Edgen Group Inc. filed plans for an estimated initial public offering of up to $100 million in Class A shares. The company distributes specialty products, such as highly engineered steel pipe and valves, to the energy sector. It plans to use the proceeds to repay debt and for other general corporate purposes. For the nine months ended Sept. 30, Edgen’s loss narrowed to $18.1 million as sales... 

SINGAPORE -(MarketWatch)- Singapore-listed Noble Group Ltd. on Friday said it will vote in favor of the planned merger between its 64%.5-owned Australian subsidiary Gloucester Coal Ltd. and the Australian unit of China’s Yanzhou Coal Mining YZC -3.89% . “Noble welcomes the proposed merger as it reflects the long-term strategy it has been working on together with the Gloucester board to... 

GLOBAL is a company that is in the business of acquiring exclusive licenses and distribution and reseller contracts on proven technologies in the environmental, green and war fighter industries. The criteria for the licensing or distribution agreements of the technologies are: they must be proven, validated and in use. The business plan of Global is to sublicense the technologies it acquires to companies... 

LONDON (MarketWatch) — Private equity firm Carlyle Group Monday said it has bought upmarket carpet-maker Brintons out of administration, with plans to grow the company internationally. Financial details of the transaction weren’t disclosed but a person familiar with the situation told Dow Jones Newswires that the U.S. private equity giant intends to invest around GBP38 million, some GBP20... 

Bank of America Corp. put up for sale roughly $250 million of private equity funds held on its balance sheet, said people familiar with the situation. The portfolio is made up of 50 private equity funds that are primarily focused on U.S. buyouts, these people said. The positions up for sale are mostly in funds that are at the end of their lives with an average vintage year of 2000, these people said. In... 

Last week, China Tel Group, Inc (OTC:CHTL) started to climb up. All of a sudden the stock soared about 31% on Thursday and on Friday it added the next 6.32% to its market price. Along with the price, the traded volume of CHTL also rose up to exceed 3 million shares for a day. As China Tel has not published anything about its business recently, the most reasonable explanation on the gain appears... 

OMAHA, NE, Nov 23, 2010 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) — Tivus, Inc. (pinksheets:TIVU), a provider of turnkey media entertainment technology to the hotel and hospitality industry, today announced a vital IPTV supply chain agreement with European electronics giant Vestel Group, of Manisa, Turkey, through their Master North America Distributor, CVS International Ltd. “The Vestel agreement provides... 

NEWPORT BEACH, CA, Sep 16, 2010 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) — Sunrise Consulting Group, Inc. () announced today that its financial statements are near completion and are expected to be uploaded to PinkSheets shortly. As a result the Company expects to be upgraded to “Limited Information” status on PinkSheets. The updated financials are also being forwarded to the company’s legal... 

HOLLYWOOD, CA, Aug 11, 2010 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) — Big Screen Entertainment Group (PINKSHEETS: BSEG) will soon file both their completed 15c-211 Disclosure Statements and their three year consolidated financial statements After months of preparation, Big Screen management has completed its filings and will become a fully reporting Pinksheet company. Quarterly financials will be posted on the... 

PHOENIX, AZ and HONG KONG, Aug 06, 2010 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) — The Amergence Group (PINKSHEETS: AMNG), a company that focuses on the development, nurturing, and rapid expansion of selected emerging companies across a wide range of industries and disciplines, announced today its new vision called “Dividend Farming” — a methodology intended to more directly share the benefits...