July 18 (Reuters) - The following bids,
mergers, acquisitions and disposals
were reported by 2000 GMT on
Thursday:
** Nigeria's Guaranty Trust Bank said
it has reached an agreement to
acquire a 70 percent stake in Kenya's
Fina Bank Limited for $100 million.

Batista, the world’s eighth-richest person in March 2012, lost more than $30 billion of his fortune after failure to meet output targets led to a selloff of shares in his energy, commodities and cargo companies. GE wrote down its 2012 investment in Batista’s EBX Group Co. in the second quarter, Chief Executive Officer Jeffrey Immelt said on a conference call today. Batista vowed to pay back all his debts.

“I will honor all of my obligations,” Batista said. “I won’t leave a single penny unpaid for each one of my debts.”
Bonds and Shares

OGX’s $2.56 billion of 2018 bonds gained 3.35 cents to the dollar at 15.5 cents to yield 74 percent. Shares of OGX fell 2 percent to 49 centavos at 11:31 a.m. in Sao Paulo, extending its plunge this year to 89 percent.

Batista said he regrets taking his companies public, adding he “believes” in OGX and continues to invest in the explorer.

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When a former president gets concerned... http://translate.googleu...npqczwJMH3_ZxTmxbAVmGf0Q

U.S. indicts hackers in biggest cyber fraud case in history - http://www.reuters.com/a...s-idUSBRE96O0RI20130726



Will be hard to deal with those hardcore cyber criminals from Eastern Europe...