Australia’s Paladin Energy to buy Canada’s Fission Uranium for $833 million

Australian miner Paladin Energy said on Monday it had entered into an agreement to buy Canada’s Fission Uranium Corp (TSX:FCU) for an implied equity value of C$1.14 billion ($833.03 million). The deal comes at a time when prices for uranium, used to fuel most of the world’s nuclear reactors supplying 16% of the global energy, […]

Malaysia airport privatisation deal clouded by protests over Gaza war

A group of prominent Malaysian civil society bodies have started a protest against a bid by a consortium including a firm in the process of being acquired by BlackRock (BLK.N), opens new tab to take the country’s airport operator private amid boycott campaigns against some U.S. firms over the Gaza war. Around 22 organisations have issued a […]

Citadel Securities and BlackRock back project to start a national stock exchange in Texas

Citadel Securities are among investors backing a group seeking to start a new national stock exchange in Texas. TXSE Chairman and CEO James Lee said the Dallas-headquartered group has raised $120 million with the support of more than two dozen investors. “Texas’s booming economy and the strong economic and population growth among states in the southeast quadrant […]