Investors such as Qatar Holding and Fairfax Financial have picked up sizeable amounts of BlackBerry's USD1 billion convertible debt offer.
Deals
Budimex to sell company to Equity Investors
Polish constructor Budimex would be selling one of its units to private equity firm Equity Investors.
Two Chinese banks do IPO in Hong Kong bourse
Hong Kong bourse recently listed Huishang Bank and Bank of Chongqing. A record HKD9. 21 billion or USD1. 19 billion was raised from its Hong Kong IPO for Huishang Bank after it had fixed the price slightly above the lowest rung in its price range at HKD3.
Premier Foods seeks investment boost for Hovis
Heavily indebted UK bread manufacturer Premier Foods announced that it is looking for investors for its Hovis brand.
Square Inc mulls IPO- report
A report from the Wall Street Journal said payment startup Square Inc was thinking of going public next year.
Latest News
The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported on Wednesday The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported on Wednesday:Germany's Siemens agreed to sell the bulk of its water technologies business to private equity group AEA Investors for 640 million euros ($862 million).
Software provider Centro has bought self-serve platform for banners ads SiteScout Inc. Chicago-based Centro acquired Canadian company SiteScout Inc for an undisclosed amount.
Germany's SolarWorld engaged in talks to buy car parts supplier Bosch's solar plant in Arnstadt.
Signal Hill Equity Partners closed its investment in Calgary, Alberta-based oil and gas engineering company OEL Projects Limited.
Canadian oil producer Penn West Petroleum announced that it will be selling up to USD2 billion of its assets to reduce debt levels.
AEA Investors LP signed an agreement to buy Siemens Water Technologies for EUR640 million. AEA Investors LP agreed to a EUR640 million acquisition deal with Siemens Water Technologies.
Web security solutions firm Wallarm receives USD 500,000 in seed investment from Runa Capital. Runa Capital has made a USD 500,000 seed investment in Moscow, Russia-based web security solutions company Wallarm.
CIT Corporate Finance provided a senior secured credit facility worth USD 35 million to wireless communications towers operator Central States Tower II.
Pinterest analytics platform Tailwind scored USD 1 million in seed funds in a round led by i2e. Tailwind announced that it was able to obtain USD 1 million in seed financing.
