Friday, 30 March 2012 Eric Archambeau on Wellington’s strategy:

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Wednesday, 08 February 2012 Teekay Corporation and König & Cie. are pleased to announce that Diamond S Shipping Group has joined the Gemini Tankers Suezmax Pool as a full member. The Gemini fleet currently has 17 modern Suezmax vessels. This is expected to grow to 26 vessels by the end of 2012 as vessels redeliver from time-charters and Diamond S’ eight additional newbuildings are added to the Pool.

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Friday, 20 January 2012 Global Infrastructure Partners ("GIP"), independent 5.64 billion US-Dollar investment fund and target fund of König & Cie. "Infrastructure International I", and Belgian natural gas transport company Fluxys G today announced a joint venture under which GIP will acquire from Fluxys a 44.9% equity interest in Fluxys Switzerland. The transaction is expected to close following clearance from the European Commission regulatory authority.

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Thursday, 19 January 2012 Pirate attacks against vessels in East and West Africa accounted for the majority of world attacks in 2011, signalling a rising trend, the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) International Maritime Bureau’s (IMB) global piracy report revealed today.

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Wednesday, 18 January 2012 KKR & Co., leading private equity company run by Henry Kravis and George Roberts, was the most active buyout firm 2011.

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Friday, 13 January 2012 Henry Schein, Inc., the largest provider of health care products and services to office-based practitioners, and Oak Hill Capital Partners announced that Henry Schein has acquired all of Oak Hill Capital Partners’ remaining interest in Butler Schein Animal Health for 155 million US-Dollar.

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Friday, 23 December 2011 Through improved energy efficiency, waste handling, process improvements and other initiatives, private equity portfolio companies joining KKR's Green Portfolio Program cumulatively have avoided approximately 365 million US-Dollar in operating costs, over 810,000 metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions, 2.2 million tons of waste, and saved 300 million liters of water since 2008.

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Monday, 12 December 2011

The Association of Retail Technology Standards ("ARTS") announced his week the addition of several prominent companies to its growing membership. 

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Friday, 09 December 2011

London Gatwick airport's plans for growth includes a strong focus on routes to the Far East. Now, these plans received a considerable boost, when Air China said that it will add a four times a week service connecting Beijing to Gatwick.

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Friday, 09 December 2011

Heliatek GmbH has set a new world record for organic solar cells. Fraunhofer ISE CalLab certified a cell efficiency of 9.8% for a 1.1 cm² tandem cell manufactured with a low temperature deposition process. 

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