Private Equity Firm Carlyle Buys Shanghai Office Tower

Private equity firm Carlyle Group is the new owner of Central Plaza, an office building in Shanghai, China, acquiring it for $267 million from Forterra Trust, a Singapore-listed real estate fund.


Kaplan Ventures Leads Series B Financing for Treehouse

Treehouse grows with Series B financing from Kaplan Ventures. The Series B Preferred financing round of Treehouse Island, the online coding education platform, raised a sum of US $7 Million.

ParElastic Obtains Additional Series A Funding of $5.7M

ParElastic raises an additional US$5.7 million in additional funding. ParElastic Corporation, the purveyors of cloud data management business, announced today that they were able to obtain an additional $5.

Evonik Owners Pre-empts IPO

The owners of Evonik are offering by private placement two percent of its shares before its eventual IPO days later.


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Jay-Z is divesting ownership with NBA team Brooklyn Nets to become a sports agent. Rap icon and producer Jay-Z has now offered his shareholdings in the National Basketball Association's Brooklyn Nets for sale in order to focus on the growth and development of his sports representation business.
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