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The Israeli parliament passed legislation on Monday aimed at improving economic competition by halting pyramid structures in companies and breaking up large conglomerates blamed for high living costs.
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The E.W. Scripps Company has acquired Columbia, Mo.-based digital video news provider Newsy, a five-year-old startup that has built its early success on a multi-source, multi-platform approach to storytelling.
⚏Europe
A company spokesman of multinational conglomerate corporation ThyssenKrupp said it will be keeping its Steel Europe business, rejecting speculation on divesting the asset in the efforts to restructure the German company.
- Capital gains tax to diminish the lure of London's property market to foreign buyers
- UK commercial real estate investors ready for more debt as property market rebounds
- Cyberattacks in exchange for ransom rise because of Bitcoin- report
- MRC Global says will buy Stream AS for about $260M including debt
⚏Asia
Indian companies that built most of the parts for the country's recently launched Mars mission are using their low-cost, high-tech expertise in frugal space engineering to compete for global aerospace, defence and nuclear contracts worth billions.
⚏Africa
Bob Diamond, the former Chief Executive of Barclays, will be returning to banking by listing a company that will be investing in the African financial sector, a source interviewed by Reuters said.
⚏World
Institutional investors were putting more money to private equity funds as they bet on improved dealmaking in the next two years, according to a report.
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- G8 CAPITAL ACQUIRES $35 MILLION COMMERCIAL LOAN SECURED BY AN OFFICE PROPERTY IN ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA
- INVESTORS BANCORP, INC. ANNOUNCES THE COMPLETION OF THE ACQUISITION OF ROMA FINANCIAL CORPORATION
- KB FINANCIAL CHOSEN AS PREFERRED BIDDER TO BUY CONTROLLING STAKE IN WOORI FINANCE'S LEASE-AND-LOAN UNIT
- S.KOREA DAISHIN SECURITIES CHOSEN AS PREFERRED BIDDER TO BUY WOORI FINANCE'S BAD-LOAN UNIT-STATEMENT
- AUSTRALIA'S NINE ENTERTAINMENT DEBUTS AT A$2.02/SHARE VS ISSUE PRICE OF A$2.05/SHARE
- GENERAL ELECTRIC CO HAS NO PLANS TO BUY AN OIL OR NATURAL GAS PRODUCER, CEO JEFF IMMELT TELLS REUTERS
- SOUTHWEST AIRLINES ACQUIRES SLOTS AT NEW YORK'S LAGUARDIA AIRPORT
- REACTION OF GLOBAL LEADERS TO THE DEATH OF NELSON MANDELA
- EUROPEAN COMMISSION CLEARS PATH FOR CRANE CO. ACQUISITION OF MEI
Court-appointed monitor Ernst & Young has extended the deadline for the acceptance of bids for Canadian wireless startup Mobilicity to December 16, a Reuters report said.
Sysco Corp announced it will buy rival US Foods for USD3.5 billion in a merger deal that will create a food distribution giant with around USD65 billion in annual revenue.
WesTrac China Limited has reached an agreement to acquire the distribution and support businesses of Caterpillar Global Mining in a deal valued at around USD130 million.
A capital gains tax set to take effect in April 2015 which would be levied on the homes sold to people living abroad could diminish the status of London as a property magnet for foreign investors, Bloomberg reported.
Australia-based energy company Ambassador Oil and Gas Ltd has sold its 52.5% stake in South Australia's Cooper Basin, a potential gas field, to New Standard Energy Ltd for USD42.5 million.
The US government has finally sold its last remaining stake in General Motors, the largest automaker in the US in terms of sales, according to a Financial Times report.
Washington-based tech firm Opscode has raised USD32 million in a Series D funding round and changed its name to Chef after its configuration management and IT automation "cookbook" has become popular in the enterprise market.
According to a report, commercial real estate investors in the UK are looking to take on more debt with the continued resurgence in the commercial property market.
Palo Alto, California-based digital magazine service Flipboard has confirmed with VentureBeat that it is raising a further USD50 million as the second half of its third funding round.
The HKD 2.8 billion or USD 364 million investment that Alibaba will make in appliance maker Haier will enable China's leading ecommerce firm to enhance its logistics and distribution network.
Lazada, the "Amazon of Asia" has raised USD250 million from Rocket Internet to mainstream the company's position as the largest online retailer in Southeast Asia.
Bitcoin has fueled a rise in cyberattacks where computers and data are held hostage until the owner pays the ransom in the digital currency, according to a report.
ValueClick, Inc. today announced that it has agreed to sell 100 percent of its Owned and Operated Websites (O&O) segment to IAC.
MRC Global Inc. announced today that it has entered into an agreement to acquire privately held Stream AS for approximately $260 million including the assumption of debt.
⚏Deal News
- Banks sell Stemcor's loans to hedge funds-bankers
- HealthLoop raises USD10 million from Series A funding round led by USD175 million Canvas Venture Fund
- Verizon to acquire content delivery network EdgeCast
- Practice Fusion raises USD15 million in Series D funding to accelerate growth plans
- Startups in food tech develop products to replace basic staples like eggs
- Adobe exits lucrative licensing unit over prospects in $67.3B cloud market - report
⚏Funding News
- WMI says enter into conditional commitment letter with KKR
- G8 CAPITAL ACQUIRES $35 MILLION COMMERCIAL LOAN SECURED BY AN OFFICE PROPERTY IN ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA
- Report gives top 30 venture capital firms of 2013 for biotech and pharmaceutical firms
- UK tech firm Three Motion Media invests GBP150,000 to help SMEs
- After failure to dispose Freedom Group, Cerberus offers investors opt-out strategy
- STI acquires Chalkable in a USD10 million acquisition deal
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