A private equity consortium made up of Providence Equity Partners, Carlyle Group and Blackstone walked away from a deal with Informa, the publisher of Lloydâ??s list, after the consortiumâ??s lending banks were unable to finance the bid amid the global financial crisis.
Russiaâ??s two main bourses, RTS and MICEX, suspended trading until further notice on Wednesday, after shares continued to tumble one day after their steepest decline in more than a decade.