Caproasia https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html South Korea Competition Authority (Korea Fair Trade Commission) Starts Investigating World Largest Shipping Container Manufacturing Companies Which are Charged in United States for Conspiracy to Restrict Production & Price Fixing of Nearly All Global Standard Unrefrigerated Shipping Containers Over 4 Years from 2019 to 2024 Latest Latest Latest Latest Latest Latest Latest Latest Latest Latest Latest Latest Latest Latest Latest Latest Latest Latest Latest Latest Latest Latest Latest Latest Latest Latest United States $9.7 Billion Advanced Materials Company Solstice Advanced Materials to Buy United States Specialty Chemicals Company Element Solutions for $14.5 Billion in Cash & Share Deal (Include Debt), Element Solutions Founded in 2013 as Platform Specialty Products, Element Solutions Current Market Value at $9.6 Billion, Share Price +51.6% YTD, +58.8% Last 12 Months & +64.9% Last 5 Years Latest Uzbekistan Government Postponed 2026 IPOs of State-Owned Uzbekistan Airways & Uzbektelecom to 2027, Uzbekistan Airways IPO Valuation to Increase to $2.3 Billion in Ongoing Transformation Program with United States $1.7 Trillion Asset Manager Franklin Templeton, Target to Complete Transformation & IPOs for All 13 Companies in National Investment Fund of Uzbekistan (UzNIF) Portfolio South Korea AI Chip Startup Rebellions Raised $400 Million at $2.3 Billion Valuation & Plans South Korea IPO in 2027 1H, Founded in 2020 by Sunghyun Park, Oh Jin-wook, Kim Hyo-eun & Shin Sung-ho, Investors Include Samsung, SK Hynix, SK Telecom, KT Corp, Korea National Growth Fund, Saudi Aramco (Wa’ed Ventures) France $18 Billion Private Equity Firm InfraVia Capital Partners to Buy Greece Premium Marina Operator D-Marin at $1.2 Billion (€1 Billion) Valuation from United States $239 Billion Private Equity Firm CVC Capital Partners in All-Cash Deal, D-Marin Founded in 2003 Canada $18 Billion Telecommunications Company Rogers Communications to Buy Remaining 25% Stake in Canada Sports & Entertainment Company Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment for $3.1 Billion (CAD $4.35 Billion) at $12.4 Billion (CAD $17.4 Billion) Valuation from Kilmer Sports in All-Cash Deal to Own 100% of Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment Australia $4.4 Billion Gold Miner Genesis Minerals Makes Offer to Buy Australia Gold Miner Vault Minerals for $3.9 Billion (AUD $5.6 Billion) in Cash & Share Merger, Vault Minerals Current Market Value at $3.4 Billion, Share Price -13.8% YTD, +85.8% Last 12 Months & +280.6% Last 5 Years France $54 Billion Defense & Technology Giant Thales to Buy 35.5% Stake in France Maritime Robotics & Navigation Company Exail Technologies at $4.4 Billion (€3.9 Billion) Valuation from Gorgé Family with View to Full Acquire 100% Shares via Future Tender Offer, Exail Technologies Formed in 2022 from Merger of ECA Group & iXblue, Exail Technologies Current Market Value at $2.4 Billion, Share Price +46.6% YTD, +40.8% Last 12 Months & +761.8% Last 5 Years Europe $307 Billion Private Equity Group EQT to Buy Australia Smart Parking Technology Company Orikan for $330 Million (AUD $475 Million) from Australia $3.3 Billion Investment Firm Five V Capital in All-Cash Deal United States $127 Billion Biotechnology Giant Vertex Pharmaceuticals to Buy United States Endocrinology Company Crinetics Pharmaceuticals for $10 Billion in All-Cash Deal Representing +102% Premium to Unaffected Closing Price (6/7/26), Crinetics Pharmaceuticals