Politico publisher Allbritton acquires news site Capital New York for expansion

Politico publisher Robert Allbritton issued a statement on Monday saying that he acquired news Web site Capital New York for a small, undisclosed amount.


Western Digital acquires Virident

Virident is purchased by Western Digital for USD685 million in cash. Western Digital Corp, the hard drive manufacturer, announced its pending purchase of Virident Systems Inc, a flash memory manufacturer for servers.

Tokyo as 2020 Olympic host seen as gaming industry boon

The award to Tokyo as the 2020 Summer Olympics host leveraged to pass gambling casino legislation. Two major gaming firms, Las Vegas Sands Corp and MGM Resorts International are searching for sites to build casinos in Japan.

Icahn gives up, relents to founder,Silver Lake buyout of Dell

In a letter to shareholders on Monday, septuagenarian billionaire Carl Icahn said he would be giving up the fight against Michael Dell and Silver Lake Partners's buyout of Dell Inc.


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The Carlyle Group said it would buy the Red Oak power plant in New Jersey and announced the completion of the acquisition of five other facilities in California.
A revelation made by New Jersey newspaper The Record indicated that Port Authority of New York and New Jersey in 1986 sold the name "World Trade Center" for only USD10.
The benchmark debt from Russia has now been made available expecting a windfall after US Fed Reserve remarks on scaling back stimulus expenditures.
Microsoft allows Xbox music service to iOS and Android devices. In its latest move, Microsoft is allowing its Xbox Music service available to its Android and iOS devices in order to better compete with iTunes services from Apple, as well as Spotify Ltd and Pandora Media Inc.
GM George Steel found supporters in New York's Opera board for his demand for USD7 million for the year.
Tyres on the Drive scored GBP 1.5 million in a round led by MMC Ventures. Tyres on the Drive (TOTD) announced that it received an additional GBP 1. 5 million in a funding round.
Standard and Poor's analysts have criticized the practice of Scandinavian banks. The biggest banks of Scandinavia have failed to curb risks of financial innovation and would avoid downgrades unless national regulators requiring stricter measures, according ratings agency to Standard & Poor's.
The law firms provided able legal support to the American Tower and MIP Tower Holdings. The largest operator of cellular towers in the United States, American Tower Corp, had entered into an agreement to purchase the parent firm of its rival Global Tower Partners.
The China Business News reported five officials of PetroChina were detained, a report that was denied by the oil company as 'inaccurate.'
Apollo Global Management would be buying Evo Banco for USD 79 million. Apollo Global Management agreed to acquire Evo Banco for EUR 60 million or USD 79 million.
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