Harris Interactive Inc. today announced that it has entered into a definitive merger agreement to be acquired by Nielsen Holdings N.V., a leading global provider of information and insights into what consumers watch and buy.

Carlyle Group LP said on Monday it has finished raising money for its latest U.S. private equity fund, surpassing its initial $10 billion fundraising target by $3 billion.

Guardian Capital Group Ltd reached agreement to acquire a specialist boutique emerging market equity investment firm in London

In order to comply with competition issues surrounding its July acquisition of Whyte & Mackay owner United Spirits Limited, Diageo PLC offered to sell majority of the latter's distilleries.

Although Dubai seemed to have recovered from the 2009 debt crisis it experienced in 2009, it needs to sell some of its assets, including Mauser, to repay some USD50 million in debt, according to sources who told Reuters.

Italian automaker Fiat SpA said in its announcement today that although Chrysler Group LLC has postponed plans for a 2013 initial public offering, the former expected the latter to carry on with its plans for a share sale next year.

Hunter Walk and Satya Patel's creation of venture capital firm Homebrew was spawned out of the need to provide private equity investors accountability in their investments.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg gave his thoughts about NSA surveillance techniques in an episode of 'This Week on ABC today.' Zuckerberg thought that the government failed regarding its actions on privacy matters and calls for more transparency.

A shift in demand from big firms like KKR, Blackstone and Bain Capital to midsize firms like HIG Capital, Sentinel Capital and KPS Capital in investors was seen in a recent survey conducted by Preqin.

A joint bid that would later split up Time Warner Cable between Comcast Corp and Charter Communications Inc may allow the deal to avoid strict scrutiny from antitrust regulators and the Federal Communications Commission.