Dubai fund buys historic London site from Queen
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A property fund backed by an investment arm of the Dubai government bought prime west London property from the Queen's portfolio, the monarch's property managers announced on Wednesday.
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Abu Dhabi unveiled plans for prestigious museums, including eventually a satellite of the Paris Louvre, to be built as part of the oil-rich emirate's bid to snare a larger slice of the region's booming tourist industry.
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An investment firm owned by the government of Dubai says it has bought a "substantial stake" in Sony.
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Franklin Templeton Investments, which manages $621 billion in assets, has bought 25 percent of Dubai's Algebra Capital Ltd and wants to grow its business in Arab markets, it said on Tuesday.
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State-linked investment funds in Qatar and Singapore are interested in buying almost one third of the London Stock Exchange from the US Nasdaq market, media reported on Monday.
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Sainsbury's is approached by a Middle Eastern investment fund about a possible takeover worth some Â£12bn.
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The United Arab Emirates and Qatar are set to own nearly half of the London Stock Exchange, a source close to the matter told AFP on Thursday.
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Morgan Stanley's  real estate unit agreed to buy Australia's Investa Properties Ltd.  for A$4.7 billion ($3.9 billion) on Thursday, the nation's third-largest property trust takeover.
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LONDON/NEW YORK  - Private investment firm Colony Capital LLC has agreed to buy a controlling stake in Libyan state-owned Tamoil in a deal that valued the Italy-based refiner at 4 billion euros ($5.4 billion) -- double earlier estimates.
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Abu Dhabi agreed today to pay that much to attach the Louvreâs name to a new museum it hopes to open in 2012.
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Business & money: Â· Shares hit record high after Â£732m market raidÂ· Emirate royal family is now biggest shareholder
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Las Vegas-based Harrah's Entertainment   HET.N, the world's biggest casino operator, has agreed to buy   Britain's London Clubs LCI.L for $530 million, giving the   U.S. company a strong opening in Europe.
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Dubai is paying $1.15 billion for the  global port assets of U.S.-based CSX Corp., outbidding the  world's two biggest container port operators to gain a foothold  in Hong Kong and access to booming China.
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London's famous Savoy hotel is sold to billionaire Saudi investor Prince Alwaleed bin Talal for an undisclosed sum.
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One of the most distinctive buildings in The City financial district of London, the Swiss Re Tower or &quot;Gherkin&quot;, has gone up for sale.
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Blackstone Group LP agreed to buy Tussauds Group, owner of London's Madame Tussauds waxworks museum, for $1.9 billion to create the world's second-biggest operator of tourist attractions.
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Arts & entertainment: Historic centre of law to give access to galleries, halls and largest private gardens in London