Russian state-owned diamond miner Alrosa had reduced its capital investment expectations for its planned IPO.

UK-based security services provider G4S did not want the GBP1.55 billion offer extended by private equity firm Charterhouse Capital Partners.

Lagardere's statement released on Monday was unclear regarding its rumored exit from pay-television operator Canal+.

A source disclosed to Reuters that a sale of Techpack Solutions Co Ltd could fetch over KRW432 billion or USD407 million.

Sources told the Wall Street Journal that KKR & Co would be pouring in an initial USD100 million in a wireless communications infrastructure project with investment firm Associated Partners LP.

Form 1 3D printer maker Formlabs's new USD7 million investment would go towards primarily to the development of its core product and software.

A total of USD7 million was raised in a recent investment round for Berlin-based startup The Football App.

Samsung would be seeking to compete with Google Inc by developing its own version of Google Glass, according to a Korean patent filing.

Google Inc would pouring in an investment of an undisclosed amount in its data center in Hamina, Finland.

Billionaire investor Carl Icahn's letter to Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook published on Thursday indicated that Icahn would be witholding his shares from his proposed stock buyback program.

SFX Entertainment, a live events and music content producer, purchased Readability app maker90, music commerce platform Tunezy and marketing agency Fame House for an undisclosed amount.

The family business that owned the Dr. Marten brand would be acquired by private equity firm Permira for GBP300 million.

Highfive, a startup that had been developing a product for enterprise communications, were founded by Shan Sinha and Jeremy Roy of collaborative document solution DocVerse.

Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc and Giants Stadium LLC could not agree on the settlement amount of two interest-rate swap contracts the latter had cancelled.

Emirates NBD would be exiting from its remaining 15% stake in property developer Union Properties. On Thursday, the chief financial officer of Dubai's largest bank said it would be divesting its remaining ownership in Union Properties.

The creation of the USD30 million seed-stage fund was to support entrepreneurs outside South Korea in their startups.

US-based Web lender Endurance Lending Network had consolidated with UK-based lender Funding Circle. Funding Circle, of which its platform allows peer-to-peer lending, had announced itds consolidation with Endurance Lending Network of San Francisco.

A total of USD37 million was raised by UK lender Funding Circle from investors led by Accel Partners.

Investors including FirstMark Capital, Valiant Capital Management, Andreessen Horowitz had provided Pinterest a total of USD225 million in the latter's recent financing round.

Wal-Mart said in its press conference that it would be focusing more on its e-commerce business to curtail effects of China's slowing retail market.

Virgin Records founder Sir Richard Branson recalled having great regret on selling his record company to fund his then-new Virgin Airlines venture.

Mckesson's planned bid of Celesio would signal a takeover of the German drug distributor. According to two sources who were familiar with the negotiations, US drugs distributor McKesson was close to offering a deal to German company Celesio.

HSBC Holdings plc failed to obtain regulatory approval from the State Bank of Pakistan to sell its banking business in Pakistan.

American Realty Capital Properties said it would be buying Cole Real Estate Investments in a cash or stock deal worth USD11.2 billion.

A regulatory filing revealed that social networking service for film enthusiasts Mubi received a new USD5.1 million investment from unnamed investors.

Cureatr's primary product, a secure messaging app for doctors, received significant backing from investors including Milestone Venture Partners and Cardinal Partners.

The latest iOS7 update was able to fix sensor and app issues of iPhone 5S and iPhone 5C mobile units.

Bromium's oversubscribed Series C funding round had raised USD40 million. Bromium, whose micro virtual machine technology assisted IT administrators in trapping malware, raised USD40 million in investment capital.

A Rocket Internet and iMENA Holding consortium would be marketing mobile app Easy Taxi to North Africa and the Middle East.

16 startups whose products focused from cloud services to video and imaging technologies had received USD65 million in investment from Intel Capital.