The Winner’s Curse
Tuesday, August 23rd, 2005China outbid India to acquire PetroKazakhstan Inc, Kazakhstan’s third largest oil producer, after its flagship company CNCP raised its offer higher than the Indian price. China National Petroleum Corp, which trailed Oil and Natural Gas-Mittal Group combine when price bids were made on August 15, raised its bid to $4.18-billion to acquire PetroKazakhstan, a Canadian [...]