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As share values jumped, the bigger issues for the Applied Materials-Tokyo Electron merger would be the regulatory approvals from three countries and the length of time for those approvals to be obtained.

Google Inc confirmed through a spokesperson that it had acquired Flutter, a startup company in development of a hand gesture interface technology.

Greenline Financial Technologies specialized in Financial Information Exchange was acquired by CameronTec through a buyout.

Credit analysts said that the divestment of DONG Energy's 26% stake to two funds managed by Goldman Sachs and two Danish pension funds may lead to a reassessment of its negative credit outlook.

Blackstone completed its acquisition of Multi Corporation.

Fonciere des Regions bought a total number of 4,000 homes for EUR 351 million or USD 477 million.

UniCredit submitted a preliminary offer to purchase Poland's Bank BGZ, said a Reuters report.

Citing the The Washington Post, Techcrunch said Amazon Inc Chief executive officer Jeff Bezos completed his acquisition of the 136 year-old newspaper today.

The price of CHF398 million or USD439 million was paid by hedge fund firms Avista and Nordic Capital for Acino Holding.

Today, American Tower Corporation announced completed acquisition of MIP Tower Holdings LLC, the parent firm of Global Tower Partners.

Despite an ownership dispute, Electricite de France (EDF) said it was in exclusive discussions with Dalkia France for the purchase of urban lighting firm Citelum.

A report by information technology news site Techcrunch said multinational semiconductor chip maker Intel Corporation recently acquired security company Sensory Networks for USD20 million.

Indigo Partners would be buying Frontier Airlines from Republic Airways Holdings Inc for USD 36 million in cash.

On Tuesday, Power group EDF confirmed an early press report that it has started talking to Dalkia France to acquire public lighting and urban electrical equipment company Citelum.

Google was advised by the Federal Trade Commission that it would not object to the search engine's acquisition of mapping app firm Waze.