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Potential bidders are coming up with a deal to acquire assets of Anschutz Entertainment Group. Sports and retail estate company Anschutz Entertainment Group (AEG) is set to come up with a deal from potential bidders including Patrick Soon-Shiong, Guggenheim Partners LLC and Colony Capital LLC, according to people familiar with the matter.

Ithaca buys out Valiant for GBP203 million in cash and stocks. In an effort to boost its North Sea oil output, Ithaca Energy Inc has purchased Valiant Petroleum Plc for GBP203 million or US$308.

3i management under fire for current dismal performance of the company. 3i, after the purchase of shares that increased Richard Bramson's stake in the private equity group, is under fire for the current strategy undertaken to bring it out of the doldrums.

William Hill Buys out Playtech for online betting business. For the price of GBP424 million or US$643 million, William Hill is taking full control of its online business.

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Disney and News Corp are in discussions as to the future of Hulu.com Discussions are now ongoing for the control of Hulu. com, the website partners News Corp and Walt Disney Co currently co-own.

For national security concerns, CNOOC cannot use Gulf assets. China's largest offshore oil and gas producer CNOOC has been disallowed to control oilfields in the Gulf of Mexico.

Twilio to fund app makers for its services. Facebook, before becoming one of the most successful Internet companies traded in the market, did what no other company did before it.

Ithaca Energy and Valiant Petroleum have reached agreement wherein the former will buy the latter in 203 million pound deal.

The consortium, which is under the control of Carlyle Group, and its company management have reached a deal to make Chinese economy hotel chain 7 Days Group Holdings Ltd. private for $688 million.

Lenders in Spanish has been eyeing to acquire nationalized Catalunya Bank, which was bailed out last year amidst the crash of Spanish proper five years ago.

Best Buy Co. has rejected an offer for minority investment from past chairman Richard Schulze's private equity sponsors.

Marchionne, CEO of Fiat and Chrysler, opens up on possibilities for the future. Sergio Marchionne, concurrent CEO of Fiat and Chrylser Group LLC, said that he is determining whether the next step forward would be Chrysler going public or the carmaker would be merged with Fiat.

Nomura Holdings has been in negotiation to close a deal under which it will sell its stake in property firm Nomura Real Estate Holdings.

German group Bertelsmann is set to purchase the stake of KKR in the music rights management firm BMG.