PayPal has made an offer to buy digital pinboard site Pinterest for US$45-billion, people familiar with the matter said on Wednesday, a combination that could herald more tie-ups between fintech and social media companies in e-ecommerce. The per-share price…
US investment company Flacks is considering making a bid for Malaysian-owned, British fashion retailer Laura Ashley. The firm is in the “very preliminary stages” of a takeover bid for the brand. Any possible takeover offer will be limited to 2.748p in cash…
Sears Holdings chair Edward Lampert’s US$5.2 billion bid to save 425 Sears and Kmart stores and roughly 45,000 jobs from liquidation was approved by a US bankruptcy court judge last week. Lampert’s bid, which he made through his hedge fund ESL Investments…
Bankrupt US retailer Sears has been saved from liquidation following a successful, last-minute US$5.2 billion bid by chairman Eddie Lampert, subject to court approval. The acquisition includes substantially all of the company’s assets as an on-going concern…
Singapore’s Consistel is reportedly pulling ahead of MyRepublic in the race to secure funding to make a play to become the market’s fourth mobile operator. Consistel has so far lined up at least S$400 million ($293.8 million) worth of the S$1 billion in…
Deutsche Post DHL Group and UPS are reportedly among the companies which have submitted preliminary offers for South Korean package delivery firm Logen Logistics. According to a report today, Affinity Equity Partners, CVC Capital Partners and STIC Investment…