Westlaw Business Currents - The Legal Lens on Business News http://currents.westlawbusiness.com/MA.aspx (c) 2010 Thomson Reuters. 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) Walt Disney Co has agreed to sell Miramax, the studio behind such films as "Trainspotting" and "No Country for Old Men," for more than $660 million to Filmyard Holdings LLC...http://currents.westlawbusiness.com/Articles/2010/07/20100730_0003.aspx?src=RSSFri, 30 Jul 2010 08:26:41 EDThttp://currents.westlawbusiness.com/Articles/2010/07/20100730_0003.aspx?src=RSS BC Partners has agreed to sell French frozen-food firm Picard Surgeles to rival Lion Capital, highlighting the keen appetite of private equity firms to strike deals in the recession-resilient food industry...http://currents.westlawbusiness.com/Articles/2010/07/20100726_0018.aspx?src=RSSMon, 26 Jul 2010 11:11:27 EDThttp://currents.westlawbusiness.com/Articles/2010/07/20100726_0018.aspx?src=RSS Onex Corp and the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board are considering a $4.5 billion takeover bid for UK car parts maker Tomkins Plc as the weak British pound encourages two more...http://currents.westlawbusiness.com/Articles/2010/07/20100719_0014.aspx?src=RSSMon, 19 Jul 2010 10:45:51 EDThttp://currents.westlawbusiness.com/Articles/2010/07/20100719_0014.aspx?src=RSS A recently enacted tax disclosure law from China is threatening to take the world by storm, even shaking public markets in the U.S., Hong Kong, Canada and Bermuda… http://currents.westlawbusiness.com/Articles/2010/07/20100715_0041.aspx?src=RSSFri, 16 Jul 2010 02:30:00 EDThttp://currents.westlawbusiness.com/Articles/2010/07/20100715_0041.aspx?src=RSS U.S. nutritional supplements maker NBTY Inc said it agreed to be bought by Carlyle Group for $3.8 billion in one of the biggest private equity deals so far this year...http://currents.westlawbusiness.com/Articles/2010/07/20100715_0010.aspx?src=RSSThu, 15 Jul 2010 09:42:50 EDThttp://currents.westlawbusiness.com/Articles/2010/07/20100715_0010.aspx?src=RSS Canada's second-biggest pension manager has revived efforts to buy an Australian toll-road operator with a C$3.5 billion ($3.4 billion) bid for Sydney-based Intoll Group...http://currents.westlawbusiness.com/Articles/2010/07/20100715_0013.aspx?src=RSSThu, 15 Jul 2010 05:55:50 EDThttp://currents.westlawbusiness.com/Articles/2010/07/20100715_0013.aspx?src=RSS Whilst stock market wobbles continue to disrupt the IPO plans of many, a few surprisingly risky companies have managed to get their equity issues off the ground recently… http://currents.westlawbusiness.com/Articles/2010/07/20100707_0021.aspx?src=RSSTue, 13 Jul 2010 01:00:00 EDThttp://currents.westlawbusiness.com/Articles/2010/07/20100707_0021.aspx?src=RSS Banks are set to step up sales of struggling hotels, a boon for buyers such as private equity and sovereign wealth funds pursuing prestigious addresses and higher returns versus other commercial properties...http://currents.westlawbusiness.com/Articles/2010/07/20100708_0011.aspx?src=RSSThu, 8 Jul 2010 10:15:22 EDThttp://currents.westlawbusiness.com/Articles/2010/07/20100708_0011.aspx?src=RSS Lloyd's of London insurer Brit Insurance said it had rejected an improved takeover proposal from U.S. buyout firm Apollo Management, but signalled it was ready to do a deal at the right price...http://currents.westlawbusiness.com/Articles/2010/07/20100702_0007.aspx?src=RSSFri, 2 Jul 2010 07:49:04 EDThttp://currents.westlawbusiness.com/Articles/2010/07/20100702_0007.aspx?src=RSS Troubled Dubai developer Nakheel said it has started making cash payments to trade creditors, in the second phase of a repayment schedule, and is restarting several projects put on hold during the downturn...http://currents.westlawbusiness.com/Articles/2010/07/20100701_0007.aspx?src=RSSWed, 30 Jun 2010 10:33:50 EDThttp://currents.westlawbusiness.com/Articles/2010/07/20100701_0007.aspx?src=RSS