Korea M&A Corporation

Microtune Inc. said Friday it would buy Auvitek International Ltd., a privately owned China-based maker of semiconductors for HDTV, for $9 million in cash and stock. After the announcement, Microtune shares fell 18 cents, or 8 percent, to $2.02 in early afternoon trading. Microtune said it will pay $6.8 million in cash and one million shares of Microtune stock. The acquisition is expected to clo..

Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co KKR.UL has reached a deal to unload half of the equity in South Korea's No.2 beer maker, which it agreed to buy for $1.8 billion, to Affinity Equity Partners, two sources with direct knowledge of the process said on Tuesday. KKR is planning to complete its acquisition of Oriental Brewery (OB) from Anheuser-Busch InBev INTB.BR during the current quarter, the top priva..

Repsol YPF SA is in talks with China National Petroleum Corp. and China National Offshore Oil Corp. about a sale of a stake in its Argentinean unit, three people familiar with the discussions said. China National Petroleum, or CNPC, may make an offer of about $13 billion to $14.5 billion for Repsol’s 75 percent stake in YPF SA this month, said one of the people, who declined to be identified bec..

Japanese mobile operator aims to strengthen music, video services offering with 35% share in NextWave subsidiary. NTT DoCoMo on Monday announced that it has acquired a 35% stake in wireless multimedia software firm PacketWave for $45.5 million. The Japanese mobile operator said it has been incorporating a number of PacketVideo's technologies into multimedia applications available via its FOMA 3G..

Waytronx Inc. on Monday said it has acquired a Japanese maker of electronics components in a strategic acquisition it believes will boost its penetration in Japan. Tualatin-based Waytronx (OTCBB: WYNX), a provider of openly licensable advanced systems cooling solutions, acquired Comex Instruments Ltd. and 49 percent of Comex Electronics Ltd., as well as an associated distribution network for $26..

Chinese toll road operator Sichuan Expressway Co (0107.HK) said on Monday it planned to raise as much as 2 billion yuan ($292 million) selling new shares publicly in Shanghai, marking China's first major IPO since last September. The Hong Kong-listed company will sell up to 500 million yuan-denominated A shares, or 16.35 percent of its enlarged capital, and will use the proceeds to fund an acqui..