The British government's ownership sale over Lloyds Bank is now being awaited when shares hit 61 pence or more.
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Spansion Purchases Fujitsu Unit for US$110 million
Spansion pays US$110 million for the microcontroller unit of Fujitsu Electronics. Spansion Inc, a manufacturer of flash memory systems for electronic gadgets, has agreed to purchase the microcontroller operations of Fujitsu Ltd for US$110 million.
Barclays Seeks More Deals in Turkey
Barclays is seeking to find more deals in Turkey. Barclays Plc, the third highest adviser for US stock offerings in 2013, is looking for more deals in Turkey after it had helped airline Pegasus Hava Tasimaciliigi AS during its IPO last year.
Softbank Will Not Modify Offer for Sprint Nextel
Softbank will not modify the terms of its offer according to billionaire founder Masayoshi Son. In a statement, Softbank Corp said that its offer for 70% of Sprint Nextel Corp at US$20.
Best Buy Dissolves JV with Carphone Warehouse Group
Best Buy, in a cost cutting move, has dissolved the partnership with Carphone Warehouse Group. The GBP 500 million or the US$775 million sale is an indicator that Best Buy, the world's biggest consumer electronics chain would be scaling back its operations overseas to focus on US business.
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Langham Hospitality to offer IPO in Hong Kong. Langham Hospitality Investments, a trust fund supported by Great Eagle Holdings Ltd hotels, is projecting revenues as high as US$700 million when it undertakes its initial public offering in Hong Kong.
Equiduct Systems gets new capital infusion from new investors. Equiduct Systems had obtained capital infusion from new investors such as BNP Paribas SA and Winterflood Securities.
In an effort to increase dividends, Suncor CEO undertook a share buy back program. The largest energy company by market value, Suncor Energy Inc announced that it would buy back nearly Can$2 billion or US$1.
Millenial Media's current fiscal situation may attract known technology companies such as Yahoo, Microsoft and Facebook.
Intel CEO sends letter to FCC Chairman throwing support to the Softbank bid. Paul Otellini, the CEO of Intel Corp has sent a letter to the Federal Communications Commission vouching for his support for SoftBank's bid for Sprint Nextel instead of the Dish Network's unsolicited bid.
KMG Chemicals has purchased OM subsidiaries located in the United States, United Kingdom, Singapore and France.
Highmark finalizes West Penn Allegheny Buy Out at US$0.875 to the dollar. Highmark Inc, one of America's largest health insurers, had announced the completion of a bondholder buyout in the amount of US$604.
Softbank, despite its standing merger agreement provisions, allows Sprint to conduct discussions with Dish.
Opsona Therapeutics raises US$44 million for OPN-305. Opsona Therapeutics has raised Eur33 million or US$43 million in Series C financing that was oversubscribed.
