A rise of mega donations in universities had been seen by individuals as a form of repayment to their educational attainment and career successes, said a philanthropy expert.
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CenturyLink sells USD750 million senior notes
Multinational telecommunications company CenturyLink Inc. said it will sell USD750 million in newly-issued unsecured senior notes due in 2023. Proceeds from the offering will be used to repurchase 2018 notes of its subsidiary Qwest Communications.
Streamline Health to acquire two companies
Atlanta, Georgia-based healthcare management solutions provider Streamline Health Solutions Inc announced its intention to acquire two companies to improve its existing solutions for patient care.
Ppdai lands USD35 million investment from Alibaba Finance
Peer-to-peer financial lending platform Ppdai received a significant investment worth USD35 million from the financial arm of Alibaba Group, said sources who were familiar with the transaction.
Secured Capital closes USD1.5 billion for Asian investments
Japan-based Secured Capital, the real estate arm of private equity firm PAG, raised USD1.5 billion to invest in real estate and debt opportunities in Asia.
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A Reuters report said hedge fund managers in the US bought and exited from shares of hotly-debated firms like retailer JC Penney, nutrition and weight management company Herbalife Ltd and auction house Sotheby's.
Boston-based hedge fund Highfields Capital Management exited from its stake in JPMorgan Chase & Co and Oracle Corp and halved its holdings of Capital One Financial Corp.
Vancouver-based Turquoise Hill Resources Ltd said it would go ahead with a USD2.4 billion rights offer for Mongolian copper mine Oyu Tolgoi after the company failed to secure long-term funding for the expansion of the mine.
Italian life and non-life insurance company Generali bought a 40% stake in Generali Asia for EUR40 million. Generali Asia is a joint venture of Generali and Banca della Svizzera Italiana in Switzerland.
The state of Jefferson County, Alabama planned to sell sewer system securities worth USD 1.7 billion to pay off its debts to its creditors. Jefferson County is still under bankruptcy protection.
United Kingdom-based Apax Partners aimed to become one of the largest equity holders of textbook publishing company Cengage Learning Inc after the latter exits from bankruptcy.
Data released by mutual group Investment Company Institute showed an overall drop of money market mutual fund assets in retail, institutional, taxable funds, and tax-exempted fund segments.
Ryan Corporation UK acquired a site in Canary Wharf, a business district in London, for GBP 100 million. The property company owned by Tom Ryan aimed to build a residential building that will tower over the highest building on the site.
Russian millionaire and entrepreneur Yuri Milner recently led a Series B funding round for genetics upstart GenapSys for the commercialization of the company's genome-sequencing platform.
