MADRID, Feb 25 (Reuters) - Private equity investor Blackstone aims to list shares of Spanish gambling company Cirsa in mid-April in an initial public offering, newspaper Expansion reported on Tuesday, citing unnamed market sources. The operation would involve a placement of between 700 million euros and 1 billion euros ($733 million-$1.05 billion), combining both new and existing shares, before the...

BENGALURU (Reuters) - After striking an $8.5-billion media merger with Walt Disney ( DIS ), Indian billionaire Mukesh Ambani is targeting small businesses and promoting unconventional neuroscience studies to boost its revenues from the IPL, the world's most valuable cricket league. The pricey broadcast rights for the Indian Premier League (IPL) and other cricketing events which cost Disney ( DIS...

BEIJING (Reuters) -Oil prices rose for a second day on Tuesday as fresh U.S. sanctions imposed on Middle Eastern producer Iran increased concerns supply might tighten and as global refining margins remained strong. Brent crude futures rose 15 cents, or 0.2%, to $74.93 a barrel by 0724 GMT. U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude futures climbed 23 cents, or 0.3%, to...

BEIJING (Reuters) - The U.S. plan of coercing other countries into going after China's semiconductor industry will backfire, China's foreign ministry said on Tuesday. Such actions by the United States will hinder development of the global semiconductor industry, said Lin Jian, a foreign ministry spokesperson, in a regular press briefing, when asked about the White House's plan to toughen semiconductor...