UTAC buyout seen approved, leaving banks in lurch
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HONG KONG/SINGAPORE  - The $1.4 billion private equity buyout of Singapore's United Test & Assembly Center  is likely to win shareholder approval on October 5, to the potential dismay of the deal's bankers.
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The changes at the top are good, but the bank may not be a takeover candidate.
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A confluence of business decisions and environmental concerns drove the TXU buyout.
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TOKYO : Japan&#39;s Supreme Court cleared the way for UFJ Holdings and Mitsubishi Tokyo Financial Group to merge by rejecting a bid to halt the deal by Sumitomo Trust and Banking, a court spokeswoman said.
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Embattled British bank Northern Rock  is preparing for a sell-off that could see its 100 billion pound ($200.6 billion) mortgage portfolio divided between the country's other major banks, the Sunday Telegraph said.
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Shares in Manchester United rally on Monday as the club confirms it has received a takeover approach.
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The credit markets had doubts about Cox Communications Inc.'s decision to go private, but now the verdict is that the buyout will not be as damaging as first feared.
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Bear Stearns Cos Inc's management shake-up could make the investment bank a takeover target, but the possibility of more write-downs and chance of legal entanglements from the subprime mortgage crisis could sideline suitors for now, analysts said on Tuesday.
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The Government is to announce its decision on the future of beleaguered bank Northern Rock today
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A consortium led by Citigroup Inc.   has won final regulatory approval for its $3.1 billion  purchase of 85.6 percent of Guangdong Development Bank (GDB),  the China Banking Regulatory Commission said on Monday, paving  the way for a restructuring of the troubled southern China  lender.
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TXU, the largest energy provider in Texas, agreed last night to a $45 billion buyout that would not only be the largest private-equity deal in history but would also feature an unusual twist: The buyers have promised environmental groups they would cancel a slew of coal-fired power plants on the firm's drawing boards....
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By Jeffrey TomichRipples from the $32 billion buyout of TXU Corp. reverberated from Dallas to Wall Street -- even St. Louis -- after an announcement that the utility would scrap plans for most of the 11 coal-fired power plants that it planned to build in Texas.
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TORONTO -- An Ontario court approved Air Canada&#39;s restructuring plan yesterday, while one of Canada&#39;s major banks sold off its debt in the airline.
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Embattled British bank Northern Rock  is preparing for a sell-off that could see its 100 billion pound ($202 billion) mortgage portfolio divided between the country's other major banks, the Sunday Telegraph said.
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U.S. buyout fund Lone Star is close to  terminating its $7.3 billion deal to sell Korea Exchange Bank  (KEB) to Kookmin Bank (060000.KS) because of a prosecutors'  investigation, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday.
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The four networks have been bought by consortia which include Scottish &amp; Southern Energy and United Utilities. Transco said that it would return about Â£2bn to shareholders following the sale and would increase its dividend for the current year by 20%.
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Business & money: Blow for RBS-led consortium as Dutch court rules ABN Amro acted lawfully when it agreed to sell LaSalle to Bank of America without shareholder approval.