US company C.H. Robinson, the market leader in TSL, is looking to buy Polish Apreo Logistics, a TSL company developing in the European market,  Polish daily Puls Biznesu reported Aug. 13, 2012. ...

Oceanic, the Polish private cosmetics producer, is seeking distribution partners and potential targets on the Spanish market, looking to expand abroad, Puls Biznesu reported August 20. ...

Russian investment fund Altimo has become a majority shareholder in Russian major mobile telephone operator Vimplecom Ltd., which is one of the world's largest companies in this market. Altimo will pay USD 3.6 bln to raise its stake to 40.5-percent, Russian daily Kommersant announced Aug. 16, 2012. ...

The Siberian Coal and Energy Company paid RUB 3.136 bln (USD 104 mln) for a 24.9 percent stake in the Murmansk Sea Trade Port, the Russian investment agency, Prime, announced on Aug. 8 2012. ...

Indian tire manufacturer Apollo Tyres, which has been contemplating a decision to invest in Poland or Hungary, once again withdrew from negotiations in Poland, Polish daily Puls Biznesu announced Aug. 13, 2012. ...

Polyus Gold, Russia's largest gold producer, will draw a RUB 500 bln (USD 150 mln) loan from Russian state bank VTB to finance a new mining project in Magadan, Natalka oblast. ...

German investment fund Union Investment Real Estate acquired Poland's largest shopping mall, Manufaktura, in Lodz, for an estimated EUR 350-400 mln, Puls Biznesu reported July 30, 2012. ...

BP has announced its readiness to sell a 50-percent stake in the TNK-BP joint venture, beginning 90-day negotiations with Russian oligarch partners Alfa Access Renova consortium. ...

Russian Foreign Investment Fund and US investment fund Cartesian Capital Group acquired Austrian Unicredit Bank's 3.4-percent stake in the Moscow Stock Exchange for an estimated USD 25-125 mln on July 23, 2012. ...

French global energy management giant, Schneider Electric will invest in an R&D center in Russian Skolkovo Innovation City Foundation, to launch in 2016. ...