After accumulating nearly 6% of total shares in Talisman Energy, Carl Icahn has prepared to provide direction as to sales of assets of the Canadian energy firm.

Mark Cuban's insider trading trial saw emails he sent to then UBS SVP Charles McKinney support earlier testimony made by the Dallas Mavericks owner.

As reported by Dow Jones, Celesio shares increase after McKesson interest in buyout becomes public. After a report that the McKesson Corp was in discussions with Celesio AG majority shareholder Franz Haniel & Cie GmbH as to a possible buyout, share values of the German drug wholesaler rose to their highest in seventeen years.

Tele2 Russia and Rostelecom set to merge after an agreement was formalized to create the fourth largest mobile operator in Russia.

Tata Power buys a wind farm while DLF Ltd divests one in differing transactions in Indian wind power generation business.

Should Vodafone buy out its minority shareholders in its Indian subsidiary, it would be the first foreign telecommunications firm to do so after the new rules were implemented.

Venture funding amounting to USD1.5 million in venture funding was received by elevate DIGITAL for its expansion and development purposes.

The global satellite services would be expanded through the capital investment of I2BF Global Ventures in Dauria Aerospace.

S. Scott Parel was introduced as the newest member of Sidley Austin LLP and partner for global private equity and M&A.

Two major names, R Stephen Hannahs and Two Sigma Private Investments, announce the formation of Wings Capital Partners.

Monomoy Capital Partners would acquire Escort Inc through the credit assistance of Monroe Capital. A funding worth USD78. 5 million senior secured credit facility was put in place by Monroe Capital to support the acquisition of Escort Inc.

Albion Ventures had decided to invest in Aridhia for its cutting edge informatics platform. One of the largest venture capitalists in the United Kingdom, Albion Ventures, had led a substantial investment in health and biomedical informatics company Aridhia Informatics Ltd.

Michael Smith, current Australia and New Zealand Bank CEO, in an interview with Bloomberg's Susan Li said Hong Kong is the stepping stone towards China.

CtW Investment Group urges recomputation of compensations and urged the opposition to compensation committee.

China, Korea, Japan and Taiwan are some of the possible strategic partners Bandanna Energy was discussing with

At the height of its business, BlackBerry servers provided supported its devices with secure email technology, which now is key to its survival.

Upon the recommendation of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India, new guidelines for spectrum sharing would be imposed by the Telecom Commission.

Abraaj Group would put an undetermined amount in AIS Group. The Abraaj Group had announced last Monday a decision to invest in one of its funds in the African Industrial Services Group.

Citing the national security provisions of the Investment Canada Act, the purchase of Accelero of the fiber optic network owned by MTS Allstream was blocked by the Canadian government.

Yusuf Bin Ahmed Kanoo Holdings Ltd purchased the business interests of Thomas Cook Group in Egypt and Lebanon.

Vitol SA obtains favorable LIbOR for its one year and three year credit lines. The world's largest independent oil trader, Vitol SA, would be raising USD7 billion worth of loans at the same rate pegged for its nearest competitor, Glencore Xstrata Plc.

Vodacom Group, MTN Group and Telkom would have their respective fortunes change because of the latest regulatory guidelines issued in South Africa.

Xylem appointed H Balasubramaniam as the company's managing director for its India operations. Xylem Inc was born as a spin off from ITT Corp. Xylem is a water technology company and it announced the appointment of General Electric executive H.

DukeNet serves as the gateway to the Southeast United States, thus an acquisition of this magnitude was an easy choice to make.

The dismissal, which is a win for telephone companies, upheld the FCC mandated rules on fees charging and infrastructure use.

Riveron Consulting has hired business development and leadership expert Tony Martorano. Tony Martorano, the business development and leadereship veteran, was recently engaged by Riveron Consulting's Chicago as its new director of business development.

The fund, projected to be between USD500 million and USD750 million, was closed by the firm at USD812 million worth of capital commitments.

Jack Priestman was appointed as Analyst into Silverfleet Capital. European private equity firm Silverfleet Capital had announced the appointment of Jack Priestman as an Analyst in its London office.

Scottish Equity Partners backs up Tryzens acquisition from Jaywing Plc. Tryzens CEO Terry Hunter together with his senior executive team had just completed the acquisition of Tryzens Ltd from parent firm Jaywing Plc.

Erin Solar stands to receive GBP1.4 million from venture capitalist Albion Ventures. One of the largest independent venture capitalists in the United Kingdom, Albion Ventures, had announcement a financial commitment of GBP1.