Canada-based Demeure announced receiving USD4 million from its third round of seed funding. Travel marketplace Demeure had raised USD4 million in its third round of seed funding.
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America Movil says it would not raise KPN offer
Arturo Elias, Carlos Slim's chief spokesman said America Movil had no intentions of raising its offered bid for the remaining stake of KPN.
Countdown starts for U.S. airline merger trial in November
A US judge had granted the request of American Airlines and US Airways for an earlier trial against the US Justice Department that intends to block the two companies' planned USD11 billion deal.
AMC Entertainment seeks USD400M in new IPO
AMC Entertainment announced a new initial public offering as it sought to raise USD400 million. AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc. is the biggest movie theater operator owned by the richest man in China, Wang Jianlin.
Sinopec to purchase Apache Egypt assets for USD3.1 billion
China Petrochemical Corp.'s unit, Sinopec International Petroleum Exploration & Production Corp. had agreed to pay USD3.1 billion for Apache's Egyptian oil and gas businesses.
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Private equity firms perform at higher levels in terms of buyout financing compared to the previous year.
According to technology news site Techcrunch, Pure Storage's recent USD150 million funding was a step to dominate the flash storage market.
US District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly said she wanted the trial against American Airlines and US Airways to be held before the US Justice Department's proposed March 3 date.
Swedish pharmaceutical firm Meda announced the signing of a deal for the USD 135 million purchase of US-based Acton Pharmaceuticals.
Lowe's Companies Inc. announced today an acquisition deal had completed for Orchard Supply Hardware stores valued USD205 million in cash and payables.
The Federal Government of Nigeria lost USD 40 billion in downstream infrastructure investments for 76 non-producing oil leases.
Sources said Thai billionaire Dhanin Chearavanont submitted its bid for Li Ka-shing's ParknShop chain.
French cosmetic firm L'Oreal said it could afford to buy back the EUR 23 billion stake that Nestle holds in the firm.
Finland rolled out a EUR 9 billion plan enough to pay for welfare expenses of its aging population. The government of Finland agreed on a plan to ensure that it would have money to pay welfare costs for its fast-growing elderly population.
