Alpine Data Labs, creator of open source software framework named Hadoop, received USD16 million in new funding from investors including Sierra Ventures and Mission Ventures.
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Brazil nabs USD9.1 billion total in airport privatization deals
The government of Brazil divested its ownership stakes in two major airports to groups of multiple buyers as part of its strategy to improve the country's infrastructure in time for the World Cup.
Comcast weighing a bid for Time Warner Cable: Sources
Comcast Corp, is currently considering a bid for Time Warner Cable, a deal that would unify the two largest cable providers in the United States - sources.
Vince trading debut a success after IPO rose as much as 52 percent
Vince Holding Corp, formerly known as Apparel Holding Corp that is backed by Sun Capital Partners Inc had a successful IPO after raising USD 200 million in an initial public offering.
Investors are Finland's gain via junk bond market opening
The government of Finland would be opening a junk bond market to attract investors who are interested to gain higher yields in the best-rated nation in the Euro Zone.
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Ikaria Inc is being fought over by BC Partners Ltd, Onex Corp and American Securities LLC, of which the bidding war could fetch up to USD 2 billion for the former, according to sources who were familiar with the matter.
IK Investment Partners had sold its full ownership in Europe Snacks Group to a French private equity firm Apax Partners for an undisclosed amount and will be completed before the year ends.
As emerging markets were becoming too volatile for some bond and stock investors, a report said majority of them had turned to frontier markets to generate better returns.
The fate of the joint venture firm of Founder Securities and Credit Suisse have yet to be known after the former reveals its plans to sell its stake in the joint venture and merge with China Minzu Securities.
Dealogic data showed a big increase in the acquisition activity of big tech companies in Israel, pushing the Middle Eastern country to become a global player in the innovative tech arena.
France-based multinational mass media and telecommunication firm Vivendi took a pause from big acquisitions to decide on how to spend the remaining USD14 billion from asset sales after cutting debt.
Sungy Mobile, a global provider of mobile internet products and services, has priced its initial public offering on NASDAQ at USD11.22 per American depositary shares (ADS).
Repsol Chairman told Bloomberg in an interview that the oil producer is willing to acquire assets in US, Canada and Northern Europe. The company is willing to spend up to USD 10 billion for the acquisitions.
Resolution Ltd. is looking to sell its business unit Lombard located in Luxembourg. However, terms of the deal were unknown as talks on the sale of Lombard are still in a preliminary stage.
