a portfolio of loans that aren't earning interest to Caribbean Property G...
The Securities and Exchange Commission asked Citigroup Inc. (C) to defend its disclosure and valuation of a brokerage joint venture with Morgan Stanley (MS) months b...
Private equity firm Forstmann Little & Company is in the process of picking an investment bank to lead the sale of its sports and modeling agency IMG, the Reuters ne...
Private equity firm Forstmann Little & Company is in the process of picking an investment bank to lead the sale of its sports and modeling agency IMG, the Reuters ne...
German cable television operator Kabel Deutschland (KBDHY) has hired investment banks Morgan Stanley and Perella Weinberg Partners LP for strategic advice as mobile ...
Hostess Brands Inc , the bankrupt maker of Twinkies snack cakes, received court permission on Monday to proceed with auctions for several of its brands, including Tw...
