Dutch cable company Ziggo had rejected the preliminary takeover offer from Liberty Global Plc saying that the bid was inadequate, reported Bloomberg.
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GI Partners acquires Regent Commons
GI Partners' Datacore LP acquires Regent Commons, a property with LEED certification located near the Dallas Fort Worth International Airport.
FF&P Private Equity sells off OB10 to Tungsten Corp
OB10 is sold to Tungsten Corp for GBP100 million. The direct investment arm of the Fleming Family & Partners, FF&P Private Equity, had announced the sale of OB10 to Tungsten Corp for the sum of GBP100 million.
Investec welcomes Alexandre Ness
Former Deutsche Bank corporate finance executive Alexandre Ness joins Investec Specialist Bank. Investec Specialist Bank announced today the appointment of Alexandre Ness to its corporate lending business unit.
Royal Mail staff voted to go on strike after company's IPO
The staff of Royal Mail Group Ltd. had voted to go on strike after less than a week the company had launched its IPO, claiming the public debut would put jobs at risk in the company.
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The bipartisan leaders of the US Senate had finally agreed to end the partial shutdown of the United States and raise its borrowing authority, said a report from Bloomberg.
JP Morgan Chase & Co. had admitted wrongdoing and agreed to pay USD100 million settlement regarding the disastrous London Whale trade, said a report from Reuters.
Renaissance Capital had announced the launch of an exchanged-traded fund (ETF) IPO on the NYSE Arca Exchange.
The quarterly report on angel group investment activities was recently released. A national survey of angel group investment activity was reported in the Q2 2013 Halo Report.
The consortium comprising of Indian Oil, ONGC Videsh and Oil India, as well as Repsol SA, would not be exercising the right of pre-emption of the vacated shares in the oil project previously owned by Petronas of Malaysia.
The sale of GE Money Bank was a move from General Electric to retreat from the finance sector that would value the company up toCHF1.53 billion, said a report from Reuters.
Kenyan retailer Naivas said that it had ended its talks with Massmart, a Wal-Mart Stores Inc. subsidiary in East Africa.
People familiar with the matter told Bloomberg that Edgewood Partners was looking for bidders for the insurance firm.
Imperial Capital Group backed STI Technologies with a USD 17 million investment. Toronto-based Imperial Capital Group announced its USD 17 million investment in reimbursement card provider STI Technologies.
