TPG Capital will purchase GlobeOp Financial Services for $801.5 million, paying 22.5 percent more than GlobeOp's Jan. 31 closing price.

Xstrata has confirmed it is in merger discussions with Glencore International, though the company is cautioning that no deal is imminent.

Facebook announced its $5 billion IPO yesterday, valuing the social network at up to $100 billion.

The new chief executive of Sony promises to forge a new path for a company that once dominated the business of filling free time with the creation of wildly popular consumer products.

Drug maker Merck swung to a profit amid fewer acquisition-related and restructuring charges, and it also reported a modest increase in revenue.

Germany's Deutsche Bank painted a bleak picture for 2012, after fallout from Europe's financial crisis dented fourth-quarter net profit with write-downs and sharply lower investment bank activity.

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Avon Vice Chairman Charles Cramb has been fired amidst an investigation into allegations that company officials bribed foreign officials and made improper disclosures.

ISS has opted for a "case-by-case" approach on political spending disclosure voting recommendations.

A shareholder accusing Ladish directors of breaking the law by failing to disclose material facts to investors before selling the corporation will not receive damages.

The U.S. Senate has voted to back a bill excluding members of Congress from trading stocks and other securities using confidential information they receive as lawmakers.

Japan's Yazaki Corp. has been charged the second-highest fine, $470 million, imposed on a company for price-fixing in history.

Eastman Kodak employee Mark Gedek has filed a civil suit against the company's board and fiduciaries of the retirement plans accusing them of breaching duties as the company neared bankruptcy.

Rajat Gupta's insider-trading case has expanded with a new criminal indictment increasing the number of illegal tips he is charged with.

The European Commission has blocked the Deutsche Borse/NYSE Euronext merger on the grounds that a united entity would impede effective competition.

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Takeda, Japan's biggest drug maker, cut its earnings outlook on streamlining costs after last year's $13.7 billion acquisition of Swiss drug maker Nycomed, while rival Astellas appears headed toward a new growth phase.