The Vietnamese government plans to exit its stakes in 11 state-owned companies under the transport ministry via stock market listings to boost economic productivity and growth.
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Shareholders sue Gentium board, Jazz Pharmaceuticals to halt deal
Gentium investors sued the company's board and Jazz Pharmaceuticals in an attempt to stop the acquisition of Gentium, claiming that the tender offer was flawed, Bloomberg reported.
Canadian academic research platform Sciencescape closes $2.5M round
Ontario, Canada-based academic research startup Sciencescape closed $2.5 million in a recent funding round to make the process of going through mountains of research sources easier.
Boston stealthy startup ClearSky Data raises $12M in funding -report
Boston, US-based secretive startup ClearSky Data raised $12 million in a funding round led by General Catalyst and Highland Capital Partners, according to a report published by Boston.com.
Providence Equity Partners' Blackboard acquires MyEdu
Blackboard Inc, an enterprise technology company owned by private equity firm Providence Equity Partners, has bought MyEdu, a platform that helps students finish college and look for jobs.
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VimpelCom Ltd, one of the largest integrated telecommunications service operators around the world, announced the extension of its strategic partnership with Oslo, Norway-based Opera Software,
Finland-based IT service firm Tieto inked a deal to buy part of Siemens Convergence Creators' telecom research and development (R&D) for an undisclosed sum to strengthen its products portfolio.
The mining pool GHash.io run by a secretive company known as CEX.io which has links to Ukraine nearly controls 45% of Bitcoin network's processing power, according to a report by Bloomberg View contributor Leonid Bershidsky.
TaiGen Biotechnology Company Ltd, a biotechnology firm in Taiwan, has given Russia's R-Pharm the exclusive license to develop and commercialize the anti-infective compound nemonoxacin in the Russian Federation, Turkey and the Commonwealth of Independent States.
Dallas, US-based female-focused crowdfunding platform MoolaHoop acquires New York-based small business crowdfunding site Lucky Ant for an undisclosed sum to facilitate easier management of crowdfunding campaigns.
Bahrain-based investment firm Gulf Finance House (GFH) agreed to sell part of its stake in West Yorkshire-based soccer club Leeds United for an undisclosed amount.
Kerala, India-based healthcare service provider Aster DM Healthcare is in talks with investment banks for a $200-million initial public offering (IPO) in London or Mumbai within a year.
The low-cost price plans of T-Mobile would most likely block Sprint Corp's takeover attempt of the company as regulators like to have an operator that provide lower rates to customers, Bloomberg reported.
San Francisco, US-based venture capital fund IDG Ventures invested an undisclosed sum in the first funding round of Bangalore, India-based mobile sales and marketing software maker FieldEZ Technologies.
