Bill Foley acquired the majority stake in Touring & Tasting Marketing & Media. Bill Foley announced Friday his acquisition of a controlling stake in Touring & Tasting Marketing and Media.

Yelp acquired SeatMe for US$12.7 million. Yelp acquired SeatMe, an online reservation service, for US$12. 7 million. SeatMe will compete with OpenTable in the restaurant reservation scene.

Texas firms took a breather and said “time out” on M&A activity. "Texas followed the nation in taking a breather from M&A activity in the first half of the year," said Chad Watt.

McGraw-Hill Education acquired minority ownership share in Tata McGraw-Hill Education Private Limited originally held by two Tata charitable trusts.

HomeAway entered Asia-Pacific via Travelmob acquisition. HomeAway has acquired a majority stake of 63% Travelmob, a Singapore-based startup. This acquisition allowed the vacation rental site to enter the Asia-Pacific region and compete directly with Airbnb.

Minco acquired Buchans Minerals. Minco, a mining company, announced the completion of its acquisition of Buchans Minerals. The acquisition was first announced last April 30.

InternetQ acquired Atlas Interactive Deutschland. InternetQ announced that it has completed its acquisition of Atlas Interactive Deutschland GmbH for GBP5 million.

Abbott Laboratories is set to acquire all of IDEV Technologies' outstanding equity shares for US $30 million.

Tiger Bay's acquisition of Gramercy Park creates a 'superfirm' in the industry of asset management.

Cipla acquired Cipla Medpro South Africa. Cipla Medpro South Africa was delisted from the Johannesburg Stock Exchange as of July 16, 2013. This was after Cipla completed its acquisition of the company for US$512 million.