Private equity firms TPG Capital and Carlyle Group are separately considering bids for United Technologies Corp's industrial units at $3.5 billion to $4 billion.

Aviva could accelerate and expand asset sales as it seeks to mend relations with shareholders who last week forced out boss Andrew Moss, irked by its persistently weak share price.

KPS Capital Partners, LP ("KPS") through a newly formed company, W Foundry International, Inc. and its affiliates, has entered into definitive agreements to acquire ThyssenKrupp Waupaca, Inc. from ThyssenKrupp Budd Company.

Silver Creek Oil & Gas, LLC ("Silver Creek" or the "Company") has received a $100 million investment from Crestview Partners ("Crestview")

Financing from Ignition Partners, Gary Vaynerchuk, angel investors; predictive analytics platform scaling to more than 330 million Facebook Page Likes.

Australian underwear manufacturer Pacific Brands (PBG.AX) said takeover talks with suitors including KKR & Co (KKR.N) have ended without an offer being made, sending its shares down nearly 10 percent, as the dour retail outlook put off buyers.

Facebook's earliest venture-capital backers, especially at once-downtrodden outfit Accel Partners, will have reason to celebrate come Friday when the world's biggest social network is set to debut on the Nasdaq at as much as a $100 billion valuation.

bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals involving European, U.S. and Asian companies were reported by 1030 GMT on Tuesday.

UC Funding has closed an $8.7 million bridge loan on the Garrison Apartments located in Marietta, GA. The loan was used to acquire and renovate the property.

Ally Financial Inc's mortgage unit on Monday filed for bankruptcy and the auto lender said it will sell some international operations to help it get on a path to repaying $12 billion in bailout money.