Archive for the ‘Gwynn Guilford’ Category
Thursday, December 20th, 2007
...many people have been asking since its investment in Blackstone last June (though possibly not in Old English cant). Now for the answer: All snuggly with Morgan Stanley, it seems.
The late-Wednesday announcement of CIC's purchase of a 9.9% stake in Morgan Stanley is the first global move made by the ...
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Tuesday, December 18th, 2007
Somewhat on the fly (we're in production for January's issue), apparently the Australian Treasury has discovered that vague wording is a powerful tool in blustering about a new Asian menace: the sovereign wealth fund. Behold: "Attempts by foreign interests to purchase controlling stakes in strategic industries or iconic domestic companies ...
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Tuesday, November 6th, 2007
It was announced on Monday that China National Chemical is looking to buy Australia's Nufarm, a farm chemical company, teaming up with Blackstone and Fox Paine to make the deal. It's the first time a Chinese company has gone in with a private equity firm (or two, in this case) ...
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Wednesday, October 17th, 2007
by Gwynn Guilford
James Fallows at the Atlantic wrote this blogpost about the relief of being back in DC, a lot of which boils down to being able to exercise a broad range of consumer choice. There’s a lot packed in there, so I have a couple of things. First, ...
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