American healthcare firm Allscripts has bought Israel's software provider dbMotion in a deal amounting $235 million.
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Astral Purchase Cleared for BCE
Government competition bureau approves sale of Astral to BCE. Approval has been issued by the Competition Bureau of Canada for the purchase of BCE Inc of Astral Media Inc.
Buyout and Venture Capital Deals in Latin America Hit 5-Year High
New York-based Latin American Private Equity and Venture Capital Association disclosed that buyout and venture capital firms spent $7.9 billion on acquisition activities in Latin America last year as they benefited from fundraising to gain capital.
Trafigura to Buy Zinc from Nyrstar
Trafigura has shown interest in purchasing zinc from global leading zinc provider Nyrstar Commodities trader Trafigura revealed it has interest in bidding to purchase zinc from world's leading producer Nyrstar that could worth about $700 million per year.
UPDATE: Firm to be Listed on London Stock Exchange
Hellermann Tyton would be listed in the London Stock Exchange. Hellermann Tyton's business is the making of cabling products and has announced it would list at least 40% of its shares in the London Stock Exchange this March.
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News Ltd of News Corp sells of shares in Sky Network Ltd. As previously reported in Reuters, News Corp SA has completed the sale of its 44% share in New Zealand's Sky Network Ltd.
BP lost a bidding battle again to United States' ExxonMobile as the latter acquires access to Arctic Laptev Sea Fields where Russia's Rosneft has prospect reserves.
Trafigura interested in purchasing zinc rights from Nyrstar. Trafigura, a well known commodities trader has announced its interest in purchasing the exclusive rights to purchase the zinc from Nyrstar, the world's number one producer.
Fiat's CEO reveals the company's plan of buying out the remaining shares in Chrysler, in which it has 58.5 percent share, as the company met with banks for acquisition financing.
First offer of Schulman rejected by Ferro. After an initial snub, chemicals maker A. Schulman reinstated its offer to purchase Ferro Corp for US$563 million.
China Fishery Group offered to purchase Copeinca, thus moving the Peruvian firm to seek proper financial advice.
Hess sells of Hetco, its energy trading subsidiary. Hess Corp will be selling off its energy trading arm Hetco to precipitate its exit from the gasoline and marketing industry by the year 2015.
BP loses bids on Arctic oil exploration. According to sources, British Petroleum, who lost its first deal to drill oil in Arctic Russia to rival ExxonMobil again was beaten out by the same rival when it tried to negotiate a deal with Russian oil giant Rosneft.
It's a substantial shot in the arm and vote of confidence for these young startups It's a substantial shot in the arm and vote of confidence for these young startups.
