VENTURE CAPITAL POST

Washington-based tech company Microsoft Corp sold a record offering of USD8 billion of bonds in dollars and euros to fund general corporate purposes, according to regulatory filings today.

ONGC Videsh Ltd, Oil and Natural Gas Corporation's overseas arm, has bid for 3 out of 13 Sri Lankan oil and gas blocks in the Mannar basin.

The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported on Tuesday including Nokia, IntercontinentalExchange Group, Goldman Sachs and others.

According to a Reuters report, the sale of Exxon Mobil Corp's controlling interests in utility and power firms Castle Peak Co Ltd and Hong Kong Pumped Storage Development Co would help the global oil firm return money to investors and focus more on its core businesses.

The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported on Friday.

Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc on Thursday disclosed a new $3.45 billion stake in Exxon Mobil Corp, after buying 40.1 million shares in the world's largest publicly traded oil company.

A research conducted by Savills Plc ranked Singapore as the best value city for foreign investment.

Local and foreign oil firms in Iraq would be keeping low profiles as tensions regarding a possible Syria strike retaliation looms over Iraq.

Hess Corp and Newfields Exploration Co receive substantial offers for Asian assets.

According to analysts, Apple is an excellent buy due to factors that present a margin of safety for investors.