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All rights reserved. en-us Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:30:50 EDT Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:30:50 EDT westlawbusiness-currents@thomsonreuters.com (Westlaw Business Currents Editorial Staff) Hertz Global Holdings Inc is reviewing Avis Budget Group Inc's bid for Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group, a company spokesperson told Reuters...http://currents.westlawbusiness.com/Articles/2010/07/20100729_0009.aspx?src=RSSThu, 29 Jul 2010 08:55:18 EDThttp://currents.westlawbusiness.com/Articles/2010/07/20100729_0009.aspx?src=RSS Two telecom operator-backed software groups are merging to counter increasing competition from new rivals Google and Apple for mobile phone applications...http://currents.westlawbusiness.com/Articles/2010/07/20100727_0009.aspx?src=RSSTue, 27 Jul 2010 08:31:24 EDThttp://currents.westlawbusiness.com/Articles/2010/07/20100727_0009.aspx?src=RSS Dancing the M&A two-step is all the rage these days. And acquirers have a way of ensuring that they come out on top – via “top-up” options… http://currents.westlawbusiness.com/Articles/2010/07/20100722_0037.aspx?src=RSSMon, 26 Jul 2010 02:30:00 EDThttp://currents.westlawbusiness.com/Articles/2010/07/20100722_0037.aspx?src=RSS Much of the US$55 billion in outbound investment, invested in the first half of 2010 by Chinese entities, can be credited to agile corporate counsel. Navigating through the maze of China’s outbound investment laws, these lawyers… http://currents.westlawbusiness.com/Articles/2010/07/20100722_0025.aspx?src=RSSMon, 26 Jul 2010 01:30:00 EDThttp://currents.westlawbusiness.com/Articles/2010/07/20100722_0025.aspx?src=RSS A recently announced $650 million acquisition of a TSX Venture-listed company serves as a good reminder that early stage or emerging companies are not necessarily small potatoes... http://currents.westlawbusiness.com/Articles/2010/07/20100722_0033.aspx?src=RSSMon, 26 Jul 2010 01:30:00 EDThttp://currents.westlawbusiness.com/Articles/2010/07/20100722_0033.aspx?src=RSS The African Union said Africa must turn ever more to China for its development because conditions and checks often stalled the flow of funds from Western nations and the World Bank…http://currents.westlawbusiness.com/Articles/2010/07/20100725_0005.aspx?src=RSSSun, 25 Jul 2010 22:30:00 EDThttp://currents.westlawbusiness.com/Articles/2010/07/20100725_0005.aspx?src=RSS Faced with overwhelming telecom competition, M&A provides a welcome respite. In their corner of VOIP, YMax Corp. and Israel’s VocalTec Communications Ltd. are... http://currents.westlawbusiness.com/Articles/2010/07/20100720_0035.aspx?src=RSSFri, 23 Jul 2010 00:15:00 EDThttp://currents.westlawbusiness.com/Articles/2010/07/20100720_0035.aspx?src=RSS France's GDF Suez and Britain's International Power have revived talks on a possible tie-up between the two power companies, they said...http://currents.westlawbusiness.com/Articles/2010/07/20100719_0006.aspx?src=RSSMon, 19 Jul 2010 03:34:46 EDThttp://currents.westlawbusiness.com/Articles/2010/07/20100719_0006.aspx?src=RSS M&A is back in the spotlight after a lackluster 2008 and early 2009. This year, deals such as Aon's $4.9 billion merger with Hewitt Associates and... http://currents.westlawbusiness.com/Articles/2010/07/20100715_0038.aspx?src=RSSFri, 16 Jul 2010 03:00:00 EDThttp://currents.westlawbusiness.com/Articles/2010/07/20100715_0038.aspx?src=RSS