Dell Inc supports Michael Dell/Silver Lake bid and urged its shareholders to vote for the bid on its July 18 shareholders meeting.

Shuanghui Int'l buys Smithfield Foods through loan facilities provided by Morgan Stanley and the Bank of China.

Suntory Holdings is preparing for an IPO that is projected to be the largest in Japan to date. In what is projected as the largest initial public offer in Japan this year, Suntory Holdings Ltd is projecting to net as much as 476 billion yen or US$4.

CVC Capital Partners set to do IPO of Matas shares. CVC Capital Partners Ltd, the European private equity firm, is deep in preparations to sell part of its stake in Matas, the drugstore chain, through an IPO.

The Moroccan institution Attijariwafa Bank is set to raise US$500 million through a foreign bond float.

Clearwire set to postpone the shareholder vote on Sprint-Nextel's offer in light of the new and improved offer from Dish Network.

Fiat would await the Delaware court verdict on the valuation of VEBA held shares in Chrysler before commencing the merger of Chrysler and Fiat.

EMC is undertaking a share buyback program as well as giving dividends on its shares. The world's largest manufacturer of storage computers, EMC Corp has expanded the budget for its share buyback plan by another US$5 billion.

Fiat is preparing to purchase the rest of the shares of Chrysler through a loan being prepared by a number of banks.

Dish Network increases its bid for Clearwire to US$4.40 per share. Dish Network increased its offer to purchase Clearwire Corp to US$4. 40 per share. At this price, the enterprise value of the wireless service provider is estimated at US$6.