India-based firm GMR Infrastructure Ltd said exit deal of its 40% interest in Istanbul's Sabiha Gokcen airport was still in progress, after a local paper reported it had already closed the deal for €220 million ($302.58 million).
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Recent study about the unfamiliarity of Bitcoins in most of Americans deduced that unless the virtual currency actually collapses, speculators, especially early investors, could continue reap gains as the virtual currency continuously rises.
BlackBerry Ltd released a brief statement late Thursday that it has extended its deadline for debtholders who would like to purchase additional shares to January 13 next year.
According to one of the two sources who were knowledgeable of the process, private-equity firm Sycamore Partners might announce its $1.2 billion acquisition of Jones Group Inc as early as next week.
SecondMarket founder and chief executive Barry Silbert claimed in an article on Entrepreneur that Wall Street will soon invest their money in hundreds of millions into Bitcoin.
Debt-ridden fishing firm Pescanova SA is weighing a buyout offer from a consortium led by US private equity firm KKR & Co. The KKR & Co consortium, which includes investment firm Ergon Capital Partners and existing shareholders Luxempart and Damm, offered to acquire Pescanova for an undisclosed sum.
Fidelity and Guaranty Life has raised $165.75 million in its New York initial public offering. The Harbinger-backed insurer sold 9.75 million shares priced at $17 per share.
Cell Buddy, an Israeli startup, vows to eliminate the risks of mobile phone users getting charged unexpectedly with roaming fees when traveling abroad, an Associated Press report said.
Moscow, Russia-based fund AddVenture has invested $2 million in online jewelry seller Nebo.ru and an undisclosed amount in food delivery startup Chefmarket.ru for their marketing and expansion projects.
GLG Partners, a London-based hedge fund, agreed to settle claims that it overvalued the purchase of a mining asset in 2008 in a deal worth about $9 million, Bloomberg reported.
