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City Office REIT, controlled by Canadian private equity firm Second City Capital Partners, filed with US Securities and Exchange Commission to raise up to $115 million in a listing of its common stock on the New York Stock Exchange.

New York-based cosmetics company Revlon, which has posted profit declines in 2011 and 2012, will close its operations in China, cutting at least 1,100 jobs. News of the shutdown came a few months after Revlon bought Spanish beauty care company Colomer Group.

Miami failed to convince US District Judge Cecilia Altonaga that the lawsuit filed against the city by the US Securities and Exchange Commission should be dismissed, Reuters reported.

NASDAQ OMX Group on Friday said that it would pay $41.6 million on December 31 for qualifying claims related to Facebook's botched initial public offering.

Apple Inc. has filed a proxy statement with the US Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday. Apple investors are set to vote on activist investor Carl Icahn's $50 billion stock repurchase proposal on February 28.

A filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission revealed that Aptalis Holdings Inc has plans to conduct a share sale on the Nasdaq Stock Market and raise up to $500 million in the process.

Blackstone Group LP-backed hotel chain La Quinta Holdings Inc confidentially filed for an initial public offering (IPO) with the US Securities and Exchange Commission under the Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act.

Shareholders of Italian telecom company Telecom Italia are were said to vote this week on whether or not to oust its current board. Rebel investor Findim Group on Monday proposed candidates for Telecom Italia's new board.

New York-based money manager BlackRock Inc. increased its stake in Telecom Italia to 10%, becoming its second-largest shareholder. This could potentially tip the balance at a shareholder meeting set to vote on the proposed ouster of Telecom Italia's board, according to a Reuters report.

Energy firm American Energy Capital Partners will go public to raise $2 billion in funds that will enable it to acquire and drill oil and gas assets in the United States. AECP is managed by a firm created by ex-Chesapeake Energy Corp. chief executive officer Aubrey McClendon.

San Francsico-based sales analytics startup ToutApp received $3.35 million in funding from Sigma West Ventures to optimize email communication and add more employees to its team.

AT&T has asked the permission of the US Securities and Exchange Commission to allow the firm to exclude a request from shareholders asking for the details how it shares customer information with government agencies in its annual meeting.

In a 254-159 vote, the US House of Representatives passed a legislation exempting private equity firms from provisions in the 2010 Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform Law. However, a similar action is not expected from the Democrat-dominated US Senate.

The US Department of Justice and the Securities and Exchange Commission said bitcoins offer legitimate financial services. The regulators said the digital currency offered various benefits and risks.

The US Securities and Exchange Commission has approved a proposal that would enable upstarts and small firms to offer ownership stakes to retail investors using crowdfuding platforms online.