VENTURE CAPITAL POST

THIRD POINT LLC HAS A $1 BILLION POSITION IN SOFTBANK CORP - WSJ, CITING THIRD POINT SPOKESWOMAN

Hotel operator Hilton Worldwide Inc, owned by private equity firm Blackstone Group LP, will increase the size of its initial public offering to about $2.25 billion, according to a source familiar with the matter.

BLACKSTONE GROUP'S HILTON SAID TO PLAN INCREASE IN IPO TO $2.25 BILLION - BLOOMBERG TV

Blackstone Group LP said Thursday it had hired David Calhoun, chief executive of television ratings company Nielsen Holdings NV, to work with the bosses of the private equity firm's companies in order to deliver more value.

Beihai Port Co Ltd says to issue shares to acquire stakes in port-related companies with assets totalling 5.18 billion yuan ($851 million)

Catalyst maker Johnson Matthey beat its own expectations with a 13-percent rise in profit, lifted by tighter European rules on emissions due to come into force in January.

Chinese drug retailer Asia Health Century International, backed by private equity firm CVC Capital Partners Ltd, is planning a Hong Kong IPO of up to $300 million next month, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday.

Shares in Swiss biotech company Actelion rose on Thursday after broker Citi said in a research note British pharma group AstraZeneca might be interested in buying it.

Russian billionaire Mikhail Fridman has teamed up with other investors to bid for German utility RWE's oil and gas unit DEA, three people familiar with the deal said

iSTAR Medical SA, a privately held ophthalmic device company and first spinout of Healionics Corporation, today announced it has raised EUR 4.0 million from institutional investors in a Series A financing.

PRIVATE EQUITY FIRM GAW CAPITAL PARTNERS, GROUP OF SOUTH KOREAN INVESTORS JOINTLY BUY LONDON'S WATERSIDE HOUSE

Yahoo Inc. said offering was upsized from the previously announced $1.0 billion aggregate principal amount of notes and will be convertible into cash, shares of yahoo's common stock or a combination of cash and shares of common stock.

China has accounted for as much as 80% of global growth in metal demand in recent years, driven by its extensive investments in infrastructure and real estate projects.

ZULILY ANNOUNCES CLOSING OF INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERING AND FULL EXERCISE OF UNDERWRITERS' OPTION TO PURCHASE ADDITIONAL SHARES

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.