Batista exit from MPX begins breakup of EBX empire By Jeb Blount and Guillermo Parra-Bernal RIO DE JANEIRO/SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazilian billionaire Eike Batista's EBX Group, a once high-flying industrial conglomerate, began breaking up on Thursday, the latest victim of a screeching halt in a decade-long commodities boom. Batista, the founder and vital force behind the oil, energy, port, shipbuilding and mining group, stepped down as chairman ...
July 5, 2013 - Reuters via Yahoo! News