Albion Ventures, the largest venture capitalist in the UK completed the investment in Cisiv Ltd. Albion Ventures recently completed the acquisition of Cisiv Ltd.
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Alibaba investment by Yahoo more valuable after IPO
Yahoo, which owns 24% of ecommerce giant Alibaba, reaps revenues prior to the IPO. Yahoo's investment in Chinese e-commerce firm Alibaba Group Holding Ltd was sufficient to keep Wall Street happy despite the continued struggle in the third quarter for advertising revenues, The shares of Yahoo increased by 1% to USD33.
Czech Republic's richest man bids for local unit of Telefonica SA
Petr Kellner is seeking to purchase the Czech republic's unit of Telefonica SA. Telefonica SA is hard pressed to extract a higher premium for its Czech unit.
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.
ERB to build power plant for Dow Chemical in Minas Gerais
A second project between Dow and ERB has been agreed upon where the power plant would utilize sugar cane residue as fuel for electrical power.
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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.
In an announcement today, Russia's largest search engine company Yandex said it had acquired Kinopoisk, a movie review site, for an undisclosed amount.
British drugmaker AstraZeneca announced on Tuesday that it had purchased biotech company Spirogen in a deal worth USD440 million in total.
VEBA Trust pegs shareholdings at USD3.6 billion. The healthcare trust affiliated with the United Auto Workers union had finally placed a price tag on the worth of its shares in Chrysler Group.
Rights coverage and greater viewership are promised in the new deal between 21st Century Fox Inc and the German Bundesliga.
By utilizing shale gas reserves in the country, Saudi Arabia can use the now popular energy resource for local purposes and use its oil for exclusively for export purposes.
Maintenance, repair and overhaul firm Ascent Aviation Services Corporation receives capital infusion from private equity firm LongVue Capital.
KKR purchases Mitchell International from Aurora Capital for an undisclosed amount. Aurora Capital is a private equity firm managing over USD2 billion of assets based out of Los Angeles.
