Not exact matches
Toshiba announced Wednesday it had selected a
consortium led by the public - private Innovation Network Corp.
of Japan (INCJ) as a preferred
bidder.
Toshiba said earlier it has chosen a
consortium of Bain and Japanese government investors as the preferred
bidder for its chip business, aiming to clinch a deal worth some 2 trillion yen ($ 18 billion) by next week as it scrambles for funds to cover massive losses.
The beleaguered technology company's core business is up for sale after years
of lackluster performance, with
bidders including frontrunner Verizon, inventor Dan Gilbert (backed by Warren Buffett), TPG, and a
consortium that includes Bain Capital and former Yahoo CEO Ross Levinsohn.
The Minmetals group was the sole Chinese
bidder left after a
consortium led by Aluminum Corp.
of China abandoned its offer for Las Bambas in November, people with knowledge
of the matter said then.
What happens in the course
of negotiating a contract is that before full contract negotiations begin the government will choose one
consortium as the preferred
bidder for a particular project.
The Hong Kong
consortium outbid the U.K. utility Scottish & Southern Energy and a
consortium of other
bidders headed by an Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth fund and Canada Pension Plan, the WSJ says.
A
consortium formed by Antin Infrastructure Partners, ICAMAP, an independent real estate fund manager and Borletti Group, a private investment entity focused on retail, luxury and real estate, ranked first among
bidders and has been selected by Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane (FS) and Eurostazioni as the winning counterpart for the purchase
of a 100 % stake in Grandi Stazioni Retail (GSR).
In the course
of the sale process, the essential parts
of the company could finally be sold to a
consortium of three
bidders.
Air India's lucrative $ 8.9 billion insurance cover contract has kicked off a battle between private insurance companies and a public sector
consortium led by The New India Assurance Company Ltd, with the latter writing to the airline to complain that tender contract norms have not been adhered to and were relaxed to the disadvantage
of two
bidders.