Deutsche Telekom is nearing an agreement to sell 70% of its stake in German online-classifieds business Scout24 holding. It will be sold to private equity firm Hellman & Friedman in a deal that would value the business at EUR2 billion.
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CenturyLink buys cloud service provider Tier 3
US-based telecommunications giant CenturyLink acquired enterprise cloud service provider Tier 3 in a deal that improved the combined company's speed, security level, and product offerings.
Acquisitions help bolster Salesforce revenue
Salesforce.com Inc said acquisitions help increase the company's sales in the third quarter. Salesforce posted third quarter revenues of USD 1.08 billion, which represented a 35% increase compared to figures from the previous year.
Dianping reveals it rejected acquisition bid from Google China
Dianping's co-founder Edward Long recently revealed at the TechCrunch/Technode event in Shanghai that it rejected an acquisition offer of less than USD100 million from Google China.
Textile company Arvind may acquire 49% stake in Calvin Klein India
Indian textile company Arvind Mills Ltd. would reportedly acquire a 49% stake in designer jeans brand Calvin Klein in India. As a result of the possible deal, Arvind would be inducted as Phillips-Van Heusen's new joint venture partner in the fashion house.
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Massachussetts-based TV advertising platform Clypd raised USD7.2 million in Series A-1 funding from Atlas Ventures, Freestyle Capital, Boston Seed Capital, and angel investors John Battelle and Brightcove.
According to China's Ministry of Commerce, investments from the European Union increased the most in the world's second largest economy in the first 10 months of the year.
International consumer packaging company Chesapeake Services and packaging solutions firm Multi Packaging Solutions Inc entered into a definitive agreement to merge, subject to customary closing conditions and regulatory approval.
Singapore's CapitaMalls Asia Ltd. said it would buy a shopping mall located in Guangzhou, China for USD361 million. CapitaMalls Asia would purchase the said property from Chinese Greenland Real Estate.
The skyrocketing prices of properties in Singapore led to a corresponding property boom in Malaysia where overseas buyers are targeting to buy homes, according to a Bloomberg report.
Desert Hot Springs on Tuesday announced that it would run out of money in March due to higher-than-expected salary and pension costs. It said that it could join other California cities that filed for bankruptcy last year.
JPMorgan Chase & Co finalized a USD13-billion settlement with the US Justice Department to end a long legal fight over the bank's risky mortgage practices that helped pull down the country's economy.
Cloud-based recurring revenue management solutions provider Aria Systems was able to get USD 40 million from Bain Capital Ventures and other investors for its fourth funding round.
Three financial sources said Russia-based oil firm Bashneft selected Morgan Stanley, Sberbank, and Barclays as global coordinators for the company's planned secondary listing in London.
