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La Liga: Bale to stay at Madrid, says Zidane
Rediff.com18 Aug 2019Meanwhile, Real Mallorca made a dream return to La Liga with a 2-1 victory over Eibar at the Estadi Son Moix on Saturday, less than two months after sealing back-to-back promotions to rejoin Spain's soccer elite.
'India should have broad and deep capital markets'
Rediff.com13 Dec 2018Henry Kravis, co-Chairman and co-CEO of private equity giant Kohlberg Kravis & Roberts (KKR), which has over $195 billion assets under management and a balance sheet of $16 billion visited Mumbai recently for a closed conference where he shared his views on the new governor at RBI, what India needs to fix, and PE's prospects for the long term.
Why India is a prime destination for PE investors
Rediff.com10 May 2018The first quarter of 2018 saw infrastructure and real estate drive investment worth close to $8 billion across 180 deals
Why India genuinely needs to set up 'bad bank' soon
Rediff.com20 Apr 2017Henry Kravis, co-founder of global private equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co, thinks India should go for a bad bank to deal with bad assets in banks. In an interaction with journalists in Delhi, he says there are plenty of opportunities in India. He was joined by India CEO Sanjay Nayar.
India Inc seals deals worth $17.9 bn in Q1 2017: Report
Rediff.com19 Apr 2017However, the number of transactions declined to 76 in January-March this year from 110 in the year-ago quarter.
Indo-US economic ties to get a fillip with Obama visit
Rediff.com8 Jan 2015The two governments have already set a target of increasing bilateral trade in goods and services to $500 billion.
40 years and now: Britannia has crowned many as 'biscuit king'
Rediff.com30 Oct 2014But their reign has been tumultuous as the company has seen compelling battles for ownership.
Sensex ends above 27,200 led by ITC
Rediff.com22 Sep 2014Tata Motors, ONGC, HDFC and TCS were the top gainers.
Find out who all are interested in buying stake in Viom
Rediff.com3 Mar 2014PE giants Apollo, Bain Capital and Advent International are keen to pick stake in Viom
Coffee Day Group readies $100 mn PE fund raise
Rediff.com23 Apr 2013Coffee Day Group, which runs businesses from coffee cafes to wealth management to furniture to logistics, is understood to be readying the stage for a possible $100-million fund raise through the private equity route.
Warburg Pincus signals formal exit from WNS
Rediff.com18 Jan 2013Since the start of the year, the PE player has no board representation in the company.
Lafarge to sell stake in Indian unit for $300 mn
Rediff.com20 Dec 2012Lafarge is in a drive to shed non-core assets to cut its debt to below 10 billion euros from 12.2 billion euros.
MP petitions against Bharti Infratel IPO
Rediff.com25 Oct 2012Bharti Infratel is a provider of telecom towers and related infrastructure and on a consolidated basis, is one of the largest in India, "based on the number of towers that Bharti Infratel owns and operates and the number of towers owned or operated by Indus, that are represented by Bharti Infratel's 42 per cent equity interest in Indus," according to the offer document.
Goldman board discussions confidential: CEO at Gupta trial
Rediff.com5 Jun 2012Blankfein, 57 took the witness stand on Tuesday in Gupta's trial, which began in a Manhattan court on May 21.
French luxury fund L Capital front runner to buy Lilliput
Rediff.com5 Mar 2012Cash-strapped Lilliput, the country's largest kidswear brand, may soon get a luxury makeover.
Ex-Goldman Sachs director Rajat Gupta surrenders before FBI
Rediff.com26 Oct 201162-year-old Gupta appeared in Manhattan federal court but it was not immediately known what charges have been slapped against him by the prosecutors.
Del Monte agrees to USD 5.3-bn deal
Rediff.com26 Nov 2010Pet and consumer foods manufacturer Del Monte Foods Company has agreed to $5.3 billion acquisition proposal by a group of private equity firms including Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co (KKR). KKR along with Vestar Capital Partners and Centerview Partners have offered $19 a share in cash for the food company, Del Monte said in a press statement. The transaction, which was unanimously approved by Del Monte's board of directors, is valued at about $5.3 billion.
Large deals back with a bang
Rediff.com11 Jun 2010India story, pressure to invest are driving spurt in PE activity.
Aricent to hire 1,000 people for new software line
Rediff.com22 Apr 2010Telecom software company Aricent plans to hire 3,000 people globally during the current fiscal out of which it will hire 1,000 people over the next four months in India to develop new products to cater to the increasing demands from customers.
