The award to Tokyo as the 2020 Summer Olympics host leveraged to pass gambling casino legislation. Two major gaming firms, Las Vegas Sands Corp and MGM Resorts International are searching for sites to build casinos in Japan.
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Prem Watsa's efforts to buyout Blackberry causes jump in share prices
Blackberry shares jumped slightly as rumors of a buyout offer from its biggest shareholder became news.
Quality Systems purchases Mirth Corporation for an undisclosed amount
Quality Systems Inc. announced today that its acquisition of Mirth Corporation was to enhance its client data exchange offerings and current company interoperability initiatives.
Rumors as to Fiat-VEBA deal flew because of top executive absences
The Fiat-VEBA deak was expected because of the absence of top executives in the Frankfurt Auto Show.
FireEye prices shares for its IPO
The much awaited IPO of cybersecurity firm FireEye would push through with a pegged price of between USD12 and USD14 per share.
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In a letter to shareholders on Monday, septuagenarian billionaire Carl Icahn said he would be giving up the fight against Michael Dell and Silver Lake Partners's buyout of Dell Inc.
CrowdStrike scored USD 30 million in its Series B round. CrowdStrike announced the closing of its Series B round with USD 30 million. The financing was led by Accel Partners.
The Carlyle Group said it would buy the Red Oak power plant in New Jersey and announced the completion of the acquisition of five other facilities in California.
A revelation made by New Jersey newspaper The Record indicated that Port Authority of New York and New Jersey in 1986 sold the name "World Trade Center" for only USD10.
The benchmark debt from Russia has now been made available expecting a windfall after US Fed Reserve remarks on scaling back stimulus expenditures.
Microsoft allows Xbox music service to iOS and Android devices. In its latest move, Microsoft is allowing its Xbox Music service available to its Android and iOS devices in order to better compete with iTunes services from Apple, as well as Spotify Ltd and Pandora Media Inc.
Tyres on the Drive scored GBP 1.5 million in a round led by MMC Ventures. Tyres on the Drive (TOTD) announced that it received an additional GBP 1. 5 million in a funding round.
The law firms provided able legal support to the American Tower and MIP Tower Holdings. The largest operator of cellular towers in the United States, American Tower Corp, had entered into an agreement to purchase the parent firm of its rival Global Tower Partners.
Apollo Global Management would be buying Evo Banco for USD 79 million. Apollo Global Management agreed to acquire Evo Banco for EUR 60 million or USD 79 million.
