Online game developer Changyou.com Ltd. announced that it will buy a 62.5% stake in social communication software provider Raidcall for USD50 million. The majority equity interest in Raidcall is currently held by Kalends Inc.
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Atos stake sold at 61.25 eur/share - PAI Partners
French private equity firm PAI Partners confirmed on Thursday it has sold a 9 percent stake in IT services firm Atos for 545 million euros ($732 million).
iSTAR Medical Raises EUR 4 million in Series A Financing
iSTAR Medical SA, a privately held ophthalmic device company and first spinout of Healionics Corporation, today announced it has raised EUR 4.0 million from institutional investors in a Series A financing.
UniCredit may sell indirect stake in AS Roma
Italian bank UniCredit said on Thursday that it may consider selling its indirect stake in professional football team Associazione Sportiva (AS) Roma, although no decision had yet been made.
Weaker currency weighs on Investec's profits
A weakened South African rand led to a drop in the profits of specialist bank and asset management group Investec. Profits declined 1.6% due to the diminished performance of the South African currency.
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Japan's Nomura Holdings Inc. and British Intermediate Capital Group Plc agreed to form a joint venture to provide mezzanine debt to be used for acquisitions.
New York-based all-digital media firm Ziff Davis, the publishing arm of Hollywood-based internet services company J2 Global Inc, bought consumer electronics deal aggregating site TechBargains.com for an undisclosed amount.
China's iKang Goubin Healthcare is looking to launch an initial public offering, possibly in NASDAQ, next year. Before the proposed exit, iKang secured a USD100 million joint investment by Goldman Sachs & Co. and sovereign wealth fund Government of Singapore Investment Corporation.
Hutchison Whampoa Property, a subsidiary of Li Ka-shing controlled Hutchison Whampoa Ltd, sold a Victoria Peak house for USD 740 million to an unnamed buyer.
A letter to clients showed the hedge fund plans to reduce management fees and offer a new share class that would enable investors to get their money earlier.
Branded mobile content company TextPride secured USD1 million in seed funding which will be used to launch the company's mobile stickers and emojis to mobile messaging apps.
Optical retailer New Look Eyewear Inc will be buying Charlottetown-based eyewear company Vogue Optical Inc for USD74 million to become Canada's third-largest integrated optical product seller.
Resort developer Discovery World Corp dropped as much as 7.6% in its public debut. The IPO was set just barely two weeks after Typhoon Haiyan devastated the central part of the Philippines.
Chinese analytics provider Umeng confirmed its acquisition by e-commerce giant Alibaba for an undisclosed amount, following the rising trend of China-related mobile acquisitions this year.
