Venture capital firm Unitus Seed Fund invested an undisclosed sum in Chennai, India-based affordable eyecare startup Welcare Health Systems amid increasing interest of risk capital in eyecare firms.
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US Department of Energy pours in $13M into solar manufacturing firms
The US Department of Energy (DOE) granted $13 million to five solar companies to help strengthen local solar manufacturing and increase competitiveness in the clean energy market.
Braskem will acquire Argentine-Brazilian plastics maker Solvay Indupa for $290 million
Braskem will acquire Argentine-Brazilian plastics maker Solvay Indupa for $290 million. It will buy 70.59% of Solvay Indupa by assuming its debt and through cash. Braskem will also purchase the remaining 29.41% of the company floated on the Buenos Aires bourse.
Texas energy firm Comstock to spend $450M for its drilling and completion operations in 2014
Texas, US-based energy explorer Comstock Resourced Inc has allocated roughly $450 million as investment for its drilling and completion operations in 2014, with a further $28 million for leasing activities.
Hutchison chooses BoA Merrill Lynch, Goldman Sachs, HSBC to manage A.S. Watson float
Hutchison Whampoa, a conglomerate controlled by Hong Kong tycoon Li Ka-shing has picked Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Goldman Sachs and HSBC to manage the proposed listing of A.S. Watson in Hong Kong and London.
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The Tel Aviv District Court has cleared Eduardo Elsztain and Moti Ben-Moshe's rescue plan for highly indebted conglomerate IDB Holding Corp. The partnership's takeover bid has won support from IDB's bondholders and creditors this month.
Leading Asian e-commerce company iBuy Group Ltd is raising $37 millionto pay for fund advertising and acquisitions in a fully underwritten initial public offering (IPO).
Sony Corp is thinking of selling its audio recognition software business Gracenote and has hired Qatalyst Partners of Frank Quattrone to explore the sale, Bloomberg reported citing people with knowledge of the matter.
Sources on Tuesday told the New York Times that William Morris Endeavor Entertainment has won the auction for sports and media talent agency IMG Worldwide. With a $2.3 billion offer, WME beat two other bidders backed by private equity firms.
JPMorgan Chase has filed a case against the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation in a bid to recover more than a billion dollars from the government agency which managed the receivership of Washington Mutual.
TPG Capital, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) and Leonard Green & Partners have hired JPMorgan Chase & Co. to lead the initial public offering of the healthcare information company.
The probe of the European Union involving an underwater power cable cartel is a test of the regulators' ability to penalize private equity investors and their parent firms, Bloomberg reported.
CFS Retail Property Trust Group has entered an agreement to pay $460 million to acquire the integrated retail asset management business of the Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA).
In a bid to outdo Twitter in terms of real-time sports discussion, social media giant Facebook has bought sports aggregator SportStream for an undisclosed amount.
