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BDC Venture Capital invests additional USD135 million to healthcare entrepreneurs
In an announcement made today, BDC Venture Capital would be investing an additional USD135 million to support Canadian companies in the healthcare sector.
Twitter IPO gets high interest in 'grey market'
The 'grey market' is a good gauge of the market's interest in an IPO and Twitter is gaining 'high interest'.
Microsoft's Bing gets a facelift on logo,homepage
In a bid to close the market share gap with Google Inc, Microsoft Corp's search engine Bing released its updated logo and homepage on Monday.
Leap Wireless investors will decide on AT&T takeover on October 24
Leap Wireless International Inc shareholders would meet next month to vote on AT&T's planned acquisition of the prepaid wireless carrier.
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Sun Capital Partners, headed by Marc Leder, was reportedly interested in placing a bid on The Jones Group's department stores.
Clean Harbors, a Massachusetts-based environmental services company, acquired Evergreen Oil in a USD60 million deal.
An investment was recently completed by Element Partners, an industrial technology focused equity fund, in Hayward Gordon, an industrial manufacturer of fluid handling systems.
In a joint statement on Monday, Packaging Corp. of America (PCA) agreed to purchase Boise Inc. for an aggregate transaction value of USD1.995 billion.
Formal agreements were recently signed between Confie Seguros and Affirmative Insurance Holdings as to the acquisition of the retail distribution arm of AFFM.
The publisher of Penthouse magazine, FriendFinder Networks, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. FriendFinder Networks filed for bankruptcy under Chapter 11.
Morgan Creek Capital Management opened a new class of fund called Morgan Creek Tactical Allocation to allow retail investors access to exclusive investment portfolios.
The world has yet to hear an announcement from Apple Inc about the pre-order numbers of iPhone 5C. The tech industry has not heard from Apple Inc about its first-day preorder figures for its new iPhone 5C.
A video game review by The Guardian said Rockstar North's Grand Theft Auto (GTA) 5 was parody mocking consumerism.
Soros and Golmand Sachs-backed Essent Group Ltd. filed for an initial public offering yesterday valued USD287.5 million.




