Monsanto Company and Novozymes A/S formed a strategic cooperation called "The BioAg Alliance" in order to capitalize each other's capabilities in microbial technologies and commercial markets.
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Sequoia pours in $33M into US stealth networking startup vIPtela
American venture capital firm Sequoia Capital has invested USD33 million in California-based stealth networking startup vIPtela to develop its technology for virtualization of whole networks.
Leonard Green picks up Lucky Brand Jeans for $225M
Private equity firm Leonard Green & Partners has agreed to purchase Los Angeles-based jeans retailer Lucky Brand Jeans from Fifth & Pacific Companies Inc for USD225 million.
No proceeds from Corpbanca sale will go to SMU- Alvaro Saieh
Chilean business tycoon and billionaire Alvaro Saieh said no proceeds that will be raised from an eventual stake sale of Corpbanca will be utilized to fund it sister firm SMU SA, a Bloomberg report said.
Bain Capital buys majority stake in parka maker Canada Goose
Bain Capital, the U.S. private equity firm, has bought a majority stake in Canada Goose Inc, a family-owned company which had been seeking an investor to help it meet demand for its high-end cold-weather gear.
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PaeDae founder and chief executive officer Rob Emrich explained to TechCrunch that it launched a debt-and-equity round instead to be able to obtain a sizeable amount of capital while being able to retain its position as an early acquisition target.
Dailymotion's acquisition of Jilion was said to be because of the opportunities SublimeVideo's cutting-edge HTML5 video technology platform could provide to the French video-sharing site.
Bart Chilton, member of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, said the Volcker rule on proprietary trades will most likely take in effect before 2015, as said in a Reuters report.
Reuters heard from five anonymous sources that Norway-based debt collector Lindorff's owners, Swiss Investor AB and private equity firm Altor, had already hired banks to lead the Nordic company's IPO.
Sources disclosed to IFR that Chinese waste management and energy company China Everbright International Ltd will be floating 430 million new shares to raise up to HKD3.75 billion or USD484 million.
Head William Dean Chapman Reston of Virginia-based firm Alexander Capital Markets was found guilty of defrauding its investors including US Representative Alan Grayson of more than USD35 million in a loan scheme, Reuters said in a report.
State-run electricity distributor Power Grid Corp of India Ltd will be pricing its share sale near the top end of its marketed range, according to sources interviewed by Bloomberg.
The largest mobile phone operator in Israel, Cellcom, has entered an agreement to share the costs with its two rivals for the creation of a new 4G network, Reuters reported.
Volvo AB has entered into a definitive agreement to divest its construction-equipment rental business Volvo Rents to Platinum Equity in a SEK7.2 billion or USD1.1 billion debt sale deal.