Nayak to head Morgan Stanley India
Rediff.com19 Mar 2010Global investment bank Morgan Stanley today named P Jayendra Nayak, the former chairman and chief executive officer of Axis Bank, as its new chief executive and country head for India. Nayak, who will replace Narayan Ramachandran, is slated to join on April 5.
Invest in India, former Vodaphone CEO to students
Rediff.com10 Mar 2010Arun Sarin, the newly minted honorary knight of the British Empire who delivered the ending keynote, urged the Berkeley students to invest in Asia and work there to learn valuable entrepreneurial lessons.
Pratham USA wins Kravis leadership award
Rediff.com25 Jan 2010Pratham USA, which aims to educate India's underprivileged children through awareness programs about illiteracy, was awarded the 2010 Henry R Kravis Prize in Leadership last week.
'India has some promising entrepreneurs'
Rediff.com31 Dec 2009For India, we continue to believe that the market and clients here require flexible pools of capital that can address their financing requirements across the capital structure, says Sanjay Nayar, CEO and Country Head for India, KKR.
WNS takeover talks run into valuation hurdle
Rediff.com21 Sep 2009The high-profile race to buy India's second-largest business process outsourcing (BPO) company, WNS Holdings, ended abruptly today after the company informed the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that it had decided to stop discussions with interested parties regarding a possible change of control.
Big TV, Carlyle in talks to raise $50-100 mn
Rediff.com2 Jul 2009Big TV is also in talks with other private equity majors, though these are at preliminary stages, to raise funds. The exact quantum of funding to be raised from Carlyle would depend on the 'promises' by players, he said. The company is also in discussions with major players like The Blackstone Group, Providence and Kohlberg Kravis Roberts for raising funds.
Bill Gates is back as world's richest
Rediff.com12 Mar 2009It's been a tough year for the richest people in the world. Last year there were 1,125 billionaires. This year there are just 793 people rich enough to make our list.
Satyam investors urge merger
Rediff.com5 Jan 2009HCL, MindTree in the fray. The company is reportedly in talks with Delhi-based HCL Technologies and Bangalore-based MindTree. HCL, with whom discussions are on for a cash-less merger, seems to be the front-runner, investment banking sources said.
Citigroup official Brian Brown resigns
Rediff.com26 Nov 2008Brown's resignation follows that of Citigroup's South Asia CEO, Sanjay Nayar, who has quit the financial services major to join Kohlberg, Kravis, Roberts & Co as its Country Chief.
Citi's South Asia chief Sanjay Nayar quits
Rediff.com20 Nov 2008Sanjay Nayar is said to be joining Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co as its CEO and Country Head in the country.
Private equity firms in India go 'clubbing'
Rediff.com21 Feb 2008After the Bharti Infratel deal, India could see more group approach in PE investing.
KKR to invest Rs 1,000 cr in Bharti Infratel
Rediff.com7 Feb 2008KKR has committed to investing around Rs 1,000 crore in Bharti Infratel, through KKR's Asia private equity fund and global private equity fund.
Warren Buffett bets on utilities sector
Rediff.com5 Dec 2007Billionaire investor's Berkshire Hathaway to pay $2.1 bn for Texas utility's junk bonds.
Cerberus Capital comes knocking on India's doors
Rediff.com9 Oct 2007Cerberus Capital, the New York-based private equity fund that recently bought Chrysler from the erstwhile DaimlerChrysler for close to $7.5 billion, is entering the Indian market shortly.
Inside Sun Micro's secret black box!
Rediff.com20 Jun 2007Once one of the hottest companies in Silicon Valley, Sun Microsystems crashed with the dotcoms, but it kept pouring money into R&D. Now there are signs of a revival.
Reliance Industries keen on GE's plastics business
Rediff.com12 Jan 2007Investment banking sources said Reliance had made its desire clear to be a global petrochemicals major.
Hindujas in race for Hutch, Rel Comm to raise $5 b
Rediff.com4 Jan 2007Just six months after pulling out of Hutchison Essar, the Hinduja group is set to throw its hat into the ring for the country's fourth largest telecom company.
Hutch in talks with suitors
Rediff.com24 Dec 2006Hutchison Telecom on Sunday said talks were on with various suitors for sale of its holding in joint venture Hutch-Essar in India and that there was no time-frame for a decision.
Ambani pitches for Ruia's stake
Rediff.com19 Dec 2006Reliance Comm wants all of Hutch Essar at one go.
Pvt equity investments in India soar to $5.4 bn
Rediff.com14 Dec 2006India, the world's second-fastest growing economy and a global outsourcing hub, has seen private equity funding more than double in 2006 as cash-rich investors from US and Europe eye a major chunk of the booming market.