Oneworld members British Airways, American Airlines and Iberia won EU antitrust clearance on Wednesday to deepen their pact after agreeing to cede some lucrative trans-Atlantic routes...http://currents.westlawbusiness.com/Articles/2010/07/20100714_0009.aspx?src=RSSWed, 14 Jul 2010 10:22:15 EDThttp://currents.westlawbusiness.com/Articles/2010/07/20100714_0009.aspx?src=RSS Under China’s Anti-Monopoly Law and the Filing Thresholds Regulations, the State Council has delegated to MOFCOM the right to investigate… http://currents.westlawbusiness.com/Articles/2010/07/20100713_0016.aspx?src=RSSTue, 13 Jul 2010 17:30:00 EDThttp://currents.westlawbusiness.com/Articles/2010/07/20100713_0016.aspx?src=RSS Italy's Benetton family and road operator SIAS plan to merge their Chile highway holdings into a billion-euro company, Il Sole 24 Ore said... http://currents.westlawbusiness.com/Articles/2010/07/20100712_0007.aspx?src=RSSSun, 11 Jul 2010 05:00:00 EDThttp://currents.westlawbusiness.com/Articles/2010/07/20100712_0007.aspx?src=RSS BC Partners and Silver Lake are set to buy U.S. healthcare services firm MultiPlan, the private equity firms said on Friday, in the year's largest secondary buyout worth about $3.1 billion...http://currents.westlawbusiness.com/Articles/2010/07/20100709_0002.aspx?src=RSSFri, 9 Jul 2010 06:35:41 EDThttp://currents.westlawbusiness.com/Articles/2010/07/20100709_0002.aspx?src=RSS Lenovo-affiliate and tech giant AsiaInfo Holdings, Inc. just completed its merger with Linkage Technologies Holdings… http://currents.westlawbusiness.com/Articles/2010/07/20100707_0025.aspx?src=RSSFri, 9 Jul 2010 02:00:00 EDThttp://currents.westlawbusiness.com/Articles/2010/07/20100707_0025.aspx?src=RSS In early November, 2009, the merger-control regulator of the People’s Republic of China, the Anti-Monopoly Bureau under the Ministry of Commerce, announced… http://currents.westlawbusiness.com/Articles/2010/07/20100707_0017.aspx?src=RSSWed, 7 Jul 2010 19:00:00 EDThttp://currents.westlawbusiness.com/Articles/2010/07/20100707_0017.aspx?src=RSS Total SA has agreed to buy UTS Energy Corp for C$1.5 billion ($1.42 billion) in cash, twice the amount the French oil major offered for the... http://currents.westlawbusiness.com/Articles/2010/07/20100707_0012.aspx?src=RSSWed, 7 Jul 2010 07:30:00 EDThttp://currents.westlawbusiness.com/Articles/2010/07/20100707_0012.aspx?src=RSS “Environmental outs” are a rising concern, thanks to BP.  No unified response has yet emerged, however, to judge from the PE acquisition of Omni Energy and the just-completed Exxon/XTO Energy deal… http://currents.westlawbusiness.com/Articles/2010/07/20100701_0032.aspx?src=RSSFri, 2 Jul 2010 03:00:00 EDThttp://currents.westlawbusiness.com/Articles/2010/07/20100701_0032.aspx?src=RSS The cross-border tie-up of mega-hedge funds Man Group and GLG Partners has moved one step closer to completion. GLG Partners filed its preliminary merger proxy for… http://currents.westlawbusiness.com/Articles/2010/07/20100701_0031.aspx?src=RSSFri, 2 Jul 2010 01:00:00 EDThttp://currents.westlawbusiness.com/Articles/2010/07/20100701_0031.aspx?src=RSS With BP as backdrop, deepwater drilling is gushing forward, incongruously driven by both Noble Corp and Judge Barton Feldman of Louisiana…http://currents.westlawbusiness.com/Articles/2010/06/20100629_0026.aspx?src=RSSWed, 30 Jun 2010 02:00:00 EDThttp://currents.westlawbusiness.com/Articles/2010/06/20100629_0026.aspx?src=RSS