Becky Pritchard conducted an investigative report for the Wall Street Journal about how private equity had embedded itself deeply in an average consumer's life.

Private equity and hedge fund firms had set their sights on placing bets in infrastructure projects, stalled government transportation projects like railways and ports in particular.

Australian Workers Union head Paul Howes said the need for Australia to have a fresh injection of capital was more important than considering the sentiments of union workers at GrainCorp regarding the sale of the company to US-based Archer Daniels Midland.

UK healthcare facility investor Primary Health Properties would be consolidating with its rival Prime Public Partnerships in a GBP41 million agreement that will result to a combined portfolio of 257 properties valued at GBP942.3 million.

Construction group Murray & Roberts Holdings, Ltd announced that it had secured a material requirement to move forward with its buyout of Australian engineering company Clough Ltd.

A wave of initial public offerings on the London Stock Exchange appeared to have made investors' appetite waning, which prompted stocks of companies who had launched or is in the process of launching an IPO drop to below offer prices.

Invesco Canada Ltd added eight new funds for its Private Investor series or Series P for investors or advisors who wish to invest in one of Invesco's broad range of products at discounts.

Top leaders of the Chinese government released its plans to make major reforms in the economy and social systems, and vowed that such reforms would make decisive results by 2020.

Canadian dairy company Saputo Inc was one step ahead of clinching the win to take over Warrnambool Cheese and Butter Factory Co Holdings Ltd, when the former's revised bid received the recommendation of the latter's board of directors.

The European Central Bank's attempt to reduce the excess liquidity levels of banks in the financial system had prompted the central bank to call on banks it had loaned to repay its debts at a reduced rate.

Philanthropist and Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates suggested the state of Norway should invest a portion of its massive USD800 billion wealth fund to countries in Asia and Africa.

As preparations regarding a potential merger between Vodafone Group Plc and AT&T Inc was happening, Paulson & Co said in its regulatory filing that it had increased its ownership stake in the phone company.

Peer-to-peer financial lending platform Ppdai received a significant investment worth USD35 million from the financial arm of Alibaba Group, said sources who were familiar with the transaction.

A column at the The New York Times' The Dealbook argued that money managers and investors should take responsibility for betting on bad investments and that it should be their utmost responsibility to do research, especially when investing other people's money.

A rise of mega donations in universities had been seen by individuals as a form of repayment to their educational attainment and career successes, said a philanthropy expert.

According to its Chief Executive Officer and Chairman Thomas Falk, Kimberly-Clark decided to spin off its healthcare division as the division no longer fit in the strategic and growth priorities of the company.

US Federal Reserve Vice Chair Janet Yellen showed strength and loyalty in a two-hour confirmation hearing with the US Senate Banking Committee regarding her nomination for the Fed Chairman role.

Data released by mutual group Investment Company Institute showed an overall drop of money market mutual fund assets in retail, institutional, taxable funds, and tax-exempted fund segments.

Herbalife Ltd fourth largest shareholder Bill Stiritz said he would most likely take part in a leveraged buyout of the company, as the nutrition company is in the middle of pyramid scheme accusations by hedge fund manager Bill Ackman.

Analysts warned that unless the state of China address the USD1.6 trillion debt incurred by its municipalities via local government financing vehicles, interest rates would skyrocket.

Two weeks after filing for an initial public offering, Go Launcher's parent company Sungy Mobile raised USD20 million in investment from Chinese antivirus software company Qihoo360 and Kingsoft.

creativeLIVE, a live online classroom that provides free learning sessions, received USD21.5 million in its Series B financing round, and will be using it for its planned mystery investment in infrastructure and company expansion.

Samsung Electronics Co's newest smartphone would be equipped with a three-sided display that would allow users to view their messages or phone content at various angles, said sources who were familiar with the company plans.

Despite Daniel Loeb's assurance that he or his hedge fund Third Point LLC does not have any plans to ouster FedEx Corp founder, chairman and chief executive Fred Smith, an analyst said

Vale SA had sold the last of its 21.6% ownership in Norsk Hydro ASA following the sale of its non-core assets in order to focus on its more profitable business, which is in iron ore.

The Game Show Network insisted that Bash Gaming pay a premium based from the difference between its initial acquisition offer and the amount the latter received from an unnamed buyer after Bash rejects GSN's deal at the last minute.

Nick Denton and Henry Blodget played down rumors of a potential merger between blog collective Gawker Media and Business Insider in a media conference and discussed about a partnership using Gawker's Kinja comments platform.

Yahoo's old domain names might fetch lower prices that current retail prices on the domain names market due to the sale of new domain names with non-traditional extensions (gTLDs) by Donuts and GoDaddy, said VentureBeat.

Although the management of online advertising service Swoop did not disclose the purpose of raising new venture capital, Chief Executive Officer Ron Elwell's statement to TechCrunch indicated that the company might still be focusing on building its sales team.

A media report about Riverbed Technology Inc exiting its business with the help of Goldman Sachs Group Inc had been shot down by two people who were familiar with the transaction.