http://labs.daylife.com/journalist/laura_santiniArticles by LAURA SANTINI, aggregated by daylife.comen-usTue, 24 Nov 2009 16:19:59 GMTTue, 24 Nov 2009 16:19:59 GMTDaylife Betaken@daylife.comken@daylife.comhttp://feeds.wsjonline.com/~r/wsj/deals/feed/~3/377154693/An up-to-the-minute take on deals and deal makers. A decade ago, some government officials in Southeast Asia lambasted currency traders, blaming them for driving down the value of many Asian currencies. Today, some banks see the region as a global ...Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:23:06 GMThttp://feeds.wsjonline.com/~r/wsj/deals/feed/~3/377154693/Morgan Stanleyhttp://feeds.wsjonline.com/~r/wsj/deals/feed/~3/299154316/In a move ostensibly aimed at keeping a coveted Hong Kong media asset from capitulating to a foreign buyout firm, a local tycoon, Lee Shau-kee, is lending three billion Hong Kong dollars (about US$385 million) to another local high-flier to help him ...Tue, 27 May 2008 16:52:23 GMThttp://feeds.wsjonline.com/~r/wsj/deals/feed/~3/299154316/http://feeds.wsjonline.com/~r/wsj/deals/feed/~3/267043540/The Australian newspaper reported Wednesday that a Chinese steelmaker may be preparing to acquire a stake in BHP Billiton, after China’s Chinalco bought a portion of another mining company, Rio Tinto, that BHP is trying to acquire. People close to the ...Wed, 09 Apr 2008 15:04:07 GMThttp://feeds.wsjonline.com/~r/wsj/deals/feed/~3/267043540/BHP Billiton LimitedRio Tinto PlcKevin RuddAlcoa, Inc.http://feeds.wsjonline.com/~r/wsj/deals/feed/~3/263257190/Morgan Stanley is transplanting a star mergers-and-acquisitions banker to Hong Kong from London to fill a newly created role as chairman of Asian M&A, a move that shows the regions growing prominence in big-ticket deal-making. Scott Matlock, 42 years ...Thu, 03 Apr 2008 11:15:47 GMThttp://feeds.wsjonline.com/~r/wsj/deals/feed/~3/263257190/Morgan Stanleyhttp://feeds.wsjonline.com/~r/wsj/deals/feed/~3/262707613/Jesse Wangchief risk officer and executive vice president of the sovereign wealth fund China Investment Corp.charmed his way out of revealing much about the country’s $200 billion SWF in his speech to a crowd of money managers at the Credit Suisse ...Wed, 02 Apr 2008 15:32:28 GMThttp://feeds.wsjonline.com/~r/wsj/deals/feed/~3/262707613/Morgan Stanleyhttp://feeds.wsjonline.com/~r/wsj/deals/feed/~3/254188038/The hedge-fund party may be over in Asia. After years in which the number and assets of Asia-focused hedge funds have steadily risen, prime brokers and hedge fund managers say they expect a larger number of managers to fold up the tent this year–not so ...Wed, 19 Mar 2008 10:27:06 GMThttp://feeds.wsjonline.com/~r/wsj/deals/feed/~3/254188038/http://feeds.wsjonline.com/~r/wsj/deals/feed/~3/250751922/A new flavor of shareholder activism has arrived in Asia. Big shareholders of Chinese pharmaceutical concern AsiaPharm Group are pushing back against a proposed management buyout led by regional private-equity shop MBK Partners. U.S. money managers ...Thu, 13 Mar 2008 13:53:46 GMThttp://feeds.wsjonline.com/~r/wsj/deals/feed/~3/250751922/Carlyle Group