Amidst falling revenues and declining stock values, Samsung plans the holding of a strategic conference for its future.

New policies are being instituted to make 'shadow banking' safer for market players, according to the European Union.

Panasonic President announced the firm's withdrawal from the Japanese smartphone market as well as the reduction of its smartphone operations.

According to an Italian daily, market regulator Consob is investigating Camfin's offer for Pirelli shares if the same is properly valued.

BioFire is bought out by BioMerieux for USD450 million, funded through debt. In an announcement, BioFire Diagnostics would be bought out by BioMerieux for USD450 million.

Anshu Jain, co-CEO of Deutsche Bank, said the current climate would move banks to consolidate. According to Deutsche Bank co-Chief Executive Officer Anshu Jain, consolidation in the banking industry is 'inevitable'.

Former TNK-BP executive Mikhail Slobodin replaces Anton Kudryashov as head of Vimplecom's Russian business.

Almarai Co would be issuing the first sukuk bond issue with four banks to be arranging the investor meetings.

As the company faces an investigation on corruption under the previous leadership, the new management of PetroChina is seeking to distance itself from the legacy of its former chairman.

New and old investors came together for the series B financing for Loggly. The most popular cloud based log managemet system, Loggly, had received USD10.

Sequoia Capital and Spark Capital both invest in Zazma for USD10 million. In an announcement, short term finance innovator for small businesses Zazma had said it raised USD10 million in financing venture equity from Sequoia and Spark Capital.

Siemens Venture Capital spearheaded the latest series B financing round for Electric Cloud. One of the top firms providing Software Delivery Acceleration solutions recently announced the receipt of USD8 million in investments for its DevOps brand.

In its latest Series B financing round, Quantia was able to raise a total of USD10 million from major and current investors.

Security solutions firm KeyLemon receives funds through Series A investment. One of the leading service providers of face and speaker recognition speaker solutions for security and authentication purposes, KeyLemon, announced the close of a Series A investment.

With nearly USD30 billion retained from the buyout, Vodafone is gearing towards expansion and technology upgrades.

The sale of 11% over Prosiebensat.1 is the start of the exit of KKR and Primera from the business. ProsiebenSat. 1 private equity owners are selling off an 11% share in the free-to-air broadcaster from Germany.

TRG is the new firm formed from the merger of Citi Venture Capital International and Rohatyn Group. In order to manage emerging-markets assets, Citigroup Inc has laid out plans to combine its Citi Venture Capital International with the Rohatyn Group under undisclosed terms.

Nearly USD50 million was received by Lithium Technologies in its latest funding round. One of the developers of social-networking software solutions for firms, Lithium Technologies Inc, announced the raising of USD50 million during a funding round.

Mark Montana was introduced as Deutsche Bank's new head of equity trading for the Americas. The biggest bank in Germany, Deutsche Bank AG, announced the hiring of Matt Montana to head its equity trading for its asset and wealth management division for the Americas.

Alitalia SpA engaged advisory services Italian firm for corporate restructuring help. Gruppo Banca Leonardo was engaged the services of Alitalia SpA to assist in the raising of hundreds of millions of Euros before the year's end.

New and old investors provide USD65 million in equity investments to Kaiima Bio-Agritech. Israeli technology company Kaiima Bio-Agritech Ltd is focused on seed and breeding technology.

Pamlico Capital places a significant equity investment in Physicians' Endoscopy. The management team of Physicians Endoscopy with Pamlico Capital announced the completon of an equity investment in Physicians Endoscopy LLC.

In an announcement, Actix was acquired by Amdocs for a purchase price of USD120 million. One of the leading providers for customer experience services and systems announced its entry into an agreement to purchase privately held Actix for the price of USD120 million in cash.

While the terms remained private, Estancia purchases a minority stake in Equinoxe. One of the leading private equity funds that focus on global asset management and other related business industries, Estancia Capital Partners LP, recently announced its acquisition of a minority interest in Equinoxe Alternative Investment Services.

The projected bond issue for the Verizon-Vodafone exit deal would exceed the previous high set by Apple.

Kathy Kriskey is RBC Capital Market's new head of commodity investor sales. In an announcement, RBC Capital Markets introduced Kathy Kriskey as its new head of commodity investor sales in New York.

Verizon CEO's demeanor and relationship with Vodafone was key to the deal being finalized. The stage for the USD130 billion buyout of erstwhile partner buyout of Vodafone Group Plc from the venture in Verizon Wireless was set two years ago.

Wison Engineering Services Co. Ltd, is cooperating with Chinese authorities investigating the corruption allegedly committed by the current state assets regulator during his tenure as PetroChina head.

TDF set its floor price for its sale at EUR4 billion but offers made were below the said price. Telediffusion de France, the broadcast tower operator, had received from Dering Capital a non-binding offer worth EUR3.

Former bankers returned home to Verizon to provide advisory assistance For bankers giving guidance and advice to Verizon Communications Inc, it had been a ten year long wait to be able to formalize the USD130 billion deal to take full control of Verizon Wireless.