VENTURE CAPITAL POST

A little over a month ago, a Texas power utility at the centre of the biggest leveraged buyout in history filed for bankruptcy, sunk by billions of dollars of debt that it took on after being acquired by a trio of top private equity names in 2007.

A venture capitalist is urging Asian investors to consider placing bets in evergreen funds, and said that these type of funds are a good fit for them.

Moody's Investors Service says that the announcement on 24 December by Woori Finance Holdings Co., Ltd. (WFH) that NongHyup Financial Group Inc. (NH FG) is the preferred bidder to acquire Woori Investment & Securities Co Ltd

CHINESE FUNERAL COMPANY FU SHOU YUAN SET TO OPEN AT HK$5.30 IN HONG KONG DEBUT VS HK$3.33/SHARE IPO PRICE

Carl Icahn purchases Nuance's 416,200 common shares at $14.12, 7,200 shares at $14.15 - SEC filing Securities beneficially owned by carl Icahn following purchase is 60.7.

WMI Holdings Corp. today announced that KKR & Co. L.P. has entered into a conditional commitment letter to make a strategic investment in the Company, dated December 8, 2013.

G8 CAPITAL ACQUIRES $35 MILLION COMMERCIAL LOAN SECURED BY AN OFFICE PROPERTY IN ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA

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.

Actor Paul Walker, who shot to fame as star of the high-octane street racing franchise "Fast & Furious," died Saturday in a car crash in Southern California. He was 40.

CVC-BACKED JINTIAN PHARMACEUTICAL GROUP LAUNCHES UP TO $273 MLN HONG KONG IPO

Valuation results in 3Q13 showed a noticeable increase over 2Q13, including the greatest difference between up and down rounds in over six years. The software industry was especially strong, not only valuation-wise, but also in the number of deals.

GREENLIGHT CAPITAL INC REPORTS STAKE OF ABOUT 23.02 MLN SHARES IN MICRON TECHNOLOGY - SEC FILING

The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported on Monday including Greece banking, Fiat, BOFA, Mechel, Saputo, RBS, Lohmann, Carlyle Group, Monte dei Paschi di Siena, Kuwait Airways, Dubai Holding, SunEdison, Blackstone, Greece National Bank, IMG Worldwide, KKR, Babcock, AMR, Orrick, BAC and Fisker Automotive.

CHINA CINDA ASSET MANAGEMENT LAUNCHES UP TO $2.5 BLN HONG KONG IPO - TERM SHEET

Microsoft Corp sold over 1 million of its new Xbox One game consoles within 24 hours of their hitting store shelves on Friday, on par with Sony Corp's PlayStation 4 despite launching in far more countries.