Facebook in talks to buy Microsoft ad technology: reports

Reuters 06/12/2012

 Facebook Inc is in negotiations with Microsoft Corp about acquiring advertising technology that could allow the social network displays ads on other websites, broadly expanding its advertisingbusiness, according to media reports on Thursday.

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PokerStars in talks to buy Atlantic Club Casino: WSJ

Reuters 06/12/2012

Online poker company PokerStars is discussing a deal to buy the Atlantic Club casino from investment firm Colony Capital LLC, reported the Wall Street Journal, citing several people familiar with the matter.

One of the sources told the newspaper that the purchase price being negotiated would be less than $50 million, but added the deal was weeks away from closing and could fall through.

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Santander rechaça rumores de venda do negócio no País

CLAUDIA VIOLANTE – Agencia Estado 06/12/2012

SÃO PAULO – O banco Santander, via assessoria de imprensa, rechaçou nesta quinta-feira os rumores do mercado de que a operação brasileira estaria à venda. Segundo os boatos, que tiveram início na véspera e ganharam força no meio desta tarde, o Bradesco seria o provável comprador da instituição de origem espanhola. “Negamos veemente essa informação”, informou a assessoria. O Bradesco também negou a informação de que estaria comprando o Santander.

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Bilionário vende 25% da Topshop à fundo americano

Marcela Ayres, 06/12/2012

São Paulo – Dono da marca de fast fashion Topshop, o bilionário britânico Philip Green vendeu 25% davarejista à Leonard Green & Partners (LGP), empresa americana de private equity que é co-proprietária da rede de roupas J. Crew.

A transação foi fechada por aproximadamente 805 milhões de dólares, avaliando o valor da Topshop em cerca de 3,2 bilhões de dólares. Em comunicado à imprensa, Green destacou que a operação zerou a dívida do conglomerado que controla a Topshop, o Arcadia Group.

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Bunge vende negócio de fertilizantes no Brasil à Yara

AE – Agencia Estado 07/12/2012

SÃO PAULO – A Bunge Limited anunciou na madrugada desta sexta-feira que firmou um acordo definitivo com a Yara International ASA, no qual a Yara adquirirá o negócio de fertilizantes da Bunge Brasil, incluindo misturadoras, armazéns e marcas, por US$ 750 milhões, à vista.

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Yara to Buy Bunge Brazil Fertilizer Assets for $750 Million

By Stephen Treloar, Bloomberg 07/12/2012

Yara International ASA (YAR), the largest publicly traded nitrogen-fertilizer maker, agreed to purchase Bunge (BG) Ltd. operations in Brazil for $750 million as it pursues a 33 percent output increase in four years from 2010 levels.

Yara sees annual synergies of at least $25 million from the cash deal, the Oslo-based company said in a statement today. Bunge has 22 blending units in Brazil that produced 4.8 million tons of fertilizers in 2011, Yara said. Bunge had revenue of $2.65 billion from the business and adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization of $77 million.

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