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Fitch may downgrade US rating due to political brinkmanship
Fitch is allowing itself until the first quarter of 2014 to determine if US credit rating needs to be downgraded.
Insider trading jury of Mark Cuban to deliberate on case
Jury deliberations on the insider trading case against Mark Cuban started Wednesday. The jury had begun deliberations for the insider trading case of NBA Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban.
Twitter chooses NYSE
In its amended IPO filing, Twitter would be listed with the NYSE and also reported increased revenues and user base despite mounting losses.
Cerberus contemplating bid for beleaguered BlackBerry
Known institutional investor Cerberus Capital Management is studying its options to determine if it would make a bid for BlackBerry.
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SundaySky, a smart video ad company, raised USD20 million in its Series C financing round led by Comcast Ventures.
Three NYSE Euronext executives, including Chief Financial Officer Michael Geltzeiler, would be leaving the exchange after the conclusion of its sale to IntercontinentalExchange Inc (ICE).
Albion Ventures, the largest venture capitalist in the UK completed the investment in Cisiv Ltd. Albion Ventures recently completed the acquisition of Cisiv Ltd.
Siemens AG's talks with equity group AEA Investors were at the advance stage regarding the German company's sale of its water technologies business.
immatics raises EUR34 million in its latest Series D round financing. Clinical stage biopharmaceutical firm immatics biotechnologies GmbH had developed advanced a multi-peptide vaccine program providing active medication against cancer.
Anatrace was recently acquired by StoneCalibre to expand its portfolio of detergents and lipids for the marketplace.
No financial details were provided in the acquisition of Applied Products Inc or Retrax by Kinderhook's Tectum Holdings LLC.
Secured lenders at Texas Competitive Electric Holdings and unsecured bondholders at Energy Future Intermediate Holdings (EFIH) were in a deadlock about their confidentiality agreements due to Energy Future Holdings' USD250 bond debt payments due on November 1.
Capitol Bancorp has signed an agreement with Talmer Bancorp for the sale of the common stock of Capitol's consolidated entities.
A Wall Street Journal report said that Citigroup and State Street were already preparing for a possible debt default by the US government.