Tower appoints Sealord boss, accountant to board - Scoop
24 May 2012, 6:07 pm
The pair will be independent directors of the company and subsidiary Tower Capital as the insurer undertakes a strategic review that may lead to "partnerships, merger opportunities, acquisitions, divestments and/or a return to capital." Sturt is the chief ...

Randstad completes small divestments - 4-traders (press release)
24 May 2012, 12:23 pm
On January 12, 2012 Randstad completed the divestment of the payrolling business of Ma Foi Randstad in India. Randstad has sold these activities to Automatic Data Processing Inc. (Nasdaq: ADP). This divestment enables Ma Foi Randstad to focus on its core ...

Texas Instruments Case Study: National Semiconductor is TI’s latest strategic acquisition - new company profile report - Transworld News
21 May 2012, 1:14 am
The deal increases TI's share of the buoyant and profitable analog market. It is also the latest in a series of acquisitions and divestments transforming the company from a diversified technology business into one highly focused on semiconductor manufacturing.

GSW Immobilien Profit Gains on Rising Rents, Lower Vacancies - Bloomberg
20 May 2012, 6:55 pm
GSW said 2012 funds from operations excluding divestments will be 59 million euros to 63 million euros, confirming a previous statement. Rental income rose to 39.7 million euros from 34.8 million, while the vacancy rate fell 11 percent to 3.3 ...

Pacific Sunwear of California, Inc. - Strategy and SWOT Report - Just-style.com
18 May 2012, 6:54 am
Table 5: Pacific Sunwear of California, Inc.: Deal Activity by Deal Type - Volume (2007 - YTD*2011) Table 6: Pacific Sunwear of California, Inc.: Top Deals 2007 -YTD*2011 Table 7: Pacific Sunwear of California, Inc.: divestments Volume and Value Trend ...

Guinness Peat a third of the way through divestments - Scoop
17 May 2012, 4:57 pm
May 18 (BusinessDesk) - Guinness Peat Group, the diversified investor winding up its portfolio to return funds to shareholders, has sold about a third of its assets since embarking on a divestment programme last year. Since the start of the year GPG sold ...

Foreigners sell Canadian securities in March - YAHOO!
17 May 2012, 9:04 am
Outsiders' divestments in Canadian securities hit C$2.08 billion ($2.06 billion) in March compared to an investment of C$12.54 billion in February, which was an almost two-year high. Non-residents removed a net C$1.47 billion from their holdings of money ...

MIDEAST STOCKS - Factors to watch - May 14 - Reuters
13 May 2012, 11:06 pm
eyes divestments KUWAIT * IMF concerned about Kuwait's finances-central bank OMAN * Oman March M2 up, bank lending at 3-yr high * Oman budget surplus widens to $2 bln in Jan-Feb (Compiled by Gulf bureaux)

UPDATE 1-Dubai Investments Q1 net up 6.3 pct; eyes divestments - Reuters
13 May 2012, 6:31 am
DUBAI, May 13 (Reuters) - Conglomerate Dubai Investments posted a 6.3-percent rise in quarterly net profit on Sunday and said the company was reviewing opportunities to divest some of its businesses. The firm, in which sovereign wealth fund ...

ING to renegotiate with European Commission - MSN Money
9 May 2012, 12:31 am
potentially reducing the extent of the ongoing divestments. ING won a court challenge against an EU ruling in March on its 10 billion euro ($13.0 billion) bailout during the credit crisis, and said on Wednesday it will start talks with the ...