Tokyo / Bloomberg Sharp Corp.’s President Kozo Takahashi and Foxconn Technology Group’s Chairman Terry Gou formally signed a rescue deal on Saturday, ending a takeover drama that spanned four years of often difficult negotiations. Takahashi and Gou, flanked by the flags of Taiwan and Japan, shook hands in front of more than 300 reporters gathered at the Osaka-based company’s Sakai ...

Kuala Lumpur / Bloomberg An Indonesian consortium led by veteran investment banker Agus Projosasmito is preparing to offer about $2 billion for control of Newmont Mining Corp.’s operations in the country after lining up bank financing, people with knowledge of the matter said. The investor group plans to bid for about 80 percent of local operating company PT Newmont Nusa ...

MUMBAI / Reuters India’s Geometric Ltd said it will sell its IT services business to HCL Technologies Ltd in an all-stock deal valued at 12.37 billion Indian rupees, as HCL looks to strengthen its engineering and automotive services portfolio. Geometric shareholders will receive 10 shares in HCL for every 43 shares of Geometric as part of the stock-swap. The deal, ...