Abertis's airports sale mulling offers. Abertis, the infrastructure firm from Spain, is reviewing non-binding offers for its airports business es until the end of March.

Atkins Pharma delivers new highs for new owners Roark Capital. The recovery of Atkins Nutritionals has been attributed to a US$425 million recapitalization.

Incumbent HP Board wins new term narrowly despite shareholder discontent. In a tense shareholders meeting, Hewlett Packard Co re-elected its board with erstwhile Chairman Ray Lane and three other board members keeping their seats with a narrow vote margin.

Life Tech gains interest from buyout consortiums and pharmaceutical firms. Life Technologies Corp is up for sale and many important players in the industry are taking notice.

Court approves sales of Hostess brands. In a decision, the bankruptcy court judge decided that the Hostess Brand would be allowed to be sold to prospective buyers.

Blackstone eyes Hurd for CEO if and when it takes over Dell. The Blackstone Group LP is making an aggressive offer to hire Mark Hurd from Oracle to be the new CEO of Dell.

REIT American Realty offers to buy Cole Credit. American Realty Capital Properties Inc, the American real estate investment trust, announced that it offered to purchase unlisted Cole Credit Property Trust III Inc.

Vivendi is planning to spin off SFR. Vivendi is deeply contemplating the separation of its largest subsidiary, SFR from the main company. SFR is the conglomerate's mobile telecoms operator in France.

Oil exports to China from Russia increase for loan funds. With the forthcoming deals to be signed in the next few weeks, Russia would catapult China to become the country's top recipient of oil exports from the former Soviet Republic.

Blacberry founder forms Quantum Science fund for technology development. The venerated inventors of Blackberry Mike Lazaridis and Doug Fregin are again in partnership to set up a fund that would foster the growth, development and commercialization of quantum science technologies.

Cinven and Warburg Pincus Investments to Lower with share sale in Ziggo. Cinven Cable Investments and WP Holdings IV BV are said to be reducing its shareholdings in Ziggo NV.

GEP purchases Bergmann Automotive and forms new entity. In a recent move, the fund German Equity Partners IV has acquired all of the outstanding stock of Bergmann Automotive GmBH.

Clean Seas Tuna admits losses asks for trading halt. Troubled aquaculture firm Clean Seas Tuna has opted to halt stock trading at the bourse because of a pending announcement as to capital fundraising plans for the company.

Terms on the purchase of Sleek Group by Asian Paints undisclosed. In a recent move, Asian Paints recently purchased 51% of the Sleek Group. This is in pursuit of its exploration of the home improvement market opportunities through the one of the top firms in the modern kitchen space market.

Elder and Kose form joint venture for Indian cosmetic market. Elder Pharmaceuticals has formed a joint venture with Kose Corp of Japan for the manufacturing and sale of cosmetic products in India.

Lonely Planet was sold for Aus$75 million. BBC's commercial arm, BBC Worldwide has decided to sell Lonely Planet, the travel guide business show, to Nashville based media group, NC2.

SBI receives government funds for capitalization. The State Bank of India confirmed reports that it had received Rs3,004 crore from the government as part of the plan to recapitalize state run financial institutions.

Men's Wearhouse drafts plans to improve K&G brand. Men's Wearhouse Inc would be exploring a foolproof plan for its K&G brand which includes a move to repurchase additional shares amounting to $155 million.

Summit REIT expands portfolio and funding sources. In an announcement, Summit Industrial Income REIT said that it has completed the acquisition of fifteen light industrial properties in several locations, namely Greater Toronto, Moncton in New Brunswick and Edmonton in Alberta.

Yahoo to purchase 75% of Dailymotion. One of the Internet world's most popular video websites Dailymotion is now in discussion with Yahoo Inc. This deal, once it pushes through, may become one of the largest ones to date by Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer since taking over leadership duties last July.

Abu Dhabi's Al Hilal Bank to issue sukuks before end of the year. Al Hilal Bank, the state owned bank of Abu Dhabi, is planning to issue a debut Islamic bond valued at US$500 million to be done in the third quarter of 2013.

CBQ purchases majority stake in Turkish lender Alternatifbank. In a move showing Gulf interests expanding overseas, the Commercial Bank of Qatar has purchased 70.

Diablo Technologies expands funds from angel investors. The Ottawa based manufacturer of memory system interface technology has raised Can$7. 5 million in new financing.

New investors infuse capital for development and growth of Liquid Robotics. Liquid Robotics had raised US$45 Million in financing, specifically Series E financing.

NewsCred has expanded its funding base with new infusion from Mayfield Fund and others to the amount of US$15 million.

Cleary joins Tullis Health to help in its expansion plans. Michael Cleary was recently appointed by Tullis Health Investors as its new Director of Investor Relations and Marketing.

US$6 million raised from fund sources for Earlybird. In an announcement, Earlybird Venture Capital announced the completion of US$6 million Series A funding for the first social marketplace focused on fashion, Videdressing.

Armacell bids well below base price set by Investcorp. The sale of Armacell is creating issues as Investocorp's base price could not be reached by the existing bidders.

Affymax's drug recall Ormontys caused decline of the company. Pharmaceutical firm Affymax continued its decline after it fired nearly three fourths of its labor complement and is now in the process of opting for a sale or declaration of bankruptcy.

Sequoia Capital leads capital funding for Pyramid Analytics. The premiere company that provides data driven decision making to end users at all levels has announces the closure of its latest funding round.