Internet giant Yahoo was earlier reported to have bought San Francisco-based startup Aviate for an undisclosed amount, but now a source familiar with the deal revealed that the acquisition was valued at $80 million.
Deals
Black Hills Corp to acquire Wyoming gas utility assets in $6M deal
South Dakota, US-based energy firm Black Hills Corp inked a deal to acquire gas utility MGTC's gas transmission and distribution utility assets in northeastern Wyoming in a deal valued at $6 million.
Hellman & Friedman mulls over sale of Catalina Marketing Corp.
Private equity firm Hellman & Friedman is reportedly considering to sell Catalina Marketing Corp. in a deal that could fetch $2 billion to $2.5 billion. Catalina provides customer-driven marketing services to over 25,000 grocery, drug and department stores in the US.
China's Fosun International Ltd to buy insurance arm of Portugal's state bank for €1B
The insurance unit of Portugal's Caixa Geral de Depositos SA will be acquired by China's Fosun International Ltd in a deal worth €1 billion, Reuters reported.
Marubeni Crop buys power plant in Tokyo, eyes more Japan production
Japanese trading house Marubeni Corp announced on Friday that it had bought a 100-megawatt (MW) gas power facility in Tokyo and is also planning to add further 200 MW of local capacity in 2016.
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Private equity firm Blackstone Group and property developer Panchshil Realty have emerged frontrunners for buying Citibank's old headquarters in Mumbai, India. The Blackstone-Panchshil combine have jointly bid INR186 crore for Citigroup Center.
An unnamed official from South Korea's S-Oil Corp said Saudi Arabian Oil Co or Saudi Aramco, the largest crude exporter in the world, will be buying a $2 billion stake in S-Oil, Bloomberg reported.
Illinois, US-based marketing technology company Ifbyphone raised $9 million in a Series D funding round led by growth equity firm River Cities Capital Funds to beef up its workforce.
Santander Consumer USA Holdings is seeking a valuation of as much as $8.4 billion in its initial public offering. The auto loan company owned by Spain's Banco Santander as well as private equity firms expects to raise $1.56 billion in the listing.
New Jersey, US-based business analytics firm raised $4.8 million in a funding round from Richard Braddock and Amarpreet Sawhney to create tools that help companies understand their customers.
Addison Capital portfolio company Gowanda Holdings said it had bought Los Angeles, California RF and microwave filters designer and maker TTE Inc for an undisclosed amount.
Stockholm-based private equity firm EQT Partners intends to list British food outlet operator SSP on the London Stock Exchange in June this year. The food outlet operator could be worth £2 billion ($3.3 billion).
San Francisco, US-based big data firm Radius raised $13 million in a funding round led by Formation8 Partners to spot great leads and improve workflows for salespeople.
Canadian juvenile products and bicycle company Dorel Industries Inc said it had signed a share purchase deal to acquire Israel-based baby products and developmental toy firm Tiny Love.
