Bain Capital Ventures announced it had raised $1.0B fund with intention to invest into start-ups with unproven business models.
The buyout firm Cerberus has entered exclusive talks with Germany's public sector lender NordLB over taking on its $2.8B of the non-performing shipping loans.
On Wednesday, Pan American Silver stated it had agreed to acquire the miner Tahoe Resources in a stock and cash deal valued at $1.07B, which made it the world's biggest silver mining group.
E.ON said it would not have any strategic interest in the Innogy-SSE joint venture's minority stake, after it would be transferred to E.ON amid acquisition of Innogy's customer assets, as the UK retailer planned JV deal with SSE.
On Wednesday, the representatives of the German government announced that it welcomes the recent progress made in agreeing upon an orderly Brexit.
On Wednesday, the Prime Minister of the UK Theresa May attempted another try to convince her cabinet to accept a draft of the Brexit deal.
Abu Dhabi's Commercial Bank has hired Barclays as an adviser for its possible merger plan that involves Al Hilal Bank and Union National Bank.
France's Alstom confirmed it would finalise its merger deal with Siemens' railway unit as soon as in the middle of the following year, despite an inquiry launched by the EU authorities over the company's bigger profit.
A.P. Moller-Maersk, the Danish shipping group, reported a better-than-expected Q3 profit on Wednesday, but stated the demand for container shipping had been hit by the US-China trade war.
Britain's Grainger stated on Wednesday it would buy the real estate investment trust Grip in a £396M deal, as the company sought expansion in private-rented sector.
Nike hired Craig Williams, the former Coca-Cola executive, as a new president of the company's sports shoes arm Jordan Brand, who is set to take charge on January 14.
On Wednesday, Flybe Group, the British regional airline, stated it had entered talks with the strategic operators over over a potential sale, as the carrier struggles with the higher fuel costs.
The Chef Executive Officer of France's Covea, Thierry Derez, resigned from the board of firm's rival Scor, after the company had rejected a takeover offer from the cooperative insurer.
On Tuesday, the most popular music streaming service in the world, Spotify, officially launched its services in North Africa and the Middle East, including Morocco, Egypt, the UAE and Saudi Arabia.
Northwestern Mutual and a real-estate investment trust Phillips Edison have teamed up in two ventures that involve 20 grocery-anchored shopping malls with a value of $415M in total.
WeWork, the US provider of shared office space, has received an extra $3.0B in funding from the Japanese firm SoftBank Group, an investor presentation showed.
Demand for office space in the City of London is expected to progress even with the imminent Brexit, an industry survey revealed, withmedia, technology and telecom firms taking up spaces.
Growth in the Chinese real estate investment slowed to the weakest level in ten years and home sales droped again, as developers postponed expansion plans, facing softening economic conditions.
The Japanese economy contracted in the Q3, affected by natural disasters and a decrease in exports, suggesting that trade protectionism measures could start to take toll on demand from overseas.
China reported that industrial production and investment rose faster than anticipated in October, suggesting that support measures started to take hold, while retail sales growth weakened more than expected.
The European Union opened its diplomatic mission in Mongolia, the EU Commissioner for International Cooperation and Development Neven Mimica reports.
Cotton production in Tanzania rose by 67% this season compared to the previous season as an investment in the agricultural sector increased, a senior official says.
UnionPay International, a subsidiary of China UnionPay, plans to enter the Ukrainian market, the Ukrainian central bank says.
The German government wants to invest €3B in artificial intelligence development, the German newspaper Handelsblatt reports.