Carl Icahn increases stake from 9.27% to 10.72% in Nuance Communications. Activist billionaire investor Carl Icahn has increaseed his shareholdings in software manufacturer Nuance Communications.

Merck and Pfizer announce deal for the inclusion of ertugliflozin into current diabetes drug portfolios of the companies.

Apple, in the largest bond deal for the year, offers US$17 billion to assuage shareholder fears over falling profits and declining growth.

Yahoo, because of objections from the French government, has withdrawn its bid to acquire DailyMotion.

Two private equity consortiums are bidding for BMC Software. A private equity consortium consisting of Bain Capital LLC and Golden Gate Capital Corp has become the leading bidder to purchase BMC Software for over US$6.

Veeva System to list IPO with the help of Morgan Stanley and Deutsche Bank AG. Software company, Veeva Systems, is planning to undertake an initial public offer of its shares.

Judge rules the share-buyout provision in the offer is not violative of the law. In a ruling, a New York judge set aside a potential obstacle to sell the Empire State Building as part of an REIT IPO.

Shutterfly purchases and acquires MyPublisher. In an announcement calling the recent move as 'best in class', Shutterfly CEO Jeffrey Housenbold said that when MyPublisher is used with Shutterfly's cloud based system, the platform would 'set the standard for design, choice and quality in the personal publishing and social expression category.

Aepona bought out by Intel Aepona, a cloud-based network solutions company, has been acquired by Intel. Amadeus Capital Partners is the biggest venture financier of Aepona.

Resource Capital lands US$44 million loan. Resource Capital Corp announced today that it was able to close a US$44 million bridge loan. The loan was attained by using the 186,000 square foot grocery anchored shopping mall in Los Angeles, California as collateral.