Teakwood Capital invests in multi touch marketing program Marketing Advocate. Dallas based private equity firm Teakwood Capital announced a capital investment in Marketing Advocate, a multi-touch nurture marketing program specifically for global technology firms and their channel resellers.

Promotora, the top venture capital firm in Colombia, divests its shareholdings in Easy Solutions. The leading venture capital firm in Colombia, Promotora had announced the divestment of one of its portfolio companies, Easy Solutions.

Capitol Energy Ventures with others are investing a total US$68 million in Constitution Pipeline Co LLC.

Skyline Innovations announced mezzanine financing round worth US$2 million. The national leader in solar water heating financing and installation, Skyline Innovations Inc.

Cosco Capital sells shares to raise funds for payment of debts, expansion of business and acquisition of retail ventures.

Redefine Properties will be selling off its Hyprop Investments shareholdings after it gained controlling shareholdings in a rival property firm.

Dell Inc supports Michael Dell/Silver Lake bid and urged its shareholders to vote for the bid on its July 18 shareholders meeting.

Suntory Holdings is preparing for an IPO that is projected to be the largest in Japan to date. In what is projected as the largest initial public offer in Japan this year, Suntory Holdings Ltd is projecting to net as much as 476 billion yen or US$4.

CVC Capital Partners set to do IPO of Matas shares. CVC Capital Partners Ltd, the European private equity firm, is deep in preparations to sell part of its stake in Matas, the drugstore chain, through an IPO.

The Moroccan institution Attijariwafa Bank is set to raise US$500 million through a foreign bond float.

Clearwire set to postpone the shareholder vote on Sprint-Nextel's offer in light of the new and improved offer from Dish Network.

Morgan Stanley files petition to prohibit former brokers to reach out to current staff in their old office.

Fiat would await the Delaware court verdict on the valuation of VEBA held shares in Chrysler before commencing the merger of Chrysler and Fiat.

EMC is undertaking a share buyback program as well as giving dividends on its shares. The world's largest manufacturer of storage computers, EMC Corp has expanded the budget for its share buyback plan by another US$5 billion.

Former CIA Director David Petraeus joins KKR to head a new 'institute' within the firm to evaluate investments in emerging markets.

Dish Network increases its bid for Clearwire to US$4.40 per share. Dish Network increased its offer to purchase Clearwire Corp to US$4. 40 per share. At this price, the enterprise value of the wireless service provider is estimated at US$6.

TuneIn announces its latest funding round led by Institutional Venture Partners worth US$25 million.

Fosun International purchases Alma Lasers, where the latter was advised by Harris Williams. Harris Williams, one of the foremost middle market investment banks in the world, recently announced the sale of Alma Lasers to the subsidiaries of Fosun International.

Warburg Pincus shares have been bought back by Primerica, totalling US$154.7 million in stock and warrants.

Novo AS invests in Ophhtotech Corporation for the further development of drug Fovista. In an announcement made today, Ophthotech Corporation said it was able to raise US$175 million in funding to finance the global Phase 3 clinical program of its lead medication Fovista.

Warburg Pincus leads a consortium to invest in Vingroup Joint Stock Co. The private equity owner of the Neiman Marcus Group Inc, Warburg Pincus LLC, would be leading a consortium that would invest nearly US$325 million in Vingroup Joint Stock Co of Vietnam.

Optus Satellite is being sold in an auction by owner SingTel to raise funds for its other corporate endeavors.

An agreement addressing national security concerns was entered into between Sprint Nextel, Softbank and the US government.

China Everbright Bank is currently preparing for an IPO in the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. China Everbright Bank Co, the Shanghai bourse listed firm, has filed an application for a Hong Kong share IPO sale with a volume worth US$2 billion.

Lenta is said to be planning an IPO at the London bourse as early as the fourth quarter of this year.

Cisco is seeking EU intervention on its claims of monopolistic effect of Microsoft's purchase of Skype.

Littlejohn makes an equity investment in Gulf Coast Shipyard Group Inc. Private investment firm Littlejohn & Co, LLC, based out of Greenwich, CT had announced that it made an equity investment in Gulf Coast Shipyard Group Inc.

FNF to purchase LFS for US$2.9 billion in cash and stock. Fidelity National Financial Inc, the US title insurer, in an announcement said that it would be purchasing Lender Processing Services Inc.

ugichem GmbH announces it has raised Eur2.25 funding round. The developer of an original antisense drug system, ugichem GmbH, has announced that it has raised Eur2.

StickyADS.tv lands Eur3.1 million B round of funding. Launched bank in 2009, StickyADS. tv is one of the leading video ad networks and ad exchange platform comprising of over 200 publishers.