On a September 12 meeting at Dell Inc's headquarters in Round Rock, Texas, the company was expected to announce that CEO Michael Dell and Silver Lake Management LLC got shareholder approval to proceed with the USD24.90 billion leveraged buyout.

In an interview with Bloomberg News, China's richest man Wang Jianlin has hired two investment banks to assist his company in planned acquisitions of hotel management companies in the US and London.

The interest rates and maturities of standing loans to back up the Verizon buyout of Vodafone was determined.

In addition to its recent partnership with lab testing company Theranos Inc, Walgreens Co purchased drugstore chain Kerr Drug for an undisclosed amount in preparation to the launch of the US's Affordable Care Act.

According to a Forbes news magazine article, Twitter Inc.'s acquisition deal of mobile ad exchange startup MoPub implied that it would be readying itself for an IPO next year.

Sources who disclosed to Reuters that Umpqua Holdings Corp. (UMPQ) was in advanced stages of closing an acquisition of Sterling Financial Corp for USD1.8 billion.

The National Pension Service of South Korea increased its stake in six local companies as the government lengthened disclosure times for share purchases over 10%.

Blackberry shares jumped slightly as rumors of a buyout offer from its biggest shareholder became news.

In a letter to shareholders on Monday, septuagenarian billionaire Carl Icahn said he would be giving up the fight against Michael Dell and Silver Lake Partners's buyout of Dell Inc.

Krehbiel family-founded Molex had agreed to be bought out by Koch Industries for USD7.2 billion. On Monday, Koch Industries had agreed to acquire Molex for USD7.