Bain Capital Partners was said to have stopped talks to acquire auto parts maker TI Automotive because the parties could not agree on the price for the deal.
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TextPride scores USD1 million in seed funding
Branded mobile content company TextPride secured USD1 million in seed funding which will be used to launch the company's mobile stickers and emojis to mobile messaging apps.
Sumitomo completes Edgen acquisition
The purchase of Baton Rouge-based Edgen Group Inc was finally completed by Japan's Sumitomo Corp and Sumitomo Corporation of America in an acquisition deal valued at USD520 million.
Exhilway closes USD200 million mines and minerals private equity fund
US-based private equity fund Exhilway Global has closed USD200 million for its mines and minerals private equity fund that will operate in Indonesia, Turkey, and Kazakhstan.
Billionaire backer confident Aereo Inc can get 35% share of U.S.
Billionaire and IAC/InterActiveCorp Chairman Barry Diller said Aereo Inc may get as much as 35% of US households to use its service once it overcomes the lawsuits filed against it by broadcasters.
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Johnson Controls Inc. on Wednesday announced that it would increase its share repurchase program by USD3 billion. The company also said that it would increase its quarterly dividend to USD22 per common share.
Women-led venture capital firm Illuminate Ventures closed USD20 million as its first fund to invest in cloud data, big data, analytics, software-as-a-service, and enterprise mobility startups in North America.
Subtraction Capital, FF Angel, 500 Startups and other investors supported CapLinked, a cloud-based platform for business, with a USD 1 million investment in its expansion round.
Cloud storage provider Box, a rival of Dropbox, is raising USD100 million in new funding through a share sale that would value the company at around USD2 billion.
Liquified petroleum gas transporter and distributor Navigator Holdings Ltd. raised USD228 million in its public float. Owner of the world's largest gas fleet, Navigator sold a total of 12 million shares priced at USD19 apiece.
The city of Detroit has paid around USD23 million in fees to lawyers, consultants and financial advisers as it awaits a court decision determining its eligibility for bankruptcy protection from creditors.
Chrysler Group LLC appointed Barclays Plc, Goldman Sachs Group, Morgan Stanley and UBS AG to help underwrite its proposed initial public offering slated in December. Chrysler filed for an IPO in September.
Goldman Sachs Group Inc lost more than $1 billion on currency trades during the third quarter, recent regulatory filings show, offering some insight into why the firm, reported its worst quarter in a key trading unit since the financial crisis.
The US Treasury Department will meet with the banking industry in December to give guidelines on how to deal with marijuana businesses in states that have legalized marijuana use.
