German healthcare group Merc is looking for acquisitions and collaborations with start-ups to grow its drugs business in the United States, a senior Merck official said.
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Private equity offers pour in to Ashland - sources
Ashland, a chemical manufacturer, is in talks with at least seven private equity firms that are all interested in purchasing its water technologies unit in a deal that could fetch upwards of USD 1.5 billion.
Snapchat-like Wire gets USD 1.8 million seed funding
Wire Labs, a company founded by two former Amazon engineers, raised USD 1.8 million in its seed funding round for their mobile messaging application Wire.
Buffer adds more security to its app due to last month’s hack
Buffer, a social sharing app announced that it has learned its lesson after last month's hack that enabled attackers to post on its users Facebook and Twitter accounts. It now has implemented a two-step login and authentification in place to ensure that the incident would not happen again.
Privately held Cox looking at bid for Time Warner Cable - WSJ
Privately held Cox Communications is considering bidding for Time Warner Cable either on its own or as part of a joint bid, The Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday, citing anonymous sources.
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Private equity firm TPG has asked a specialised Dutch court to order an inquiry into the affairs of Strauss Coffee, in which it holds a 25 percent stake, claiming majority owner Strauss Group had abused its rights in the company.
The USD1.5 billion acquisition bid Men's Wearhouse Inc offered to Jos. A. Bank Clothiers Inc was the former's form of retaliation after receiving pressure from its largest shareholder Eminence Capital LLC to accept the takeover bid Jos A Bank extended earlier.
Snapchat's rejection of Facebook's USD3 billion acquisition offer raised the question about the true measure of a startup's viability as a profitable company in terms of the number of likes, snaps, and even signups.
The resignation of billionaire Carl Icahn's director appointees in Take-Two Interactive Software Inc's board of directors was part of an earlier agreement should Icahn decide to sell his position in the video game publisher.
Occasio Growth Fund I will welcome investments from institutional and accredited investors in order to raise USD100 million to capitalize on the booming USD24 billion industry in villa rental, private equity firm Occasio Funds said in a statement today.
According to a report by Bloomberg, the charts produced by market-data provider Nanex LLC caused the ire of some traders, who insisted that Nanex's charts caused unnecessary investor anxiety.
The New York Times cited reports that have suggested that Level 3 Communications, which controls most of the fiber optic cables that connect everyone to the Internet, may have greenlighted the NSA to tap data from Yahoo and Google. Both companies have announced that they will now start encrypting their data.
Tyber Medical, a privately-held medical device company, said it was able to successfully close its initial funding round. Names of the private equity investors who participated, as well as the amount raised were not disclosed.
Yara International will be expanding its South American footprint further with its agreement to acquire OFD Holding Inc from Omimex Resources Inc for USD 425 million.
