Investors from US, Canada and Qatar backed up a USD1 billion debt sale deal to boost BlackBerry's cash position.

Southwest Airlines and JetBlue Airways articulated its interest in acquiring AMR-US Airway flight slots in Washington.

E-commerce company Groupon announced its third quarter revenue results and plans on acquiring Korea's Ticket Monster.

Fosun International raised USD500 million from selling convertible bonds. Fosun International, the largest privately-owned conglomerate in China, managed to raise HKD3.

Chinese firm CRED Real Estate bought New Zealand's Pepper's Carrington resort for an undisclosed amount.

Opthalmic lens maker Essilor announced it plan to buy sunglass company Costa for USD270 to tap the growing market of prescription sun lens.

Beverage giant Coca-cola Co said it would invest USD5 billion in China between 2015 and 2017 to counter competition.

Indigo Parners LLC said it would go ahead with its plan to acquire Frontier Airlines despite its failure to reach a labor deal with its flight attendants.

Espresso Logic raised USD1.6 million today as seed funding to make mobile APIs using data logic from reactive programming.

British technology company Captive Media managed to raise GBP250,000 through crowdfunding to launch the world's first urinal game.

Oktopost closed USD800,000 seed round to bridge social media marketing and business-to-business (B2B) masses.

News aggregator closed USD1.8 million in a Series A financing round led by Advance Publications. News aggregate startup Newsle secured USD1. 8 million in Series A funding this week.

Austrian property company said its BUWOG unit is buying 18,000 flats in Germany to increase its portfolio.

A block trade in Samsung Electronics raised $356 million from the sale of its preference shares. A day after the pronouncement of its long-term strategy, an undisclosed insitutional shareholder of the South Korean multinational Samsung Electronics has reportedly raised around W377.

Belgian medical equipment company Arseus struck a deal to acquire a pharmaceutical software maker in Brazil called Alternate Technologies.

French retailer Carrefour SA said it is in talks to buy a portfolio of malls owned by real estate investment company Klepierre.

Salix Pharmaceuticals Ltd announced a definitive agreement to buy Santarus Inc for USD2.6 billion. Salix Pharmaceuticals Ltd agreed to purchase Santarus Inc for USD32 per share or USD2.

Private equity firm The Riverside Company invested in crew management software maker ARCOS. The Riverside Company made a major investment in crew management software maker ARCOS for the expansion of its operations.

Oil and gas company Liberty Resources II LLC raised USD350 million investment from Riverstone Holdings LLC and Oakmont Corp.

Energy Excelerator, a new startup program in Hawaii, poured USD5 million into 15 innovative firms for the development of clean energy.

Imaging startup Phi Optics Inc secured USD250,000 in seed funding from venture capital funds. Imaging solutions developer Phi Optics Inc raised USD250,000 in seed funding through a funding round led by Champaign's Serra Ventures.

Sprig recently closed its USD1.2 million seed funding round for the launching of its unique food delivery business.

Autodesk Inc. revealed its intention to acquire UK-based software giant Delcam for GBP172.5 million.

Food giant Nestle announced its intention to sell the bulk of its Jenny Craig business to private equity firm North Castle Partners.

Power transmission product maker inked a definitive deal to acquire Danish energy company Svendborg for EUR80.1 million.

Artists' social community DeviantART raised a new round of funding amounting to USD10 million from Autodesk.

Some investors expressed discontent at the investment plans of giant phone maker Samsung Electronics.

Google Ventures added two new investors, Shanna Tellerman and Dave Munichiello, in its roster. Google Ventures welcomed Shanna Tellerman and Dave Munichiello, its two new investment partners, to its ranks.

McGladrey LLP entered into an acquisition deal with financial firm Margolis, Phipps & Wright PC. McGladrey LLP signed an acquisition deal with Margolis, Phipps & Wright PC.

Kindred Healthcare Inc. recently bought 9 nursing centers for USD83 million shortly after it purchased Senior Home Care Inc in November.