VENTURE CAPITAL POST

Lloyds' TSB business had received early approaches from private equity firms, according to a report by City A.M.

Crescent Real Estate Holdings sold the properties it had bought in 2009 to ride the real estate market recovery.

The Federal Trade Commission stamps seal of approval for the acquisition of Arbitron, the radio audience measuring firm, by Nielsen, the television measuring giant.

JP Liquids LLC announced the acquisition of Highway Pipeline Inc's assets through an agreement recently formalized.

In its first acquisition in the country, L'Oreal recently announced the acquisition of Cheryl's Cosmeceuticals to enhance its product line.

South African billionaire John Rupert bought Mystery for ZAR 40 million.

Sources told Bloomberg that LVMH was already nearing a stake purchase in Anderson.

Roche Holding AG's CEO Severin Schwan said the company won't raise any credit financing after a report from the DealReporter said Roche would acquire BioMarin Pharmaceuticals.

Sentry Equipment Corp. announced its acquisition of Accurate Tool Company assets.

Retrophin announced today that it had made another proposal to acquire all Transcept Pharmaceuticals Inc. shares of common stock valued USD4 per share in cash.

Today, Roadrunner Transportation Systems announced its acquisition of YES Trans Inc. valued approximately USD1.2 million in cash.

Sources said the Oil & Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) would be buying a 12% stake in the Brazilian oil field owned by Petroleo Brasileiro (Petrobras).

Sources told Reuters that shareholders of Smithfield Foods Inc was close to approving the Chinese company's USD 4.7 billion offer.

Huntsman Corp said it would be buying the titanium dioxide pigment business of Rockwood Holdings for USD 1.1 billion.

Sun Capital Partners, headed by Marc Leder, was reportedly interested in placing a bid on The Jones Group's department stores.