Vivendi, a French mass media company, said it would acquire USD2.7 billion of its U.S. dollar-denominated debt after it received payment for its stake sale in Activision Blizzard.
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Edgewood Partners explores sale- sources
People familiar with the matter told Bloomberg that Edgewood Partners was looking for bidders for the insurance firm.
Veeva shares increase 83% post-IPO, raises USD194 million
According to a Techcrunch report, the initial public offering of enterprise cloud provider Veeva Systems saw its shares climbed almost 84% and had raised USD194 million.
500 Startups to raise USD100 for Fund III - filing
500 Startups said in its recent US Securities and Exchange Commission filing that it would raise USD100 million to increase its investment in early-stage startups and put additional investment in startups it had already supported.
G1 Therapeutics raises USD 12.5 million in Series A funding round led by MedImmune Ventures
Pharmaceutical firm G1 Therapeutics scored USD 12.5 million from MedImmune Ventures and other investors in its Series A funding round.
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A Wall Street Journal report might have indicated that Apple Inc had sold more iPhone 5S units than the cheaper iPhone 5C units.
Advance Auto Parts would acquire General Parts International to form the largest automotive aftermarket parts provider in North America.
Web company Nginx Inc closed its Series B financing round with USD 10 million in capital commitments.
Vox Media would be raising USD40 million in investment funding to expand its editorial coverage by producing more video reports.
TPG Capital together with Ivanhoe Cambridge bought Europe-based P3. TPG Capital and Ivahoe Cambridge Inc of Montreal bought warehouse landlord P3 Plc from Arcapita Bank.
Stamos Capital Partbers reacquired its stakes from Merrill Lynch & Co and its two other partners. Stamos Capital Partners conducted a management buyout of the stakes held by its two partners and Merrill Lynch & Co.
Google has not yet unveiled the Nexus 5 smartphone, resulting to new speculations about the new smartphone release
A total of USD163 million in cash was placed on eight acquisitions Yahoo Inc made during the third quarter this year, according to its recent earnings report.
App revenues for Google Play Store still fell behind that of Apple's App Store, a report revealed.