Founded in 2008 by Scott Struthers, Frank Zhu, Ana Kusnetzow & Stephen F. Betz, Crinetics Pharmaceuticals Current Market Value at $8.8 Billion, Share Price +78.6% YTD, +158.2% Last 12 Months & +297% Last 5 Years Latest Latest France $59 Billion Banking Giant Crédit Agricole Increased Stake to 29.3% (Market Purchases & Derivative) in Italy $27 Billion Bank Banco BPM, Previously Held 22.9% Stake, Crédit Agricole Founded in 1894, Banco BPM Formed in 2017 from Merger of Banco Popolare & Banca Popolare di Milano United States $83 Billion Media Giant Comcast Broadcast Unit (Sky) to Buy UK $3.7 Billion Broadcaster ITV Business (ITV Media & Entertainment) for $2.1 Billion (£1.6 Billion, Include Debt) in All-Cash Deal  Switzerland $318 Billion Pharmaceutical Giant Novartis to Buy UK Biotechnology Company Myricx Bio for $1.5 Billion ($1.1 Billion Upfront & $400 Million Contingents) in All-Cash Deal, Myricx Bio Founded in 2019 by Ed Tate, Roberto Solari & Andrew Bell UK-United States $96 Billion Private Equity Firm Lone Star Funds to Buy Germany $16 Billion Tire Maker Continental Industrial Material Business (ContiTech) at $4.6 Billion (€4 Billion, Include $284 Million Contingents) Valuation in All-Cash Deal  United States $315 Billion Alternatives Asset Manager Blue Owl Capital (European Net Lease Fund) & UK Asset Manager Moor Park Capital Partners Buy 12 UK Private Hospitals (Operated by Spire Healthcare Group) for $1.7 Billion (£1.3 Billion) from Malaysia $354 Billion Pension Employees Provident Fund (EPF) United States AI Infrastructure Company SambaNova Raised $1 Billion in New Funding at $11 Billion Valuation, Founded in 2017 by Rodrigo Liang, Kunle Olukotun & Christopher Ré, Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan is SambaNova Chairman, Investors Include General Atlantic, Seligman Ventures, T. Rowe Price Associates, Capital Group, A&E Investment, Assam Ventures, Battery Ventures, BlackRock, Cambium Capital, Intel Capital, Kabila Capital, QFO Capital, Qatar Investment Authority (QIA), Vista Equity Partners & Volantis Billionaire & Amazon Founder Jeff Bezos (Age 62) with $280 Billion Fortune Space Exploration Company Blue Origin to Raise $10 Billion in First External Funding at $130 Billion Valuation, Founded in 2000 by Jeff Bezos Singapore Land Authority URA (Urban Development Authority) Issues Advisory on Property Developer Sales to Implement Money Laundering Controls & Due Diligence in Risk-Proportionate Manner According to Nature & Complexity of Property Transactions and Buyer Risk Profile, 1) High Risk Buyers Checks Include Verifying Identity of Buyers, Beneficial Owners, Source of Wealth & Source of Funds, 2) Developers Will Need to File Suspicious Transaction Report for Suspected Illicit Activities or Funds, 3) Developers Need to Check Buyers are Not in Singapore MAS & United Nations Sanction Lists, 4) For Majority of Cases & Low-Risk Buyers – Developers Not Required to Conduct Enhanced Customer Due Diligence (ECDD) Malaysia Casino Resorts World Sentosa (Singapore) Unable to Claim $4.6 Million (S$5.93 Million) Gambling Debt (Registered in Singapore High Court in 2018) Against Malaysia Debtor Lee Fook Khuen (With $10 Million Casino Credit Facility) in Malaysia Bankruptcy Filing, Resorts World Sentosa was Successful in Bankruptcy Filing Until Malaysia Court Ruled Gambling Debts & Related Credit Facilities are Void (void ab initio), Has No Legal Obligation & Not Enforceable in Malaysia, Ruling Made in Landmark Case in 2025 March Datuk Ting Ching Lee v Ting Siu Hua Latest Latest