Minnesota-based mobile device management software maker JAMF Software, which focuses exclusively on Apple gadgets, has raised USD30 million to drive product development and expand industry partnerships.

HSBC Holdings PLC has put up for sale its 8% stake in Bank of Shanghai Co. HSBC sold its holding in the Chinese bank to Spain's Santandar SA for an undisclosed sum.

US-based big data company Palantir Technologies Inc has raked in USD107.5 million in a funding round filed last week that valued the firm at USD9 billion.

General Motors Co. has named Mary Barra as new chief executive officer a day after the US government exited its final shares of GM. Barra will replace GM CEO Dan Akerson who is retiring on January 15.

Fairfax Media Ltd, the leading diversified media firm in Australia, has purchased property data and mapping company Property Data Solutions Pty Ltd for approximately USD30 million.

Blackstone Group, the largest real estate private equity firm, recently said that it targets more real estate acquisitions in Asia. It has invested USD3 billion in the region since making its first deal in 2007.

Belfast-based scientific camera maker Andor Technology has finally agreed to a GBP176 million takeover bid from Oxford Instruments after five months of stalemate between the two firms.

California-based gifting service Loop Commerce has added a PayPal investment to its previously closed Series A round, increasing the round's total funding from USD7 million to USD12 million.

Tomkins Ltd. has began the process for an exit deal that could bring in at least USD6 billion to the British manufacturer. It reportedly hired Goldman Sachs Group to advise on its proposed sale or listing.

San Francisco-based gaming startup nWay has raised USD5 million in a funding round led by Translink Capital to build out its ChronoBlade massively multiplayer online (MMO) game.

American venture capital firm Sequoia Capital has invested USD33 million in California-based stealth networking startup vIPtela to develop its technology for virtualization of whole networks.

Private equity firm Leonard Green & Partners has agreed to purchase Los Angeles-based jeans retailer Lucky Brand Jeans from Fifth & Pacific Companies Inc for USD225 million.

Russian state-controlled telecom firm Rostelecom could sell up to RUB46 billion (USD1.4 billion) worth of shares in a secondary stock offering next year to help cut its debt.

Gold miner Centamin Plc has announced a USD40.9 million takeover offer for Perth-based mining firm Ampella Mining Ltd, in a deal that values Ampella shares at USD0.16 apiece.

Australia-based taxi app ingogo has raised an additional AUD3.4 million in venture capital funding and expressed plans for a 2014 listing on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX).

NBC Universal has agreed to buy a minority stake in tech-news site AllThingdD, which is set to be renamed "Revere Digital" this month, according to a Bloomberg report.

Netherlands-based independent tank storage provider Royal Vopak will invest in an independent import liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) facility in Banyan terminal at Jurong Island, Singapore.

UK-based lender Lloyds Banking Group PLC is offloading its remaining 21% stake in the investment firm St. James's Place for GBP95 million after progressively selling its stake down.

San Francisco-based real estate firm BRE Properties Inc is discussing a USD4.5-billion buyout offer by Essex Property Trust Inc, a deal that could expand the latter's portfolio in California.

Yahoo Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Marissa Mayer is eyeing image sharing startup Imgur as the company's next big acquisition, according to an anonymous source cited by Business Insider.

Ireland-based construction and engineering company Kentz has taken over US-based Valerus Field Solutions for USD435 million (EUR316 million) in a deal that will also expose Kentz to Latin American markets.

Sysco Corp announced it will buy rival US Foods for USD3.5 billion in a merger deal that will create a food distribution giant with around USD65 billion in annual revenue.

WesTrac China Limited has reached an agreement to acquire the distribution and support businesses of Caterpillar Global Mining in a deal valued at around USD130 million.

Australia-based energy company Ambassador Oil and Gas Ltd has sold its 52.5% stake in South Australia's Cooper Basin, a potential gas field, to New Standard Energy Ltd for USD42.5 million.

Washington-based tech firm Opscode has raised USD32 million in a Series D funding round and changed its name to Chef after its configuration management and IT automation "cookbook" has become popular in the enterprise market.

Palo Alto, California-based digital magazine service Flipboard has confirmed with VentureBeat that it is raising a further USD50 million as the second half of its third funding round.

Lazada, the "Amazon of Asia" has raised USD250 million from Rocket Internet to mainstream the company's position as the largest online retailer in Southeast Asia.

ValueClick, Inc. today announced that it has agreed to sell 100 percent of its Owned and Operated Websites (O&O) segment to IAC.

MRC Global Inc. announced today that it has entered into an agreement to acquire privately held Stream AS for approximately $260 million including the assumption of debt.

The E.W. Scripps Company has acquired Columbia, Mo.-based digital video news provider Newsy, a five-year-old startup that has built its early success on a multi-source, multi-platform approach to storytelling.