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In a significant maneuver towards streamlining its operations, luxury conglomerate Kering has divested its beauty division to L’Oreal. The deal, valued at US$4.6 billion (EU$4 billion), is part of Kering’s broader strategy to concentrate on its essential…
MBK Partners, a private equity firm primarily operating in Northeast Asia, recently announced plans to sell its struggling South Korean supermarket chain, Homeplus. This move aims to prevent the retailer from going under. In an attempt to keep the firm afloat…
The founder of Korea’s top gaming company Nexon has put the company up for sale, according to a local media outlet, in what could be the biggest such deal in Korean history. According to a report, Kim Jung-ju, chairman of NXC, the de facto holding company of…
Twitter, the global microblogging service that pioneered hashtags and the art of marketing in small, crisp sentences is reportedly looking for suitors. The sale around the region of $16 billion, although no accurate sales figures have been released and it…
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