Many analysts say the lack of transparency may put the free trade zone experiment in China in jeopardy, unless it is confirmed as one of the economic priorities of the Third Plenum of the Chinese Communist Party.
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Emulex Corp to buy back shares, Chairman to step down amid shareholder pressure
Emulex Corp announced that it would be holding a share buyback as activist shareholders called for reforms. Emulex Executive Chairman James McCluney will also step down from the company's board.
KPMG launches USD100 million investment fund for big data analytics
KPMG launched its new USD100 million investment fund, London-based KPMG Capital, which would help identify and develop big data analytics firms all over the world.
T-Mobile to raise USD1.96 billion in a stock offering
T-Mobile, a mobile service provider based in the US, had put up for sale its 66.15 million shares worth USD1.96 billion to improve its capacity for wireless data services.
China's SASAC open to allowing private sector interests in state firms
In a recent statement, the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission or SASAC had welcomed the move to allow the private sector to purchase interests in state owned or controlled corporations.
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According to sources interviewed by Bloomberg, New York-based private equity firm Forstmann Little & Co had shortened its list of potential bidders for IMG Worldwide Inc, its talent agency, to five.
Boston-based email productivity startup Yesware made its first acquisition by buying troubled San-Francisco based email file sharing startup Attachments.me, which would also be shutting down today.
A new CEO was recently installed for billionaire Eike Batista's OSX as it prepares itself for bankruptcy and other legal processes, according to its lawyers.
Atomico Ventures was able to raise USD 476.6 million for its third fund, based on an filing submitted to the US Securities and Exchange Commission on October 25.
Singapore-based Bitcoin exchange startup itBit secured USD3.25 million in a new funding round to be used for the launching of its Bitcoin exchange currency and the expansion of its operations worldwide.
This is a summary of key economic events and central bank speeches, likely to affect the global economy through the foreign exchange, equity and debt markets.
Czech startup Futurelytics Inc closed its seed financing with USD 800,000 in a round led by Index Ventures and Credo Ventures. Futurelytics was the first Czech company to win initial funding from Seedcamp.
Accredited investors from The Williams Financial Group participated in the Series C round for Dallas-based Cleantech IT innovations firm Servergy Inc which closed with USD 20 million.
The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported on Monday. The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported on Monday.
