Colonie Mall, the second largest mall in Albany NY was recently acquired by a consortium led by KKR.

Vueling, the Spanish budget airline is the subject of takeover discussions by IAG. Spanish budget airline Vueling's board recently recommended to its shareholders to accept an improved takeover bid from International Airline Group.

As an alternative to the Sprint Nextel offer, Aurelius Capital Management has offered US$80 million in financing to Clearwire.

Thermo Fisher, the largest scientific equipment and laboratory instruments manufacturer has sent a binding offer for Life Technologies, the genetics sequence market leader.

Fiat claims ability to buy out other shareholders for Chrysler. The Italian carmaker who manages Chrysler Group LLC, Fiat SpA, said that their resources are already sufficient to be able to purchase the remaining shares from an employee group and there is no need to liquidate new shares to be able to finance the deal.

Southeastern Asset Management calls the evaluation of the Silver Lake-Dell leveraged buyout offer as "flawed".

CORWIL acquired by Tonka Bay Equity partners for an undisclosed amount. Tonka Bay Equity Partners announced their acquisition of CORWIL Technology Corporation.

First aid manufacturer Med-Tech Resource was acquired by private equity firm GC Capital. A San Francisco based private investment firm, GC Capital has announced the acquisition of majority shareholdings in Med-Tech Resource.

Adknowledge purchases SocialWeekend Labs, the formal company name of MontiPay Inc. In an announcement, Adknowledge has acquired Montipay Inc under its name SocialWeekend Labs.

The purchase underscores the market expansion into France and away from Britain. India's number one software services company, Tata Consultancy Services, would purchase Alti SA of France for the price of Eur 75 million or US$98 million.