VENTURE CAPITAL POST

First Solar has been notified of an unsolicited offer by TRC Capital Corporation to purchase up to 2 mln shares of the outstanding First Solar common stock at a price of $30.00 per share in cash

CMA-CGM to sell a 49 percent stake in its Terminal Link division for 400 million euros to China Merchants Holdings

GE Capital, Franchise Finance recently provided $4.4 million to Romulus Restaurant Group

Santacruz Silver Mining enters into C$30 Million bought deal common share financing

Investcorp acquires North America's leading information security solutions provider, Fishnet Security

TPG Capital to acquire eze castle software and realtick from ConvergEx; newly formed company, eze software group, to acquire tradar

Apperian today announced that the company has received a strategic investment from Intel Capital

Pearson made its about $89.5 million in cash investment in nook media at a post-money valuation of about $1.789 billion

Watson Pharmaceuticals today announced that it has completed the acquisition of Belgium-based Uteron Pharma SA for $150 million in cash up front

Bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals on Wednesday

The union and pension fund for Hostess Brands Inc has hired Gordian Group to help preserve jobs and workers' benefits at the bankrupt maker of Twinkies snack cakes.

East Energy Resources signs binding heads of agreement to acquire 100 percent of Idalia Coal

Yahoo Inc said on Tuesday it has bought "social news" start-up Snip.it

U.S. specialty drugmaker Allergan Inc said late on Tuesday it will buy MAP Pharmaceuticals Inc for about $958 million in cash.

Kamylon Capital has sold its ownership interest in Innovadex to Underwriters Laboratories