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Pioneer Investments Adds to Stakes in Hartford Financial Group, Reynolds American
2015-11-14 00:44:57| Industrial Machines - Topix.net
Pioneer Investments , which was founded in Boston in 1928, has an extensive portfolio that includes a wide range of holdings. Pioneer made hundreds of transactions in the third quarter, as it does in most quarters, some large, most small by comparison but representing considerable global and market diversity.
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Liberty Global, Discovery buy stakes in Lionsgate
2015-11-10 16:48:00| Telecompaper Headlines
(Telecompaper) Cable group Liberty Global is continuing its expansion in the content market with the acquisition of a stake in film and TV studio Lionsgate. Liberty Global and Discovery Communications each have agreed to buy 5.0 million common shares of Lionsgate from MHR Fund Management, resulting in each having a 3.4 percent stake in the company. The purchase price is USD 195 million each for Liberty and Discovery. The investment in Lionsgate gets Liberty Global and Discovery a "preferred partner relationship" for licensing rights to certain content across their markets. Productions of Lionsgate include the series Orange is the New Black, Mad Men and Nashville, as well as the Hunger Games film, the first two installments of the Divergent franchise, Sicario and The Age of Adaline. Liberty Global and Discovery will each get a seat on Lionsgate's board. This will be CEO Mike Fries for Liberty Global and CEO David Zaslav for Discovery Communications. John Malone, Liberty's chairman and a member of Discovery's board, already sits on the Lionsgate board. Emily Fine, a designee of MHR Fund Management, will also join the board, while Lionsgate founder Frank Giustra will step down from the board.
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Charles Brandes Buys Stakes in Emerson Electric, Johnson & Johnson
2015-11-10 01:03:39| Electronics - Topix.net
Charles Brandes , chairman of Brandes Investment Partners, the firm he founded in 1974, is an adherent of value investing, applying its principles to the portfolios that are managed by the firm as well as his own. The strategy has been successful.
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Telecom Italia share conversion to dilute Vivendi, Niel stakes
2015-11-06 01:00:00| Total Telecom industry news
Italian incumbent posts small revenue, earnings declines in first nine months, but CEO upbeat on progress.
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Diageo offloads beer stakes to Heineken, ups Guinness Ghana Breweries control
2015-10-07 10:16:00| Daily beverage news and comment - from just-drinks.com
Diageo has sold off stakes in two beer businesses to Heineken for US$780.5m as it strengthens its grip on its Guinness brewery in Ghana.
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