Twilio to fund app makers for its services. Facebook, before becoming one of the most successful Internet companies traded in the market, did what no other company did before it.
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Ithaca Purchases Valiant
Ithaca buys out Valiant for GBP203 million in cash and stocks. In an effort to boost its North Sea oil output, Ithaca Energy Inc has purchased Valiant Petroleum Plc for GBP203 million or US$308.
3i Defends Strategy
3i management under fire for current dismal performance of the company. 3i, after the purchase of shares that increased Richard Bramson's stake in the private equity group, is under fire for the current strategy undertaken to bring it out of the doldrums.
William Hill Buys Out Partner
William Hill Buys out Playtech for online betting business. For the price of GBP424 million or US$643 million, William Hill is taking full control of its online business.
Anschutz Draws List of Preferred Buyers
AEG is being sold off and buyers are being selected. A list of potential buyers for Anschutz Entertainment Group has been drawn up by Phil Anschutz. Sources familiar with the negotiations told Reuters that the negotiations can be concluded for the sports and real estate empire within the next few weeks.
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Ithaca Energy and Valiant Petroleum have reached agreement wherein the former will buy the latter in 203 million pound deal.
The consortium, which is under the control of Carlyle Group, and its company management have reached a deal to make Chinese economy hotel chain 7 Days Group Holdings Ltd. private for $688 million.
Lenders in Spanish has been eyeing to acquire nationalized Catalunya Bank, which was bailed out last year amidst the crash of Spanish proper five years ago.
Best Buy Co. has rejected an offer for minority investment from past chairman Richard Schulze's private equity sponsors.
Marchionne, CEO of Fiat and Chrysler, opens up on possibilities for the future. Sergio Marchionne, concurrent CEO of Fiat and Chrylser Group LLC, said that he is determining whether the next step forward would be Chrysler going public or the carmaker would be merged with Fiat.
Nomura Holdings has been in negotiation to close a deal under which it will sell its stake in property firm Nomura Real Estate Holdings.
German group Bertelsmann is set to purchase the stake of KKR in the music rights management firm BMG.
UBS research predicts effects of pension underfunding and corporate bond yields. In a research note, UBS is forecasting that US companies would be contributing at least US$70 billion into their corporate pension plans in 2013.
The lender is in discussion to make sale of its non-performing loans portfolio to a joint venture. Puerto Rican lender Popular Inc. announced that it has plan of selling portfolio of non-performing loans worth $568 million to a joint venture between Caribbean Property Group and Perella Weinberg Partners-affiliated funds.
