Funding
Toll Brothers postpones boost on investment-grade rating, offers debt to buy Shapell
Toll Brothers Inc would be seeking to acquire the amount needed to finance its USD1.6 billion acquisition of Shapell Industries Inc and refinance its 4.95 notes due next year.
KKR enters agreement to acquire Brickman for USD1.6 billion
The amount that private-equity firm KKR & Co would use to acquire Brickman Group Ltd would come from its ongoing North American fund worth over USD8.3 billion and other financial pools.
Kingdom Holdings shares in Twitter valued at USD900 million
With the IPO of microblogging service Twitter recently concluded, the 3% shareholdings of Kingdom Holding initially worth USD300 million in 2011 is now worth USD900 million.
DesignCrowd wins USD3 million from investors to grow its freelance platform in the US
Sydney, Australia-based DesignCrowd claimed that its crowdsourcing marketplace was more fair and transparent to freeland designers, and intended to expand its business in the US.




