March 20 (Reuters) – The following corporate finance-related
stories were reported by media on Wednesday:
* Swiss drugmaker Roche Holding AG and a buyout
group comprising KKR Co LP and Hellman Friedman LLC
have joined the bidding for Life Technologies Corp, a
genetic testing company coveted for its advanced diagnostics and
steady cash flow, according to people familiar with the matter.
* Yahoo Inc is in talks to acquire a controlling
stake in Dailymotion, one of the world’s most popular online
video websites, in what would be Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer’s
largest deal since taking the reins in July, the Wall Street
Journal reported on Tuesday, citing anonymous sources.
* Visa Europe’s owners may decide to sell the credit card
company to U.S.-based Visa Inc and set up a rival system
in Europe, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people
familiar with the matter. In the event of a possible sale, the
business could be valued at about $3 billion, the report said.
* Singapore property firm Overseas Union Enterprise Ltd
has picked Credit Suisse Group AG, Goldman
Sachs Group Inc and Standard Chartered Plc for
its planned S$1 billion ($798.88 million) listing of a
hospitality real estate investment trust in the second half of
the year, sources said.
* Private equity firms Cinven and Warburg Pincus have raised
1 billion euros ($1.29 billion) from the sale of a 20 percent
stake in Dutch cable firm Ziggo NV. A source familiar
with the matter said the shares were sold at 25.05 euros each,
representing a discount of 3 percent to Ziggo’s closing share
price on Monday, before the sale was launched.
* Hedge fund firm Farallon Capital Management LLC is raising
a new real estate fund of about $350 million to $400 million,
the first time Farallon has set up a separate fund exclusively
for the asset class, according to two sources familiar with the
situation.
* German steelmaker ThyssenKrupp is looking into
ways of strengthening its finances, including a possible share
issue, as it battles to cut debt and recover from a disastrous
expansion in the Americas, three people familiar with the matter
said.
* Russian property company O1 Properties has bought Moscow’s
White Square office complex, home to a local arm of Microsoft
, for about $1 billion in the country’s largest ever
office deal, a source close to the sale said.
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