For buyout firms, West meets Mideast

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UK investment firm Apax Partners Worldwide L.L.P. and US investment bank The Blackstone Group are negotiating the purchase of a stake in Weather Investments S.p.A., a telecommunications holding company. Naguib Sawiris, an Egyptian billionaire, controls Weather Investments. The deal value is estimated at $1.7 bil.

Investment Banking and Securities Dealing, Investment Banking, Investment Offices, Investment Companies, Open-End Investment Funds, Investment Funds & Trusts, Security brokers and dealers, United Kingdom, United States, Investment banks, Holding companies, The Blackstone Group, Apax Partners Worldwide L.L.P.

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Vivendi in talks for stake in Dubai's Oger Telecom

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French mass media firm Vivendi S.A. is negotiating for a 25% to 35% stake in Oger Telecom, a unit of Saudi Arabian conglomerate Saudi Oger Ltd. The deal would be valued at around $2 bil to $3 bil. and would make Vivendi a strategic partner in the firm.

PRINTING AND PUBLISHING, Radio and Television Broadcasting, Parent-to-subsidiary activities, Subsidiary-to-parent activities, France, Mass media industry, Saudi Arabia, Vivendi S.A., Subsidiaries, divisions and units, Saudi Oger

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DoCoMo benefits from low fee for coming offer

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NTT DoCoMo Inc. is expected to set a price of approximately $8.59 billion (9.2 billion euros) for its global share offering. The firm is said to benefit from the low fees it secured for the offering.

Japan, Radiotelephone communications, Cellular Mobile Radio Services, Cellular and Other Wireless Telecommunications, Cellular telephone services industry, Cellular telephone services, NTT DoCoMo Inc.

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