Equity analysts said that uncertainty over the future of state-owned utility companies could hamper its privatization.

Funeral Consumers Alliance protested against funeral home chain's acquisition of competitor. The Funeral Consumers Alliance (FCA) sent a letter to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on Thursday.

KSTW Acquisition commences tender offer for Steinway Musical Instruments, Inc. KSTW Acquisitions Inc announced the start of the tender offer for all shares of Steinway Musical Instruments, Inc.

EXS Capital committed at least US$35 million into Son Kim Land, a big player in Vietnam's real estate industry.

Rival luxury retail malls in Singapore revealed plans for a public listing, broadening investors' choice.

Grontmij divested its French unit to focus on engineering operations. Grontmij announced Tuesday that it had divested its French monitoring and testing business.

EDAC Technologies Corporation increased its presence in the industry through a Parkway acquisition Parkway Products revealed that it has concluded the sale of Parkway Aerospace & Defense to EDAC Technologies Corporation.

BDC Venture Capital extended US$150,000 to 10 recent Launch36 graduates. BDC Venture Capital announced Monday that it was extending convertible notes to 10 recent graduates of the Launch36 accelerator program.

Blue Sky Private Equity acquired minority stake in Oak Tree Group. Blue Sky Private Equity invested around AUD20 million for a minority stake in retirement community developer Oak Tree Group.

Loblaw Companies Ltd. has agreed to acquire Shoppers Drug Mart for CAD$12.4 billion. Two of Canada's largest retailers agreed to incorporate their operations together.