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News Corp sells MySpace for $35 million
30 Jun 2011
Murdoch had paid $580 million in 2005 for MySpace, which was then one of the hottest properties on the internet; in 2006; it used to account for 80 per cent of the total social networking traffic.
News Corp sells MySpace for $35 million
30 Jun 2011
Murdoch had paid $580 million in 2005 for MySpace, which was then one of the hottest properties on the internet; in 2006; it used to account for 80 per cent of the total social networking traffic.
NMDC in talks to acquire majority stake in Brazilian iron ore mining firm
28 Jun 2011
State-owned NMDC has signed a deal of confidentiality with a Brazilian miner and is currently conducting due diligence surveys of lts iron ore mines
KKR, Silver Lake close to buying Go Daddy for $2 bn
25 Jun 2011
A consortium of private equity firms are close to buying Go Daddy, the world’s biggest registrar of internet domain names, for $2 billion to $2.5 billion
PE firms Bain Capital, Hellman & Friedman to buy Securitas Direct for $3.26 bn
24 Jun 2011
Both PE firms beat a rival bid from power tools maker Stanley Black & Decker, Carlyle Group, Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, Stanley Security Solutions and Apax Partner for Securitas Direct, from EQT Partners
Online video Hulu weighing sale option: sources
23 Jun 2011
Hunt expected to greenlight BSkyB deal next week
23 Jun 2011
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