Japan's Fast Retailing Co. is planning a secondary public offering in the Hong Kong Stock Exchange next year. If successful, the Tokyo-listed retail holding company would become the third Japanese company to list in Hong Kong.
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Industry insiders say smaller, midmarket firms challenging large private equity companies-report
A Pensions & Investments report said investors now prefer small and midmarket private equity firms like HIG Capital, Sentinel and KPS than large buyout firms.
Biotech venture capital firms invest USD43 million in Series A funding in Editas Medicine
A consortium of venture capitalists had helped Editas Medicine raised USD43 million in Series A financing to create medicine designed to eradicate gene abnormalities.
Report says Yahoo's push to hire Katie Couric signals increased efforts to turn company around
A Bloomberg report said the move to get former CBS anchor Katie Couric to join the team at Yahoo! Inc was an accelerated effort of Chief Executive Officer Marissa Mayer's efforts to reinvigorate the tech giant's business.
UK's Poundland to raise GBP200 million to GBP300 million in London listing next year
British discount chain Poundland is preparing for a London listing that could give it a valuation of up to GBP800 million. US-based private equity firm Warburg Pincus, which controls Poundland, is looking to raise GBP200 million to GBP300 million in the initial public offering.
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American Airlines Inc was slapped with another lawsuit claiming its merger with US Airways Inc would break antitrust laws, putting another roadblock on its exit from bankruptcy.
Veenome Inc, an Arlington, VA-based platform that translates video into data, has announced that it had secured USD 1 million in funding. The funding will be used to expand their team, which has been lean so far and at the same time, will be used to expand its business.
Chris Robert's personal computer (PC) game, Star Citizen, topped its USD29 million stretch goal for additional funding for Squadron 42, a single-player campaign that can be played offline.
Chinese coal port operator Qinhuangdao Port Co. is seeking to raise up to USD717 million in a Hong Kong listing. The firm will be putting up for sale 829.9 million shares at HKD5.25 to HKD6.70 apiece.
American private equity firm Carlyle Group LP is considering to sell its 67% stake in Eastern Broadcasting Co. for up to USD700 million. Carlyle built a majority holding in the Taiwanese broadcaster after acquiring its parent company for USD1.5 billion.
An Apple Inc. spokeswoman has confirmed that the Cupertino-based tech giant will acquire Israel's PrimeSense Ltd. for USD350 million. The PrimeSense deal is the latest in Apple's acquisition of less well-known companies.
Following a nuclear deal reached in Geneva, the European Union has removed the ban on insuring tankers transporting Iranian oil. The EU also agreed to release USD4.2 billion in frozen oil assets and permit Iranian crude exports to continue at its current levels.
A report from Israeli scientists explored the connection between the arrested operator of Silk Road Ross William Ulbricht and the secretive inventor of the digital currency bitcoin Satoshi Nakamoto.
Canada-based milk processor Saputo Inc raised its acquisition offer for Australia-based Warrnambool Cheese & Butter Factory Co to AUD515 million in a three-way bid contest with dairy firms Bega Cheese Ltd and Murray Goulburn Cooperative Co.
