San Francisco-based smart kitchen company The Orange Chef has received $1.2 million in funding from Google Ventures and Sparklabs Global Ventures to develop more connected kitchen devices.
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Manhattan-based Wasserstein & Co completes acquisition of Globecomm Systems
Manhattan-based private equity and investment firm Wasserstein & Co completed its $340-million purchase of Hauppauge-based satellite communications systems provider Globecomm Systems.
Report says Anheuser-Busch InBev begins talks to buyback South Korea's Oriental Brewery
The New York Times said private equity investors of Oriental Brewery in South Korea could stand to gain a 34% annualized return on their original investment of the brewery.
CPPIB buys minority stake in France's Orpea for €320.8 million
Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, one the country's top pension funds, has purchased a 15% stake in Orpea. CPPIB paid €320.8 million for the minority stake in the French nursing home company.
US payment firm Square makes second acquisition in a week with Evenly app purchase
US-based mobile payments company Square has made its second acquisition in a week with the purchase of Evenly, an app that helps users share expenses, in a deal with undisclosed financial terms.
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San Francsico-based sales analytics startup ToutApp received $3.35 million in funding from Sigma West Ventures to optimize email communication and add more employees to its team.
CANGENE CORP CNJ.TO SAYS CREDIT SUISSE SECURITIES (CANADA), INC. IS ACTING AS FINANCIAL ADVISOR TO CANGENE
Morgan Stanley has launched a formal effort to sell its controlling stake in U.S. oil terminal and transport business TransMontaigne, four sources said on Wednesday, following other Wall Street powerhouses in yielding to intense regulatory pressure to get out of commodity investments.
Food services provider Aramark Holdings Corp raised $725 million from its initial public offering after its shares were priced at the low end of its planned $20 to $23 price range, an underwriter told Reuters.
The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported on Wednesday, including Fortum, National Vision, Saipem, CTT, MTS, Southern Pacific, Warrnambool, Verbund, Bakkafrost, Popular and Marathon Oil.
KKR & Co LP and Carlyle Group LP are competing for National Vision Inc, the fourth-largest U.S. retailer of eyeglasses and contact lenses, in an auction that could fetch up to $1 billion, people familiar with the matter said this week.
Snapchat, the mobile photo-sharing service beloved by teenagers and twenty-somethings, has raised another $50 million, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing made Wednesday.
Hilton Worldwide Inc, the world's largest hotel operator, raised roughly $2.34 billion in its IPO on Wednesday after pricing shares toward the high end of the range.
Fortis Inc. announced today that it has entered into an agreement and plan of merger to acquire UNS Energy Corporation for US$60.25 per common share in cash
