Renaissance Capital had announced the launch of an exchanged-traded fund (ETF) IPO on the NYSE Arca Exchange.
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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.
Deutsche Bank's Dixon to leave bank
Deutsche Bank trader Troy Dixon was said to leave the bank and start his own hedge fund, according to sources who asked not to be identified as the matter was held private in nature.
Knight Capital agrees to settle 2012 errors with USD12 million
Knight Capital Americas LLC had agreed to pay USD12 million with US Securities and Exchange Commission for an erroneous trading incurred last August 2012 which brought the company to the brink of bankruptcy.
Ziggo rejects Liberty Global's preliminary offer
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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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.
According to a Techcrunch report, the initial public offering of enterprise cloud provider Veeva Systems saw its shares climbed almost 84% and had raised USD194 million.
500 Startups said in its recent US Securities and Exchange Commission filing that it would raise USD100 million to increase its investment in early-stage startups and put additional investment in startups it had already supported.
According to news agency AFP, video platform Dailymotion intended to continue with its acquisition and Asian expansion plans despite failed buyout talks between its parent company Orange and Yahoo Inc.
