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Advent Software Inc, an accounting software company, is exploring a sale and has hired Frank Quattrone's investment bank Qatalyst Partners to lead the effort

It's a substantial shot in the arm and vote of confidence for these young startups

According to a new survey from BDO USA, LLP, nearly all retail CFOs expect merger and acquisition activity will increase or remain steady in 2013.

Private equity firm Carlyle Group LP is preparing to sell aerospace and defense company Arinc Inc

Global alternative asset manager The Carlyle Group, today announced that Jacques Chappuis will join the firm as Managing Director and Head of the Solutions business segment

French media group Vivendi SA is likely to close a deal in the coming weeks to sell a stake in Brazilian telecoms unit GVT

Ross Smith Asset Management Inc. acquires control over common shares of C.A. Bancorp Inc.

The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported on Tuesday

Itochu today paid Dole a non-refundable cash deposit of $200 million to be applied toward the purchase price

True Investments, LLC has announced the cash acquisition of $11.3 million of non-performing residential mortgages.

WSP Holdings Limited enters into definitive agreement for going private transaction

Bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported on Thursday

Credit Agricole posted a 6.5 billion-euro full-year loss - the worst since the French bank went public in 2001

Spectris said full-year operating profit rose 12 percent as sales in its industrial controls business almost doubled

The Egyptian government on Tuesday signed agreements with Malaysia's Petronas and BG Group to reschedule debt owed by Cairo, the minister of petroleum, Osama Kamel, speaking to reporters on Tuesday.