Sources revealed to Bloomberg that British private equity firm 3i Group Plc was seeking to add members who specialize in buyouts for its UK and Germany private equity teams.

According to a Techcrunch report, Foundry Group pledged a USD5 million Series A investment to Minneapolis landing pages services startup LeadPages.

According to a Bloomberg report, major shareholders like Twitter co-founder Evan Williams would stand to see a rise in the valuation of their shares in the microblogging service after Twitter's IPO.

In an announcement today, fashion retailer JustFab said it had raised USD40 million in investment commitments from investors like Shining Capital and Rho Ventures.

In a statement today, ebay Inc announced that it had agreed to acquire Braintree for around USD800 million in cash.

On Thursday, stock exchange SecondMarket launched the first virtual money investment fund in the United States.

In a Bloomberg report, the news agency said that Applied Materials Inc Chief Executive Officer Gary Dickerson's dedication to close his company's USD9.39 billion Tokyo Electron Ltd acquisition would lead him to, according to sources, move his family to Tokyo.

In a meeting of the Oregon Investment Council yesterday, it was revealed that Lone Star Funds founder and Chairman John Grayken bet USD330 million of his money to the company's new commercial property fund.

On Thursday, BlackRock Inc would be debuting its a new short-maturity bond ETF on the BATS Global Markets.

According to a Reuters report, Lixil Group Corp Chief Executive Yoshiaki Fujimori said that his company had reached a basic agreement to buy bathroom equipment maker Grohe for JPY400 billion or USD4.05 billion from its owners.

State-backed Petroamazonas had proposed to 31 companies who were willing to partner up with the oil company and aid in boosting oil production.

British private equity firm Doughty Hanson said in its statement on Wednesday that it had sold 20.9% of its shares in cable equipment maker HellermannTyton for GBP119 million or USD191.21 million.

French financial newspaper Les Echos said on its report Wednesday that French construction and concessions company Vinci was considering of selling its parking concession business to generate funds for future acquisitions.

Google rolled out new updates on Chrome and Chrome apps today, simplifying certain features. Today, Google rolled out an update of its Chrome browser to simplify new tab interface.

Roku launched a revamp of its existing streaming media devices with some features of its current flagship model Roku 3 amidst rumors that Apple would be changing its TV streaming device soon.

Social feeds in the Middle East announced that Samsung's Galaxy S4 would also be available in gold finish.

Youtube and Google+ had teamed up to improve the system of moderating comments in Youtube, and recently did a soft launch with a limited number of Youtube users.

Financing for the Blackberry Ltd buyout by Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd. would be largely dependent on the smartphone maker's debt-free assets, said financial analysts.

Analysts thought that Tokyo Electron Ltd's takeover was unusual move in an industry norm where local companies were rarely open to mergers or takeovers by their foreign rivals.

Capitec Bank Holdings Ltd. announced in a regulatory filing that Gerrie Fourie would be Riaan Stassen's successor for the chief executive post after the latter's retirement by the end of this year.

The New York Post reported that Twitter had been talking to major banks to help set up a credit facility line in the range of USD500 million to USD1 billion prior to its initial public offering that may happen before Thanksgiving.

PKP Cargo SA said in a statement today that its major investor, Polish State Railway, would be divesting its stake in the former's freight transportation unit that would reportedly fetch around PLN1.65 billion or USD526 million.

Berjaya Corporation Berhad's Philippines unit, Berjaya Philippines Inc, extended its GBP42 million or USD65 million takeover bid offer to minority shareholders of British auto dealer HR Owen to October 11.

Foursquare co-founder Naveen Selvadurai was reported heading the mobile team of health insurance operator startup Oscar after leaving Foursquare last year.

Hotel booking startup HotelQuickly said on Tuesday that it had raised HKD9 million or USD1.16 million in its recent funding round that would go to developing its app and company expansion.

A Reuters report cited two company sources who said Alibaba Group Holding Ltd would be going for a New York listing as plans for a Hong Kong initial public offering failed.

Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group recently acquired similar Dropbox service Kanbox for an undisclosed amount.

California-based peer-to-peer lending company Prosper Marketplace disclosed that it had received USD25 million in funding from investors including Sequoia Capital and BlackRock, Inc.

On Wednesday, the Swedish government said that it has sold the last of its holdings in regional bank Nordea AB for SEK21.6 billion or USD3.4 billion.

A spokeswoman for activist hedge fund Cevian said the fund had increased its holdings from less than 3% to 5.2% in German multinational conglomerate corporation ThyssenKrupp.