Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba reportedly poured in tens of millions of dollars in mobile security tool LBE Security Master for real-time monitoring of malware, spyware and adware in smartphones.
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Development Bank of Japan to buy 24.95% stake in offshore wind project in England
The Development Bank of Japan will acquire a 24.95% stake in the Gunfleet Sands Facility, a 172-megawatt offshore wind project located in England. DBJ will buy the stake from Marubeni Corp., which bought its holding originally for $329 million.
Abenomics fuel record returns for Japanese hedge funds
Bloomberg Businessweek reported that Japanese hedge funds posted record returns this year as investors bet that Abenomics will bring the world's third-largest economy back on its feet.
Bega in talks with non-Australian investors to sell stake in Warrnambool -source
Bega Cheese Ltd., the largest shareholder in Warrnambool Cheese and Butter Co. Holdings, is reportedly negotiating with other firms including non-Australian investors on a possible sale of its 18.7% stake in Australia's oldest dairy firm.
UK air conditioning firm Cooltec secures £40K in funding
York, UK-based air conditioning and refrigeration technology services provider Cooltec Services has attracted £40,000 in business loan from Finance Yorkshire for its much-needed working capital.
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Petroleum firm Total SA has put up for sale a 15% stake in its Congo oil exploration and production unit Total E&P Congo. The said holding was sold to Qatar Petroleum International for $1.6 billion.
Shenzhen Hepalink Pharmaceutical, a Chinese drug maker that trades on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange, will be purchasing Wisconsin-based Scientific Protein Laboratories in a deal worth $337.5 million, the Wisconsin State Journal reported.
Workers from over 120 garment factories in Cambodia on Wednesday held a nationwide strike to demand a higher minimum wage. Cambodia's government initially approved an increase in the industry's minimum wage to $95 a month, well short of the workers' demand for $160.
Online bitcoin wallet Blockchain.info bought ZeroBlock, a bitcoin-related mobile app, for an undisclosed amount in an acquisition deal that was conducted entirely in bitcoin, according to a ZeroBlock founder.
Singapore-based startup Elephanti has closed $4.5 million in a seed funding round led by LMJ Holdings to develop its app that helps brick and mortar stores connect with shoppers online.
Empire State Building investors on December 24 filed a class-action lawsuit in a Manhattan state court against the New York skyscraper's managers. The said investors claim they were deprived of $410 million in profit in Empire State Building's initial public offering.
Cessna aircrafts and Bell helicopters maker Textron Inc said it had approved the purchase of Beechcraft Corp in a deal worth $1.4 billion, Bloomberg reported.
China's urbanization rate is expected to hit 60 percent by 2018, according to a prominent government think tank report, two years ahead of previous official expectations, bringing a potential economic boost to the world's second largest economy.
Yasushi Ando, a Liberal Democratic Party adviser on pensions, said that Japan's Government Pension Investment Fund should invest $95 billion in private equity and venture capital over a decade. GPIF is the world's largest pension fund with ¥124 trillion under management.
