VENTURE CAPITAL POST

SDR Ventures announced the acquisition of Zeus and Company Pet Supply Distributors by Pet Food Experts.

Impax Asset Management announced its acquisition of two wind farms in Northern Finland.

China National Petroleum Corp bought a 20% stake in Novatek's Yamal liquified natural gas venture.

South African financial services group Sanlam said it was scouring Southeast Asia to invest in a life insurer.

The CIT Group's subsidiary CIT Bank provided financing assistance for TruckPro in its acquisition of CCI Corp.

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced acquisition of Giles Group of Companies for GBP237 million.

CR Bard announced acquisition of Rochester Medical valued USD262 million to boost its presence in the urology homecare market.

REIT British Land said it would buy 50% of Southgate, a shopping center in Bath, for GBP 101 million.

Yanchang Petroleum would be purchasing Novus Energy CAD 232 million or USD 220 million.

China-based Bright Food Group has planned to buy a stake in Israel's Tnuva Food Industries.

Japanese camera and endoscope maker Olympus Corp. would be prosecuted by UK's Serious Fraud Office for providing "misleading, false or deceptive" information in its Gyrus Group's financial accounts dating fiscal years 2009 and 2010.

According to an investigative report by the Huffington Post, Microsoft Corp would be dipping into its USD60 billion offshore holdings to finance its Nokia handset business acquisition in cash.

In an interview conducted by newly-acquired newspaper the Washington Post, Amazon.com Inc. CEO Jeff Bezos said that he would be applying his management style in Amazon to the beleaguered newspaper.

The Riverside Company announced its purchase of Rutland Plastics for an undisclosed amount.

Aquiline Capital Partners and Genstar Capital Management announced that they had closed their acquisition of Genworth Wealth Management in a deal valued at USD 412.5 million.