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The consolidation of US Bancorp Fund Services and Quintillion Limited would allow the former to expand its operations in Europe via its new strategic headquarters in Dublin.

The USD15 million in new investment Apartment List managed to raised in its recently-concluded Series A financing would go towards the efforts of making the platform more friendly to apartment renters.

Roark Capital emerged victorious over rival bidders TriArtisan Capital Partners and Pamplona Capital Management to acquire restaurant group CKE Inc, which is the parent company of fast food chains Hardees and Carl's Jr.

The real estate loan portfolio GE Capital Real Estate acquired from Deutsche Postbank contained commercial property loans that had been backed against prime real estate located in central London, France and Germany.

John Grayken's private equity company Lone Star Funds had bought 23 buildings from State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. Lone Star would be leasing the properties back to the insurer.

Spanish multinational oil firm CEPSA bought Canadian Coastal Energy Co. for CAD2.3 billion (USD2.21 million) including debt. CEPSA will pay CAD19 per Coastal Energy share in cash.

Forstress Investment Group unit Newcastle Investment Corp said it will be purchasing a portfolio of 52 senior housing properties from Holiday Acquisition Holdings for USD 1.01 billion.

CareFusion Corp's acquisition of Vital Signs from GE Healthcare was considered strategic as the former aimed to expand its anesthesiology and respiratory care business while saving up to USD15 million in annual costs.

Potential investors would be having difficulty acquiring a majority ownership stake in beverage company Yeo Hiap Seng Ltd due to the Ng family, who had a controlling interest in Yeo's via Far East Organization.

Oracle Corp made an announcement on its website via a redirect from Bitzer Mobile's site link that it had acquired the startup at an undisclosed amount to expand its business in the bring your own device (BYOD) market.

Terms of Frutarom Industries' definitive agreement to acquire Protein Technologies Ingredients (PTI) included an option to acquire the remaining 25% interest from minority shareholders in the next three years.

According to financial newspaper Calcalist, Apple had bought Israeli chip maker PrimeSense for a USD 345 million. However, PrimeSense said it did not relate to rumors made about its customers and partners.

A report from The Sunday Times said Aberdeen Asset Management was close to reaching a deal to acquire Scottish Widows Investment Partnership from Lloyds Banking Group.

According to a report written in Hebrew at Calcalist, Apple acquired the company that helped develop the original Kinect of Microsoft for USD345 million.

American tire company Cooper Tires & Rubber Co. seeks to obtain a Supreme Court ruling forcing India's Apollo Tyres to complete the merger. The USD2.3 billion deal would make Apollo the seventh-biggest tire maker in the world.