Heavily indebted UK bread manufacturer Premier Foods announced that it is looking for investors for its Hovis brand.

Twitter announced that it had set its IPO price at USD26 per share and will start trading on the New York Stock Exchange on Thursday.

Germany's SolarWorld engaged in talks to buy car parts supplier Bosch's solar plant in Arnstadt.

Canadian oil producer Penn West Petroleum announced that it will be selling up to USD2 billion of its assets to reduce debt levels.

AEA Investors LP signed an agreement to buy Siemens Water Technologies for EUR640 million. AEA Investors LP agreed to a EUR640 million acquisition deal with Siemens Water Technologies.

M/A-COM Technology Solutions Holdings agreed to purchase communications chip maker Mindspeed Technologies Inc. for USD272 million.

Dover Corp acquired industrial manufacturer Finder SpA for USD145 million. Dover Corp recently finalized a deal to purchase industrial company Finder SpA for USD145 million.

SFW Capital Partners made a strategic investment in California-based Industrial Dynamics Company (DBA Filtec) for growth and product expansion.

Brussels had launched a full state investigation on the joint venture between Solvay and Ineos due to antitrust concerns.

OpenText Corp.'s shares rose to record high USD7.77 after its announcement to buy GXS Group Inc.

Amdocs recently bought network management company Celcite Management Solutions LLC for USD129 million in cash.

Synacor Inc acquired Android development platform company Teknision to develop a single homepage access for all media on mobile devices.

TV discovery startup i.TV has bought the newly funded GetGlue as a companion TV app. The Utah-based TV discovery startup i. TV had recently acquired GetGlue as a second-screen app mashup, according to a report by TechCrunch.

CyPhy secured USD7 million from Lux Capital and other investots, which will be used to build flying robots with secure communication lines.

Social relationship platform Sprinklr raised USD17.5 million from Battery Ventures and Intel Capital for its global expansion.

Betable raised USD18.5 million in series A funding for the development of its real-money mobile gambling platform.

Social music app Listn raised USD500,000 seed round and a new partnership with Rdio. Social music app Listn landed a USD500,000 seed round with new parter Rdio today, according to a report by Venture Beat.

Cybersecurity company IID (Internet Identity) raised USD8 million from Bessemer Venture Partners as its first venture capital after 17 years.

U.S. office retailer Office Depot Inc. completed a USD976 million merger deal with smaller rival OfficeMax Inc.

China's Internet giant Tencent Holdings Ltd. made a move to shower Silicon Valley's app maker Snapchat with a USD200 million investment.

UAE's Emirates Telecommunications Corp. (ETISALAT) would be the new owner of a portion of Vivendi SA's stake in Maroc Telecom SA.

Remote diagnostics company AetherPal secured USD6 million in Series A funding for the development of its pre-loaded software for smartphones.

Microsoft entered a 20-year deal with RES Americas to source wind power from its Texas facility. Microsoft Corp. sealed a deal to source power from a Texas wind farm.

Google announced that it will invest USD607 million to upgrade its seawater-cooled facility in Finland and convert it into a bigger data center.

Solar energy startup Terrajoule secured a USD11.5 million funding from Air Liquide and other investors.

Celebrity Justin Bieber invested USD1.1 million as seed round for a new social media network for teens.

Pimco Total Return lost its title as the biggest mutual fund to Vanguard Total Stock Market Index. Vanguard Total Stock Market Index overtook Pimco Total Return as the world's largest mutual fund by assets.

Hong Kong sofa supplier Man Wah Holdings lifted its owners' stocks to USD1.1 billion after it closed at its highest level in two years.

Vista Equity partners reached its USD1.1 billion target for its second Foundation Fund. Vista Equity Partners closed USD1. 1 billion for its second Foundation Fund for small and mid-cap software entities.

Velocity Venture Capital accepted 10 technology startups into the third level of its Business Accelerator program.