Online music-streaming service Spotify has raised $250 million in a new funding round, making it one of the world's most richly capitalized start-ups.
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Charter nears multi-billion dollar debt financing agreement for Time Warner bid
Charter Communications was reportedly nearing an agreement with investment banks to borrow money for its bid for Time Warner Cable Inc. Charter has held talks with Bank of America Corp., Barclays Plc and Deutsche Bank AG.
Vince Holding proves fashion still sizzles in Wall Street in IPO
Clothing retailer Vince Holdings showed that fashion is still hot among public investors as it prices its shares one dollar above marketing range in its public debut.
Three bidders remain for Johnson & Johnson's diagnostic unit- sources
Only three potential buyers from at least five who expressed initial interest were left to bid for the Ortho Clinical Diagnostics business of healthcare firm Johnson & Johnson, according to sources interviewed by Bloomberg.
iPhone maker Foxconn to invest in USD40 million in Pennsylvania
iPhone maker Foxconn Technology Group said it plans to invest USD40 million in Pennsylvania for the development of robotics and a high-tech manufacturing facility for telecom and internet equipment.
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Sources name the Carlyle Group LP and a combined group from Danaher Corp and Blackstone Group LP to have successfully advanced to the final stage of sale negotiations for J&J's diagnostics unit
Deutsche Telekom announced on Thursday that it would be selling its 70 percent stake of Scout24 to the SF-based Hellman & Friendman group while still retaining a 30 percent stake. The deal is worth 2 billion EU.
The scheduled $35.1 bilion tie-up of both advertising giants Omnicom and Publicis, would be pushed to mid-2014 as the latest date, as announced by both Chief Executives on Thursday.
Spanish telecom group, Telefonica, announced on Thursday that it was open to talks about mergers, acquisitions and deals to share its networks in Mexico in order to streamline its operations.
SF-based mobile payment and carrier billing provider, Boku, acquires India's largest carrier Billing company, Quebecell. Providing them with a centralized hub in penetrating Middle East and Asian markets.
Hotel operator Hilton Worldwide Inc, owned by private equity firm Blackstone Group LP, will increase the size of its initial public offering to about $2.25 billion, according to a source familiar with the matter.
Shares in Swiss biotech company Actelion rose on Thursday after broker Citi said in a research note British pharma group AstraZeneca might be interested in buying it.
New York-based all-digital media firm Ziff Davis, the publishing arm of Hollywood-based internet services company J2 Global Inc, bought consumer electronics deal aggregating site TechBargains.com for an undisclosed amount.
Optical retailer New Look Eyewear Inc will be buying Charlottetown-based eyewear company Vogue Optical Inc for USD74 million to become Canada's third-largest integrated optical product seller.
