Fiat will pump another $1.3 billion into Chrysler this quarter as it moves closer to its target of owning a controlling stake in the U.S. automaker. The deal will take Fiat’s holding in the company to 46 percent, just 5 percent shy of the 51 percent it needs to assume full control.
Read the politically charged, behind-the-scenes story of how the Singapore Exchange failed in its bid for a full takeover of Australian stock exchange operator ASX.
The prosecution amped up the tone of its attacks on Raj Rajaratnam in closing arguments at the insider trading trial of the hedge fund manager on Wednesday, saying the Galleon Group founder wanted to “conquer the stock market at the expense of the law.” The jury is expected to begin deliberations once the defense wraps up its closing arguments either Thursday or next Monday.
In an interview with CNBC, NYSE Euronext chief Duncan Niederauer explains why a merger with Deutsche Boerse would better suit his company’s expansion strategy than one with competing bidders Nasdaq OMX and IntercontinentalExchange.
“The mergers of exchanges have only just begun as growing competition and even new regulation drive them closer together, irrespective of national borders,” 