Centre for Retail Research aid that the royal baby boy would generate US$373 million retail boom until August 31.

Apple and Los Angeles Unified School District would join forces through a US$30 million-worth deal. Next year, the Los Angeles Unified School District would put 640,000 iPads into the students' hands.

China Investment Corp. posted a 10.6% return on its overseas investments last year. China Investment Corp. , the country's sovereign wealth fund, posted a 10.

Adobe's recent acquisition, Neolane, would help the company attain US$1.19 billion earnings from digital marketing cloud.

Smedvig Capital invested GBP 4 million into Kings Court Trust. Smedvig Capital, a private equity investor based in Mayfair, pumped in GBP 4 million into Kings Court Trust.

Two private equity funds owned by Sun Capital Advisors Inc. are held liable for an employer's withdrawal in a pension plan.

Repsol is considering to sell its 30% stake in Gas Natural Formosa worth Eur 4.5 billion but holds it off until deal with Shell is finalized.

Private Equity Headhunters now has a new Chief Technology Officer in Mr. Jaree Zafar. Mr. Jaree Zafar was appointed as the Chief Technology Officer of Private Equity Headhunters, a Texas-based firm that focuses on getting jobs for executives.

Pembina Pipeline Corp. has offered 10,000,000 cumulative redeemable rate reset class A preferred shares during a public offering, which raised US $250 million.

Oracle signed a contract with Microsoft to permit Java developers to make applications on Microsoft's servers.

Supermodel Heidi Klum continued to combine high fashion and charity through her recent ventures. Supermodel Heidi Klum continued to inspire people across the globe.

The Namibian Competition Commission has successfully handled 221 mergers and acquisitions from its inception in 2009.

Ciris Energy was able to close a total of USD 25 million from Asia Pacific Capital of Hong Kong in Series C funding.

EquaMetrics Inc. secured US $2 million in seed funding, bringing its total capital to US $4.5 million.

Private equity financing can help solve the lack of growth of small and medium-sized enterprises in Rwanda.

W.P. Carey is set to shell out US $4 billion to purchase Corporate Property Associates 16 - Global Inc.

Insurance companies would deal with major payouts due to Spain train crash. Allianz, an insurance company from Germany, would deal with a huge bill for compensation payments after the deadly train crash that happened in Spain.

JOOR, an online fashion marketplace, secured US $15 million in a series B funding led by Canaan Partners.

Malaysia's Ranhill Energy and Resources is set to return the US $234 million funds it was able to raise following the IPO's cancellation.

IT company Catbird gets additional US $10 million investment from Medina Capital. Catbird, an IT company that develops security solutions software for cloud data centers, said it closed another US $10 million in investment from Medina Capital.

Tyco International Inc. has acquired Exacq Technologies Inc., a portfolio firm of CID Capital Venture Partners.

Entrepreneurs said that the proposed SEC rule requiring private placement issuers to file solicitation materials with the SEC will result to startups raising less capital.

Freeport Indonesia has said that it will be offering the public a 5% stake in the mining company. The Indonesian subsidiary of Freeport McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc.

The UK venture capital company is investing GBP 70 million to fund British companies with thrust in clean energy.

The UK homebuilder enters into a joint venture with a charitable institution worth US $616 million. UK's Berkeley Group Holdings Plc agreed to enter into a joint venture with Wellcome Trust Ltd.

Areva SA and Namibia Water are in the final leg of arrangements for their water sale distribution agreement.

Luminous Water Technologies Pvt. acquires US$9.3 million worth of funding from CLSA Capital Partners.

Qinhuangdao Port Co. said that they are planning to raise US$800 million through an initial public offering.

China's sovereign wealth fund, CIC, is reported to be in talks with Alibaba Group. The People's Daily, China's official newspaper, reported that China Investment Corp.

Development Bank of Kazakhstan announced plans to raise US$1 billion by selling off bad loans. The Development Bank of Kazakhstan JSC announced that they plan to sell KZT151 billion or US$1 billion worth of bad loans to the Investment Fund of Kazakhstan.