New venture capital firm plans to invest in emerging technology companies focused on transforming the $10 trillion global hospitality industry.

Australia's bourse operator, ASX Ltd (ASX.AX), said on Friday it may buy share registry Link Market Services from Pacific Equity Partners.

A Russian state firm has offered to buy BP's half share in its huge oil joint venture. A Russian state firm has offered to buy BP's half share in its huge oil joint venture, a source said on Friday, in what would amount to a stunning reversal for the British firm and a bold assertion of Kremlin control over the oil sector.

Private equity property funds run by Blackstone and Morgan Stanley have agreed to pay A$640 million ($621 million) to acquire a A$1.9 billion portfolio of distressed property loans in Australia.

Japanese buyout firm Unison Capital is seeking a buyer for its popular sushi restaurant chain Akindo Sushiro.

A field of mainly private equity firms has tabled offers for logistics group GEFCO. A field of mainly private equity firms has tabled offers for logistics group GEFCO, valuing the business that ships cars around the world for French auto maker PSA Peugeot Citroen at up to 1.

Transaction Valued at $369 Million The Talbots, Inc. (NYSE:TLB) (“Talbots” or the “Company”) and Sycamore Partners today announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement pursuant to which an affiliate of Sycamore Partners will acquire all the outstanding common stock of the Company for $2.

OneSpin Solutions has secured new funding from its major shareholder, Azini Capital. OneSpin Solutions, an EDA company that provides innovative formal assertion-based verification solutions to chip and systems designers, has secured new funding from its major shareholder, Azini Capital.

Construction to begin this year on 235,000 square-foot Walmart-anchored center in Miami’s Flagler Corridor.

Transaction Will Create One of the World’s Most Technologically Advanced and Vertically Integrated Rare Earth Companies.

foreclosed homes attract investors. At the height of the housing bubble, the practice of "flipping" homes - buying them for cheap, fixing them up and reselling them for a quick profit - was popular enough to inspire its own TV show.

Italy's Finmeccanica has agreed to sell its stake in aero-engine parts maker Avio to a state-controlled fund as it presses ahead with plans to sell around 1 billion euros ($1.

David Jones Ltd posted a 3.1 percent decline in third-quarter sales with no improvement seen in consumer sentiment and said it plans to keep its valuable property assets and has no takeover talks to report.

State-owned China National Petroleum Corp (CNPC) has for the first time accepted outside investment in its gas business in response to government calls to open energy and other infrastructure projects to private investors.

European Union lawmakers approved a draft law on Thursday making it easier to channel funds into start-up companies from next year.

Australian private equity returned 7.85 percent to investors in 2011. Australian private equity returned 7. 85 percent to investors in 2011, and on a three-year basis returns far outstripped the benchmark Australian stock index, industry data showed.

US Airways Group and private equity firm TPG Capital may team up to bid for American Airlines' parent, AMR Corp.

Bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals involving European, U.S. and Asian companies were reported by 1030 GMT on Thursday.

Intelliject, Inc has entered into a $15 million debt facility with Hercules Technology Growth Capital, Inc.

Trends in the middle market private equity marketplace will be discussed by a panel of experts from GE Capital, MidSpan Partners and Blackrock Kelso on May 31, 2012, at 5:30 p.m. at the Omni San Francisco Hotel.

W. R. Grace & Co. (NYSE:GRA) has signed an agreement to acquire the assets of Noblestar Catalysts Co., Ltd.

Clean Edge’s Third Annual State Clean Energy Index Provides Critical Benchmarking and Analysis of Dynamic U.S. Clean-Tech Landscape.

Thomas Properties Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:TPGI) has entered into a definitive purchase agreement with certain institutional accredited investors affiliated with Madison International Realty with respect to the private placement of 8,695,693 shares of its common stock at a purchase price of $5.75, per share.

Hudson Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: HDSN), has entered into a commitment letter for the establishment of a new, three year $27 million secured revolving credit facility.

The private-equity unit of Brazilian investment banking powerhouse BTG Pactual (BBTG11.SA) agreed to buy a minority stake in local apparel retailer Leader Participações.

Automotive parts and service chain Pep Boys-Manny, Moe & Jack (PBY.N) said the sale of the company to private equity firm Gores Group has been called off.

Government of Singapore Investment Corp (GIC) and Canada's Ontario Teachers Pension Plan are among final bidders to buy stakes in South Korea's unlisted Kyobo Life Insurance.

A leading Brazilian private-equity fund that controls local electricity utility Equatorial Energia is considering bidding for debt-laden power distributor Celpa.

Long-term investors fearful of another global financial storm may be better prepared than they were before Lehman Brothers went bust in 2008, but their increasingly nervous disposition could itself be making markets more fragile.

Emerging markets fund CVCI Private Equity and a co-investor advised by Thai Strategic Capital have bought a significant minority stake in Thai skincare company Wuttisak Clinic Inter Group Co Ltd.