VENTURE CAPITAL POST

Liberty Media said it bought back 5.2% of its own stock from Comcast Corp for USD 417 million.

Crestwood Midstream Partners bought Arrow Midstream Holdings for USD 750 million to expand its pipeline business in the North Dakota.

Cable operator Numericable would be betting on its new fiber technology to attract investors before its planned IPO.

The Tourism Development & Investment Co was reportedly talking with various banks for a USD 1 billion loan facility to replace its existing debt, according to bankers interviewed by Bloomberg.

Masdar Energy UK was granted a GBP 266 million loan from various lenders to fund its share of the cost of developing the largest wind farm in the world.

Land Securities Group said it would sell South Bank office properties worth GBP 315 million to M&G Real Estate.

Shares of Men's Wearhouse jumped 28% after rejecting the takeover bid of Jos. A. Bank.

Foster Farms said consumers should not worry about the company's chicken products amidst the salmonella outbreak traced back to its plants.

Men's Wearhouse snubbed the USD 2.3 billion takeover offer from Jos. A. Bank just two hours after it was made publicly.

USDA said it would shut down Foster Farms unless the company would address the salmonella outbreak by Thursday.

Citigroup Inc. had hired Leopoldo Attolico and Pierpaolo di Stefano to run its investment banking operations in Italy, said a Bloomberg report.

Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zaidan had been kidnapped by a revolutionary group from Tripoli and was taken at dawn into an unknown destination, said a Bloomberg report.

BlackBerry, a Canada based struggling smartphone manufacturer, had been more open to a company breakup amid concerns that its biggest shareholder Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd would not be able to find funds or partners for a proposed USD4.7 billion buyout deal.

Indian Oil Corporation remained to be the sole bidder for the 31% stake of Haldia Petrochemicals, said The Economic Times report.

US President Barack Obama directed government lawyers to find an immediate way to resume payments for the families of killed soldiers in Afghanistan, said a Reuters report.