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UPDATE 1-Chinese firm makes $850 mln bid for Australia's Discovery Metals

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Chinese firm makes $850 mln bid for Australia's Discovery Metals

SYDNEY, Oct 23 - Chinese private equity firm Cathay Fortune Corp has made a hostile A$824 million ($850.49 million) takeover bid for Australia's Discovery Metals Ltd after the copper explorer's board rebuffed a similar offer earlier this month.

Financials 6:33pm EDT

Leonard Green, Ares snap up CHG Healthcare

NEW YORK, Oct 22 - Private equity firms Leonard Green & Partners LP and Ares Management LLC have agreed to acquire control of hospital staffing company CHG Healthcare Services Inc from J.W. Childs Associates LP, a deal people familiar with the matter previously told Reuters could top $1 billion.

Stocks, M&A;, Mutual Fund Center, Markets, ETFs News, Industrials, Healthcare, Financials 6:00pm EDT

UPDATE 1-Solyndra bankruptcy plan approved over U.S. objections

WILMINGTON, Del., Oct 22 - Solyndra, the solar panel maker that failed despite a $528 million federal loan, on Monday won court approval for its plan to repay creditors and end its politically charged bankruptcy, after a judge overruled objections by the U.S. government.

Stocks, Mutual Fund Center, Bonds News, Bonds, Markets, ETFs News, Bankruptcy, Financials 2:20pm EDT

Private equity-owned company ups the ante in dispute with U.S.

NEW YORK, Oct 22 - American Petroleum Tankers LLC (APT), the shipping company that has alleged U.S. government discrimination because of its private equity ownership, said it would order two new tankers should its $340 million loan guarantee application be approved.

Stocks, M&A;, Regulatory News, Bonds News, Bonds, Mutual Fund Center, Markets, ETFs News, Financials, Industrials 1:38pm EDT

UPDATE 1-Investor Steyer leaving Farallon for politics, charity

BOSTON, Oct 22 - Tom Steyer, the billionaire founder of hedge fund Farallon Capital, is leaving the firm at the end of the year, as the money manager and philanthropist who has become more involved in Democratic politics said it is time for him to "give back."

Stocks, Mutual Fund Center, Markets, ETFs News, Financials, Investing Simplified 1:35pm EDT

UPDATE 3-Rain makes India's biggest-ever buy of a German-owned firm

FRANKFURT/LONDON, Oct 22 - Indian industrial group Rain Commodities Ltd agreed to buy speciality chemicals group Ruetgers in a 702 million euro ($918 million) deal that would set a new record for an Indian takeover of a German-owned business.

Financials, Basic Materials 1:26pm EDT

UPDATE 2-Greece's Aegean Airlines to buy rival Olympic Air

* Deal to result in synergies and reduced costs (Updates with Aegean confirming deal, rationale)

Industrials, Financials, Cyclical Consumer Goods 1:09pm EDT

UPDATE 1-Areva in talks to sell Canberra unit to Astorg

* Areva shares fall 0.6 pct (Rewrites with confirmation from company)

Financials, Industrials 12:45pm EDT

Solyndra bankruptcy plan approved over U.S. gov't objections

WILMINGTON, Del, Oct 22 - Solyndra, the failed solar panel maker, received court approval on Monday for its plan to repay creditors after a bankruptcy judge overruled objections by the U.S. government.

Stocks, Bonds News, Bonds, Mutual Fund Center, Markets, ETFs News, Bankruptcy, Financials 12:19pm EDT
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