North America

Dish Wins Clearwire in a Billionaire’s Duel

Charlie Ergen of Dish Network won a round against SoftBank Corp. as Clearwire Corp. endorsed the bid offer from Dish.


Deals of the day - mergers and acquisitions

The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported on Thursday. The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported on Thursday.

Goldman Sachs Offers Automated Block Trading for Top Clients

Goldman Sachs offered automated book trading for top clients as they have the sense of urgency for trading.

HD Supply Holdings Inc to do IPO

HD Supply Holdings Inc sets IPO, becoming public after going private back in 2012. (Photo : Reuters)The image is the logo of HD Supply. HD Supply Holdings Inc, the industrial and construction supplies distributor, announced that it is planning to raise about US$1.


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Gannett Co Inc purchases Belo Corp for US$1.5 billion. (Photo : Reuters)The image is the corporate logo of Gannett Co Inc. The largest newspaper chain in the United States, Gannett Co Inc announced it would pay US$1.
Covestor, an online marketplace for investors, recently announced that it has gained $12.75 million in Series B funding.
Societe Generale is set to buy out Credit Agricole's shareholdings in the joint venture brokerage Agricole.
ChromaID patent owners Visualant acquired $5 million in equity funding. (Photo : Reuters)This is an example of a product of eye technology. Light-based identification solutions provider Visualant said it has finished its $5 million in equity funding on Thursday.
RingCentral said that it has named David Berman as its newest president. (Photo : Reuters)This is a representation of cloud communications technology. David Berman was named RingCentral's new president.
Fifth Street Finance Corp said it has closed the deal to acquire Healthcare Finance for $114 million.
FINRA will be submitting to the SEC a process to clear broker's records. (Photo : Reuters)The image is FINRA's corporate logo. The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority or FINRA said that it would in the next few weeks send to the Securities and Exchange Commission a proposal that would allow securities brokers to clean up some of the black marks on their broker's records.
Elan CEO Kelly Martin's future employment with the upcoming shareholder vote. (Photo : Reuters)The image is Elan's CEO Kelly Martin. When former Merrill Lynch banker Kelly Martin took over Elan Pharmaceuticals in 2003, it was well known he did not have any drug industry experience.
Gabelli Equity Trust expanded their investment team with the hiring of two top research coordinators.
Riverstone Holdings named James T. Hackett as new Partner. (Photo : Reuters)This is the logo of Riverstone Holdings LLC Private investment company Riverstone Holdings LLC announced on Thursday that James T.
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