Smedvig Capital invested GBP 4 million into Kings Court Trust. Smedvig Capital, a private equity investor based in Mayfair, pumped in GBP 4 million into Kings Court Trust.

W.P. Carey is set to shell out US $4 billion to purchase Corporate Property Associates 16 - Global Inc.

Tyco International Inc. has acquired Exacq Technologies Inc., a portfolio firm of CID Capital Venture Partners.

British television network ITV has bought Big Talk Productions for an estimated GBP 12.5 million. In a deal estimated to be worth GBP 12. 5 million, British TV network ITV PLC has bought Big Talk Productions and its associated companies.

Fortune's Philip Elmer-DeWitt said that Apple spent US$16 billion to buy 36 million of its own shares.

TMSF said that Turk Telekoms has made a US%530 million offer for DigiTurk. Turk Telekom said that they have made a US$350 million offer to buy a 53% stake in Digiturk, a Turkish digital pay-TV operator.

Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance announced that it has agreed with Thai Life to buy a 15% stake in the insurer, beating private equity firms KKR & Co, CVC Capital Partners, and Carlyle Group LP to the deal.

Belgian weaving machine maker, Picanol, purchased a 27.6% stake in Belgian chemicals group, Tessenderlo Chemie.

An IVC Research Center report reveals a dip in Israeli investments and KKR's influence in private equity in the country.

Coldwell Banker Residential Real Estate acquires Brevard County, Florida's Hartung Real Estate.