Chicago based law firm Freeborn & Peters had announced the hiring of Gary A. Jungels as Partner for its Corporate Practice Group.

Monroe Capital announced the funding worth USD27.5 million for the use of an affiliate of Sun Capital Partners Inc for the acquisition of Gem Shopping Network.

RenoNorden, the Scandinavian waste management firm backed up by Capvest, announced the appointment of Staffan Ebenfelt as Group CEO.

Chinese M&A activity was slow due to its country's leadership change while Japan and Thai tycoons led the way in 2013.

Zamin Ferrous purchases Anglo American shareholdings in Amapa iron ore mine in Brazil. The mining consortium established by Pramod Agarwal, Zamin Ferrous, had completed the purchase of the Amapa iron ore mine located in Brazil.

General Electric Healthcare India would be creating cost effective equipment to address global demands.

Eike Bautista's OSX Brazil is to discuss details with last bankrupt employees since this whole morning.

Exclusive rights to supply material provided by Anglo American Plc's formalized. The Kumba Iron Ore unit of Anglo American Plc had agreed to formalize an agreement to provide raw material to ArcelorMittal South Africa Ltd.

ING Groep NV's Canadian online bank is to be known as Tangerine. ING Groep NV's Canadian online bank was purchased by the Bank of Nova Scotia.

The Norwegian oil fund sought prevented from investing in specific markets. The opposition Labour Party of Norway had proposed a ban on the country's USD800 billion wealth fund from investing in coal producers.

Licensing rights would be purchased by Grupa Lotos SA. The second largest refiner in Poland, Grupa Lotos SA, had entered into an agreement to purchase Centrica Plc's oil and gas exploration assets located in the Norwegian side of the North Sea.

PPF Group NV agreed to purchase Telefonica Czech Republic's majority shareholdings. The PPF Group NV of billionaire Petr Kellner had agreed to purchase the controlling stake in Telefonica Czech Republic.

Advantage Rent a Car was hived off by Hertz to comply with regulatory authorities. Advantage Rent A Car would be filing for bankruptcy after Hertz had terminated lease agreements over vehicles that Advantage was able to use in its operations.

Lada is set for major developments, such as the appointment of its first non Russian CEO. Bo Andersson was recently appointed by OAO AvtoVAZ as its new CEO.

The Delaware Chancery Court is the venue for the hearing between Cooper Tire and Rubber Co against Apollo Tyres Ltd.

American Realty is set to have a total of USD15 billion in acquisitions in the near future, Currently, Nicholas Schorsch has his hands full, as his firm American Realty Capital Properties Inc, had nearly USD5 billion in takeovers and his share price declining by 20%.

Twitter's share price increase shows the divestiture of the conservative approach to IPO management.

BlackBerry's cash reserves may only last until 2014. Beleaguered smartphone maker BlackBerry had planned to issue convertible notes worth USD1 billion after the collapse of its Fairfax Financial Holdings bid.

3i pays EUR165 million for the 49% stake of Allianz Capital Partners in Scandlines. 3i, the private equity investor, had bought out the co-owner of its ferry group Scandlines.

Confie Seguros acquired DeFranco Insurance Agency and Insurance Group of America. One of the fastest growing national providers of personal lines insurance, Confie Seguros, announced today its acquisition of two insurance brokerages, namely DeFranco Insurance Agency Inc of Niagara Falls, NY and Insurance Group of American Inc dba City Insurance of Palm Springs FL.

After the denial of its request for partial due diligence, Jos A Bank Clothiers speaks up and to the Men's Wearhouse board.

Sidley Austin LLC had announced Timothy Spangler joining the firm as its new partner for its Global Investment Funds unit.

The two banks for middle market advisory services have merged to provide a wider range of portfolio services to its clientele.

The leather goods specialist Allen Edmonds Corp is purchased by an affiliate of Brentwood Associates.

Midatech's unique biocompatible gold-nanoparticles raised GBP10 million from investors. One of the global leaders in nanomedicine design, synthesis and manufacturing, Midatech Ltd, announced the completion of the issuance of its new equity.

Etisalat and Vivendi formalize agreement as to the sale of Maroc shareholdings from Vivendi to Etisalat.

Tilal Development would used the proceeds raised in the sukuk sale for the expansion of its flagship project in Muscat, Oman.

The fifth global business unit for Ford serving the Middle East and African regions would be headquartered at Dubai, in the UAE.

With vigorous criticism of the rules on banking exposure related to government related debt, the UAE central bank was forced to review the rules and study on how to lessen its harsh effects.

BlackBerry Interim CEO John Chen stressed his experience to be able to turn around the firm. in light of the pull out of Fairfax Financial Holdings and the removal of their CEO, BlackBerry did damage control in appointing John Chen as its interim CEO and executive chairman.