Boston-based hedge fund Highfields Capital Management exited from its stake in JPMorgan Chase & Co and Oracle Corp and halved its holdings of Capital One Financial Corp.
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CenturyLink sells USD750 million senior notes
Multinational telecommunications company CenturyLink Inc. said it will sell USD750 million in newly-issued unsecured senior notes due in 2023. Proceeds from the offering will be used to repurchase 2018 notes of its subsidiary Qwest Communications.
Streamline Health to acquire two companies
Atlanta, Georgia-based healthcare management solutions provider Streamline Health Solutions Inc announced its intention to acquire two companies to improve its existing solutions for patient care.
Creditors should not blame ratings for bad debts - column
A column at the The New York Times' The Dealbook argued that money managers and investors should take responsibility for betting on bad investments and that it should be their utmost responsibility to do research, especially when investing other people's money.
Apollo raises USD3.9 billion to buy out distressed assets in Europe
American investment firm Apollo Global Management LLC raised USD3.9 billion to buy distressed European assets. Specifically, the private equity firm is hunting for hotels and resorts in Spain.
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Vancouver-based Turquoise Hill Resources Ltd said it would go ahead with a USD2.4 billion rights offer for Mongolian copper mine Oyu Tolgoi after the company failed to secure long-term funding for the expansion of the mine.
The state of Jefferson County, Alabama planned to sell sewer system securities worth USD 1.7 billion to pay off its debts to its creditors. Jefferson County is still under bankruptcy protection.
According to its Chief Executive Officer and Chairman Thomas Falk, Kimberly-Clark decided to spin off its healthcare division as the division no longer fit in the strategic and growth priorities of the company.
US Federal Reserve Vice Chair Janet Yellen showed strength and loyalty in a two-hour confirmation hearing with the US Senate Banking Committee regarding her nomination for the Fed Chairman role.
Data released by mutual group Investment Company Institute showed an overall drop of money market mutual fund assets in retail, institutional, taxable funds, and tax-exempted fund segments.
Ryan Corporation UK acquired a site in Canary Wharf, a business district in London, for GBP 100 million. The property company owned by Tom Ryan aimed to build a residential building that will tower over the highest building on the site.
Russian millionaire and entrepreneur Yuri Milner recently led a Series B funding round for genetics upstart GenapSys for the commercialization of the company's genome-sequencing platform.
Seattle-based online clothes retailer Zulily Inc raised its initial public offering (IPO) price to USD22 per share above the previously expected range of USD18 to USD20 per share.
Lone Pine Capital increased its holdings in online companies by buying shares in China-based search engine Baidu Inc and ecommerce firm Amazon.com Inc. The fund also bought shares in MasterCard Inc.
