VENTURE CAPITAL POST

Canada-based firm Enbridge Inc has announced an agreement to pour in $200 million in the Keechi Wind Project in Colorado, Texas, which is expected to be completed in early 2015.

Texas-based clothing retailer Men's Wearhouse made a $1.6 billion ($57.50 per share) cash offer as its latest move in a hostile bid for Maryland-based firm Jos. A. Bank, after its $55 per share offer was rejected.

Retailer Jos. A. Bank Clothiers on Friday amended the ownership threshold of its poison pill to 10% from 20%. The amendment would enable Jos. A. Bank to issue a large number of shares to existing shareholders in case an unsolicited buyer acquires 10% of the company.

Irvine, California-based business analytics firm CoreLogic bought Oakland, California-based catastrophe risk modeling firm EQECAT for a yet undisclosed sum from its parent company ABS Group.

Massachusetts, US-based private equity firm Brookwood Financial Partners has acquired The Embassy, a 10-storey office property located in the Las Colinas complex in Irving, Texas, for an undisclosed amount.

Washington-based international law and lobby powerhouse Patton Boggs LLP has ended merger discussions with Texas-based law company Locke Lord LLP, according to a joint statement on December 19.

Texas, US-based energy explorer Comstock Resourced Inc has allocated roughly $450 million as investment for its drilling and completion operations in 2014, with a further $28 million for leasing activities.

Texas-based sales analytics firm PROS wants to boost its price-recommendation capabilities by acquiring San Francisco-based predictive analytics company SignalDemand in a deal valued at $13.5 million.

Louisiana-based big utility Entergy Corp ended its plans to transfer its high-voltage power lines to independent electricity transmission firm ITC Holdings Corp after Mississippi regulators rejected the deal.

US-based oil and gas company BreitBurn Energy Partners LP has announced a definitive agreement to acquire oil and gas properties in Texas' Permian Basin for an estimated $282 million.

Texas-based tech giant Dell announced a new $300-million venture capital fund that will support enterprise technologies, big data, cloud computing, next generation data center, security, and mobility startups.

A group headed by Dallas investor Tom Hicks has bought Dallas-based automotive services chain Just Brakes for an undisclosed sum, with plans to improve and expand the said business.

Austin-based real estate investment firm World Class Capital Group announced today that it has acquired San Antonio shopping center Culebra Crossing for an undisclosed sum.

Israeli computer scientists Dorit Ron and Adi Shamir retreated their claims in a report they published citing a financial link between the Bitcoin payment system and the operator of Internet black market Silk Road.

Texas-based browser security company Quarri raised USD2.35 million in its first funding round today to improve its products, expand internationally, and add more people to its workforce.