North America

AIG to divest ILFC ownership by sale or IPO

AIG has sought to divest its ownership of ILFC through a sale or if there is none agreed on, through an IPO.


TH Lee Partners LP obtains dismissal of conspiracy charges filed against them

TH Lee Partners LP is discharged as a defendant in the case of an 'overarching' conspiracy regarding buyouts and the collusion between private equity firms.

Wal-Mart spearheads loan funding for Bangladeshi factory safety

Wal-Mart, together with other North American companies, banded together to create the Alliance for Bangladesh Worker Safety.

Pure Storage closes record setting funding round

Pure Storage was able to raise USD150 million in its latest funding round for its operational expansion in the data storage market.


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According to a Bloomberg report, Blackstone Group LP's real estate unit would take over Netherlands-based Multi Corp.
Several speculations stated that the giant software maker Microsoft Corp. would acquire stake in Foursquare Labs.
Potbelly Corp. announced its initial public offering as it intends to raise USD75 million to pay a previously declared cash dividend.
According to sources, CSN might call off the deal with German steelmaker ThyssenKrupp if the its Alabama plant would not be included in the offer.
NASDAQ OMX Group identified a software bug that had caused the three hour trading halt last August 22.
KPN foundation had intervened to block the EUR7.2 billion America Movil-KPN deal to safeguard the group's stakeholders.
Global Founders Capital announced today its first round of investments in three online startups which totaled over USD5 million.
Two of the three bidders for BondDesk Group LLC have been identified. Tradeweb and MarketAxess, two of the leading institutional fixed-income trading platform providers, are two of the three bidders for BondDesk Group LLC.
California-based Retention Science got more than USD 750,000 from Forerunner Ventures, an early-stage venture capital firm.
Women's boutique retailer Francesca's Holdings Corp. has ousted Lululemon as the most attractive company to date to land private equity bids.