Microsoft Corp is close to buying business software company Yammer Inc for more than $1 billion. Microsoft Corp is close to buying business software company Yammer Inc for more than $1 billion, according to a source familiar with the details.

According to a report from Federal Reserve, total corporate cash stored at the end of last year declined nearly $500 billion.

China's National Social Security Fund (NSSF) saw its annual investment return tumble to 0.8 percent last year, from 4.2 percent in 2010.

U.S. buyout firms Blackstone Group, Carlyle Group and KKR & Co are talking to banks on potential bids for about half of Australia's Pact.

Business software company Yammer Inc has agreed to sell itself to Microsoft Corp for more than $1 billion.

Cathay Financial, Taiwan's top financial holding firm, will raise up to T$40 billion ($1.33 billion) to acquire rivals or build partnerships in China.

Sovereign wealth fund Kuwait Investment Authority (KIA), money manager BlackRock Inc (BLK.N), and twenty other cornerstone investors will buy around 62 percent of Malaysian firm IHH Healthcare's up-to-$2 billion IPO.

Private equity investors have found another way to get into the growing U.S. exchange traded fund (ETF) market: investing in firms that manage ETF portfolios.

Nokia has agreed terms for EQT VI, part of the leading private equity group in Northern Europe, to acquire Vertu.

Trucking company Arkansas Best Corp will buy Panther Expedited Services from private equity firm Fenway Partners for $180 million including debt .

Venture-capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers asked a California state court on Wednesday to dismiss a discrimination lawsuit by partner Ellen Pao.

EU antitrust regulators are expected to set out their objections to Universal Music Group's $1.9 billion bid for rival EMI's recorded music unit in the coming days.

British oil firm Cairn Energy (CNE.L) said it agreed to buy UK-focused Nautical Petroleum (NPE.L) for 414 million pounds.

Danish wind turbine maker Vestas Wind Systems (VWS.CO) is to sell a tower factory in Denmark to Chinese group Titan Wind Energy 002531.SZ for an undisclosed sum.

Asia private equity fund Unitas Capital said on Wednesday it will invest $162.4 million on a significant minority stake in South Korea's NEPA Company Ltd.

Starved of finance from hard-pressed banks, private equity firms in Europe are sounding out yield-hungry pension funds, insurers and sovereign wealth funds as alternative sources of the finance they need to do deals.

Have you ever heard of the richest man in Africa? Compared to Bill Gates or Warren Buffett, construction tycoon and the richest man in Africa, Aliko Dangote, is not that well known.

At Apple’s WWDC on Monday, Apple revealed its map service for iOS6 and some features like 3D view.

The Islamic Development Bank (IDB) is partnering with Dutch asset manager Robeco to launch a $600 million food and agriculture fund to invest in projects that promote steady food supply.

China's insurance regulator is expected soon to announce policies expanding and diversifying insurers' investment scope.

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Goldman Sachs (GS.N) said on Tuesday it had rehired veteran banker Mark Schwartz in the role of chairman of its Asia Pacific unit.

Sagard Capital Partners agreed to buy healthcare services provider IntegraMed America Inc for $169.5 million.

Private equity group Apax Partners has led a deal to buy software group Paradigm. Private equity group Apax Partners has led a deal to buy software group Paradigm, which sells its technology to oil and gas explorers and producers, for a about $1 billion in cash.

The private equity arm of Canadian pension fund OMERS said on Monday it will buy Lifeways. The private equity arm of Canadian pension fund OMERS said on Monday it will buy Lifeways, a British provider of services for adults with learning disabilities, from private equity firm August Equity, saying it sees great scope for expanding supported living services in Britain.

U.S. private equity investments outperformed the stock market in 2011 and distributions to investors reached a record as fund managers seized on an opportunity to sell long-held assets.

The Norum II Fund (2003) has, in co-operation with other owners, completed a transaction to sell 100% of Tascom CJSC.

Private equity group EQT agreed to buy German bandage and plaster cast maker BSN medical for about 1.8 billion euros.

SVB Financial Group's banking unit Silicon Valley Bank said it would open its first international branch in London.

China's National Social Security Fund will increase investment in private equity funds by more than 50 percent in 2012.