The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported on Monday The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported on Monday: BlackBerry Ltd is abandoning a plan to sell itself and instead will replace its chief executive and raise about $1 billion from institutional investors, including its largest shareholder, the smartphone maker said.

Viva Industrials Trust had not done well in its share sale, according to Businessweek. A report by Businessweek said Singapore business and real estate trust (REIT) had opened poorly in the Singaporean stock exchange.

Dubai developer DAMAC Properties announced its plans to sell USD500 million worth of shares on the London Stock Exchange.

Nine Entertainment Co's upcoming IPO could put the company's value at over AUD2.77 million.

Both Wall Street and Silicon Valley await how the market responds to Twitter's IPO. Twitter's IPO is not just about shares held by investors and employees.

Merlin Entertainments was set to close its London float order books early because of the strong demand, according to a source.

The Australian Securities Exchange would be the venue for the IPO of Nine Network. The firm that owns Nine Network would start trading on the Australian Securities Exchange by December 6.

With two mainland China IPOs oversubscribed, consumer confidence indicates greater trust in new IPO shares.

Shares of Chinese technology companies remained high despite fraud allegations of NQ Mobile. A Bloomberg report said that fraud allegations hurled against NQ Mobile did not affect other Chinese companies.

The IPO prospectus released by Nine Entertainment Co showed that the Sydney-based firm was looking to raise AUD 697.3 million for its share sale.