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Icahn's shares are off-limits in Apple stock buyback plan

Billionaire investor Carl Icahn's letter to Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook published on Thursday indicated that Icahn would be witholding his shares from his proposed stock buyback program.


SFX acquires three startups to boost growth in core business

SFX Entertainment, a live events and music content producer, purchased Readability app maker90, music commerce platform Tunezy and marketing agency Fame House for an undisclosed amount.

Permira set to acquire Dr. Martens maker

The family business that owned the Dr. Marten brand would be acquired by private equity firm Permira for GBP300 million.

Enterprise communications startup Highfive raises USD9.5 million in Series A funding

Highfive, a startup that had been developing a product for enterprise communications, were founded by Shan Sinha and Jeremy Roy of collaborative document solution DocVerse.


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A bug in the Mac App Store gave users free downloads of some software applications. A bug in the Mac App Store had turned downloaded trial copies or illegally downloaded version of various software to free and legal copies.
Apple has released the free download of its OS X 10.9 Mavericks. Apple has released Mavericks. The latest OS X operating system for Mac computers could now be downloaded without cost from the Mac App Store.
Market Track acquired Competitrack from founder Bob Moss for an undisclosed sum. Retail promotion and e-commerce pricing intelligence solutions firm Market Track purchased Competitrack.
Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc and Giants Stadium LLC could not agree on the settlement amount of two interest-rate swap contracts the latter had cancelled.
As the UK and the US institute crowdfunding regulations, India is also drafting its own set of rules.
State-owned lender Caixa Geral de Depositos would be selling a 6.11% stake in telecommunications firm Portugal Telecom.
Lambert Private Equity would be purchasing up to USD 200 million of the common stock of Accelera Innovations.
News about Ophir's asset sale in Tanzania caused the oil and gas explorer's shares to rise.
According to a Wall Street Journal report, Marcato Capital would like Sotheby's to divest its New York and London properties.