AstraZeneca's MedImmune unit has partnered with Immunocore, a private British biotechnology company, to develop a cancer drug that would tap on the body's immune system, Reuters reported.
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Closing Time closes $2.7M in funding to simplify home-buying process in the US
California, US-based home buying to-do service Closing Time raised $2.7 million in a funding round led by Accel Partners and former Yahoo executives, for the expansion of its service and workforce.
Z Capital Partners looks to set $750M hard cap for second fund- sources
Citing sources, a PEHUB report said private equity firm Z Capital Partners is eyeing a hard cap of $750 million for Fund II after exceeding its target.
Tel Aviv social review engine Yotpo closes $10.7M in Series A round
Tel Aviv, Israel-based social review engine Yotpo raised $10.7 million in a Series A funding round led by US-based venture capital firm Blumberg Capital to expand its office in San Francisco.
Bain Capital Ventures, Spectrum Equity take purchase minority stake in MedHOK
Bain Capital Ventures and Spectrum Equity have obtained minority stakes in healthcare software provider MedHOK or Medical House of Knowledge in a $77.5 million deal, Reuters reported.
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Geneva-based Vitol Group is thinking of making a bid for some of Royal Dutch Shell's downstream operations in Australia, according to sources interviewed by Bloomberg.
Oil and gas firms ONGC Videsh Ltd and Oil India Ltd have completed the joint purchase of Videocon Group's 10% holding in a gas field in Mozambique in a deal valued at $2.475 billion.
Norway-based newsprint and magazine paper manufacturer Norske Skog inked an agreement to exit its remaining stake in its Brazilian operations to Papeles Bio Bio SA for $37 million.
England, UK-based specialty medical device maker Lombard Medical Technologies PLC plans to pursue an initial public offering (IPO) and listing of ordinary shares in the US.
San Francisco-based Wells Fargo & Co has given the task of originating mortgages for the largest home lender in the US to 400 underwriters, Bloomberg reported.
US-based multinational banking and financial services firm JP Morgan Chase & Co purchased an equity stake in alternative trading systems operator Chi-X Global Holdings LLC for an undisclosed sum.
Investment bank JPMorgan Chase & Co. has agreed to a $2.6 billion settlement with the US government and victims of the Bernard Madoff Ponzi scheme. Government prosecutors alleged that JPMorgan failed to share its suspicions of fraud at Madoff's fund with the US authorities.
Cebu Air Inc., operating as Cebu Pacific Air, will acquire Tigerair Philippines from Singapore's Tiger Airways Holdings Ltd. for an undisclosed sum. Cebu Air and Tiger Airways also entered into strategic alliance to operate common routes between Singapore and the Philippines.
As the Chinese government plans to consolidate production, Anhui Conch Cement Co said it plans to increase its capacity to 30 million metric tons through acquisitions, Bloomberg reported.
