Clean-technology company Therma-Flite recently closed a major funding round with Canadian private equity and venture capital firm XPV Capital. Therma-Flite said it raised USD7.5 million in financing.

Trian Fund Management LP, an alternative investment fund, had put its stake in State Street Corp up for sale. It sold 1.86 million shares worth USD121.5 million. Trian Fund was founded by activist investor Nelson Peltz.

Australian investment firm Private Equity Partners had put up for sale 25% of its stake in Link Administration Holdings for AUD200 million. The holding company was acquired by PEP for AUD132 million.

Siem Industries and Topcon Corporation raised the bid for Norwegian satellite positioning system firm Veripos. Siem and Topcon offered NOK30 in cash for each Veripos share.

Chicago-based marketing technology BrightTag secured USD27 million funding from Yahoo! Japan. The Japanese internet company's investment brought BrightTag's fund total its has raised so far to USD50 million.

Multinational telecommunications company CenturyLink Inc. said it will sell USD750 million in newly-issued unsecured senior notes due in 2023. Proceeds from the offering will be used to repurchase 2018 notes of its subsidiary Qwest Communications.

Atlanta, Georgia-based healthcare management solutions provider Streamline Health Solutions Inc announced its intention to acquire two companies to improve its existing solutions for patient care.

Japan-based Secured Capital, the real estate arm of private equity firm PAG, raised USD1.5 billion to invest in real estate and debt opportunities in Asia.

State-controlled Russian airline Aeroflot told Reuters the company will neither buy nor financially aid Italian airline Alitalia despite being repeatedly named by Italian officials as a potential backer.

American investment firm Apollo Global Management LLC raised USD3.9 billion to buy distressed European assets. Specifically, the private equity firm is hunting for hotels and resorts in Spain.

Canadian oil producer Cardinal Energy Ltd. targeted to bring in CAD250 million from its initial public offering. The company would price its shares between CAD10 to CAD10.5 per share.

Vancouver-based Turquoise Hill Resources Ltd said it would go ahead with a USD2.4 billion rights offer for Mongolian copper mine Oyu Tolgoi after the company failed to secure long-term funding for the expansion of the mine.

Italian life and non-life insurance company Generali bought a 40% stake in Generali Asia for EUR40 million. Generali Asia is a joint venture of Generali and Banca della Svizzera Italiana in Switzerland.

The French government hoped to help fund new state investments and boost national economy by divesting 3.5% of its stake in jet engine maker Safran.

United Kingdom-based Apax Partners aimed to become one of the largest equity holders of textbook publishing company Cengage Learning Inc after the latter exits from bankruptcy.

Russian millionaire and entrepreneur Yuri Milner recently led a Series B funding round for genetics upstart GenapSys for the commercialization of the company's genome-sequencing platform.

Seattle-based online clothes retailer Zulily Inc raised its initial public offering (IPO) price to USD22 per share above the previously expected range of USD18 to USD20 per share.

Global asset management firm The Carlyle Group will buy a majority stake retail insurance brokerage company Edgewood Partners Insurance Center. Details of the deal, however, were unknown.

Coupon website LivingSocial offered a 25% discount on selected deals for its US and Canadian clients following a rare 40-hour outage that crippled its website, apps, and merchant center.

Vancouver-based gold producer B2Gold Corp said it signed a definitive agreement with Canadian resource company Volta Resources Inc for the business combination of the two companies.

San Francisco-based mobile gaming powerhouse TinyCo landed USD20 million in a funding round from Pinnacle Ventures and Andreessen Horowitz, to be used for the development of its iOs and Android games.

Oklahoma City-based exploration and production firm New Source Energy Partners LP acquired oilfield services company MCE for USD44 million in combined cash and common units.

Social media giant Twitter Inc announced it will introduce self-service advertisements for small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) in Canada, Ireland and the United Kingdom starting this week.

Private equity firm Liberty Hall Capital Partners announced today its acquisition of Tulsa-based aerospace engineered parts supplier Precise Machining & Manufacturing for an undisclosed amount.

Baltimore-based sportswear retailer Under Armour Inc bought Texas-based fitness tech company MapMyFitness for USD150 million to achieve a better position in the digital sports product market.

Multinational hospitality company Hilton Worldwide was expected to begin marketing a USD3.5 billion collateralized mortgage-backed security this week. This is the biggest CMBS offering since the global crisis.

Top Chinese company China Harbor Engineering Company will be building two hotels and a golf course in Sri Lanka worth USD500 million. Previously, the company constructed an international airport which was opened this year.

Swiss private equity firm Partners Group AG raised USD800 million for its leveraged debt fund. The company expects the fund to yield more quickly as it anticipates a ramp-up in investments next year.

Medical device company Tandem Diabetes Care raised USD120 million in its listing. The company had put up for sale 8 million shares of common stocks priced at USD15 each share.

Venture-back startup Windsor Circle obtained USD950,000 in its Series A-1 funding round. The software solutions and services company has now raised a total of USD2.4 million.