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  • Reuters

    Blackstone considering sale of visa firm VFS Global, Bloomberg News reports

    Blackstone is considering options including a sale of its majority stake in visa application outsourcing and technology services firm VFS Global after receiving interest from prospective investors, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday. A potential transaction could value VFS at about $7 billion, Bloomberg reported, citing people familiar with the matter.

  • GlobeNewswire

    Scatec to sell wind plant in Vietnam to SUSI Asia Energy Transition Fund

    Oslo, 13 September 2024: Scatec ASA, a leading renewable energy provider, has signed an agreement to sell the 39-megawatt (MW) Dam Nai Wind farm and the associated operating company in Vietnam to Sustainable Asia Renewable Assets (“SARA”), a utility-scale renewable energy platform of the SUSI Asia Energy Transition Fund (“SAETF”). Scatec will receive an upfront consideration of USD 27 million for its 100% equity stake at completion, with potential for additional earn-out payments of up to USD 13

  • Associated Press Finance

    Former drilling foe Harris now says she supports it. 'Sprint to the middle' or climate betrayal?

    The comment by Harris, a longtime climate hawk who backed the original Green New Deal, surprised supporters and opponents alike — and conflicted with frequent boasts by Harris and President Joe Biden that they are champions in the fight to slow global warming. After former President Donald Trump withdrew the U.S. from the Paris Agreement on climate change, the Biden-Harris administration reentered the global pact aimed at reducing emissions.