Gladstone purchases a farm in Michigan and leases it out to a corporate farmer. In an announcement, Gladstone Land Corporation has acquired a farm with a land area of 119 total acres where 89 is arable land.
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Syros Pharmaceuticals Gets Additional Funding
Syros Pharmaceuticals gets US$30 million financing through a Series A round with institutional investors.
AXA Private Equity sells its Aixam Mega to Polaris Industries
European private equity firm AXA Private Equity has sold its majority stake in Aixam Mega to Polaris Industries, a US in group specializing in powersports.
LinkedIn Buys Pulse News Reader
LinkedIn purchases Pulse at US$90 million where 90% are in stocks and 10% is paid cash. The social network for professionals, LinkedIn Corp has announced that it would be acquiring Pulse.
Additional US$8.8 Million Financing for Biodesix
Biodesix raises fund through preferred shares sales. The molecular diagnostic company, Biodesix Inc, has added US$8. 8 million funding through another round of sales of its preferred shares in Series D funding round.
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The merger of Zon Multimedia and Optimus is being reviewed by Portuguese authorities to avoid the creation of duopolies in the country's pay-TV market.
Concerns about money laundering and violations of the Bank Secrecy Act hold back M&T Bank's purchase of Hudson City Bancorp Inc.
Wind of Italy is investing on a 4G network powered by Sirti and Huawei. Wind, the Italian mobile phone operator, is now investing US$1. 3 billion to build a fourth generation mobile broadband network to become more competitive against rivals Vodafone and Telecom Italia.
Preplay raises US$4.7 million in Series B funding. At the relaunch of PrePlay Inc's MLB PrePlay v2. 0 for Android and iOS, the company announced the closure of their Series B Financing at US$4.
The world's richest man can now get a license to operate a pay for TV service. Carlos Slim, the Mexican billionaire, is now undertaking an aggressive incursion into the Mexican television market to take advantage of the benefits provided by new legislations passed on telecommunications.
Sankaty offers CLOs for US and Europe through its first fund. The credit investment unit of Bain Capital LLC, Sankaty Advisors LLC, had begun raising its first fund focused on collateralized loan obligations.
Turkish conglomerate Calik Holdings is in the process of selling off its media shareholdings. Calik Holdings of Turkey has talks in progress to sell off its ATV television subsidiary to Time Warner Inc.
HD Supply is planning to hold an IPO to raise funds for the housing market. HD Supply Holdings Inc, the industrial and construction supplies distributor has filed for a US$1 billion initial public offering.
Heineken is reviewing its options, including selling its shares to Hartwall. Dutch brewer, Heineken, is planning to sell its Finnish subsidiary Hartwall to Hartwall Capital.
