Pharmaceutical giants Pfizer, AstraZeneca and Novartis are among those to propose bids for Onyx Pharmaceuticals.

Hasbro Games remakes classic games and gains 19 percent increase in sales. World-famous toymaker Hasbro Inc. (HAS) is showing promising results in the sales of its games through iPad.

Beacon Equity Partners relinquishes its ownership over IP software Anaqua Inc in favor of Insight Venture Partners.

Clinicient gets USS $2.5 million investment from SaaS Capital to fund its product development and research including sales and market boost.

Creme Mel Sorvetes, mid-est Brazil's largest ice cream producer and distributor, gets investment from HIG Capital.

TriGate Property Partners closes at US $324.2 million; beyond its US $300 million target. Park Madison Partners, a real estate advisory firm, oversubscribed from its target fund raise of US $300 million for the closing of TriGate Property Partners.

Roark Capital acquires restaurant chain Miller's Ale House bringing its restaurant investment to 13.

Contatta raised US $3.25 million seed fund from investors Kickstart Seed Fund II and Grayhawk Venture Fund II.

SynapDx Corp accumulates US $15.4 million funding from investors led by Google Ventures. SynapDx Corporation closed US $15. 4 million in a funding round led by Google Ventures and joined in by Foundation Medical Partners.

Apposite sells portfolio firm ZONARE Medical to China-based Mindray Medical International Limited for US $101.7 million.

ReNeuron receives GBP 12.8 million funding for the clinical trials of its stem cell technology. Arthurian Life Sciences Ltd. has facilitated the funding commitment worth GBP 12.

KytoBioPharman announced its intent to acquire Barbados Sea Island Cotton Inc. Kyto BioPharma Inc. announced that they have submitted a Letter of Intent for the acquisition of all outstanding common shares of Barbados Sea Island Cotton Inc (BSC).

Ingram Micro and BuyCell Wireless Group signs distribution agreement. Ingram Micro Inc. (IM), announced that they have entered into an agreement with BuyCell Wireless Group, LLC, (BCWG).

ElasticPath closes CAD12 million financing plan with venture capital firm, Yaletown Venture Partners.

Millicom announced that they are in preliminary negotiations for the EPM merger. Millicom announced that they have made a preliminary deal to merge the company's Colombian operations with Empresas Publicas de Medellin's (EPM) fixed line business.

Carey Watermark gives up its 49% stake amounting to US $22.6 million in favor of its partner, Ensemble Hotel Partners.

Synovus Financial Corp launched their US$130 million public offering. Synovus Financial Corp. announced the commencement of the company's underwritten public offering.

Becknell Industrial announced the acquisition of industrial properties amounting to US$34 million. Becknell Industrial announced new acquisitions amounting to US$33.

AlBaraka Turk mandated the release of a US$250 million funding. AlBaraka Turk announced that they have mandated the bank for an arrangement of a US$250 million syndicated loan.

Livewire Mobile and OnMobile Global has agreed to the buyout terms thus increasing OnMobile's presence in value adding service for mobile in the US.

Nash Finch Co. and Spartan Stores Inc enters into a merger valued at US $1.3 billion. Nash Finch Co. and Spartan Stores Inc. agreed to an all-stock business agreement which is estimated to be worth US $1.

Oxford Genetics received GBP150,000 funding from Mercia Fund Management. Mercia Fund Management, a venture capital fund manager, invested GBP150,000 in Oxford Genetics.

The cloud-based software platform gained US $1.5 million expansion funding from MMC Ventures to cover customer acquisition objectives and product development.

An Indian court sentenced six men to life in prison after raping a Swiss tourist. The six Indian men accused of raping a Swiss tourist in India was sentenced for life imprisonment yesterday.

Yahoo! entered into an agreement with Third Point to buy back 40 million worth of shares. Yahoo! Inc. announced that they have entered into an agreement to repurchase 40 million worth shares of owned by Third Point LLC (Third Point).

According to analysts, the election results in Japan might be the catalyst it needs to gain economic momentum.

After British Prime Minister David Cameron's urge, Google and Microsoft vowed to fight child pornography.

Documents leaked regarding an alleged low cost smartphone by Apple. The rumor mill keeps on spinning. Yesterday, speculations about the iWatch got Apple fanatics all over the world hyped up.

The app development site of Apple was hacked today. A warning greeted the registered developers of Apple today. "Sensitive personal information was encrypted and cannot be accessed, however, we have not been able to rule out the possibility that some developers' names, mailing addresses, and/or email addresses may have been accessed," the website stated.

In a statement said by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, he vowed to bring back Japan's economic status.