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J.P. Morgan Chase's new fund aimed at investing in social-media companies is seeking to buy a minority stake in Twitter that could value the micro-messaging site at close to $4.5 billion.

The Princeton Review, Inc. (NASDAQ: REVU) 10.5% LOWER; announced today that it intends to offer, subject to market and other conditions, 14 million shares of its common stock in an underwritten public offering.

GSC Investment Corp. (NYSE: GNV) 9.4% LOWER; today announced that Saratoga Investment Advisors, LLC and CLO Partners LLC have agreed to purchase a minority stake in the Company as part of a $55 million recapitalization plan to enable the Company to grow its business of lending to middle-market companies.

Teledyne Technologies Inc. said Tuesday that one of its subsidiaries has acquired a minority stake in Optical Alchemy Inc., a company that makes sensors for surveillance equipment.

Citigroup Inc. said Thursday that shareholders approved a plan to increase the number of outstanding shares so it can complete a debt exchange program that gives the government a minority stake in the banking giant.

An analyst boosted Las Vegas Sands Corp.'s price target Friday after the casino operator reworked a credit agreement so that it could potentially sell a minority stake in its Macau operations to raise cash.

Bain Capital is planning to invest as much as $400 million to acquire a minority stake in Gome Electrical Appliances, according to people familiar with the talks.

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. is vying for a minority stake in Elan Corp. and could eventually take over the Irish biotech firm, The Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the matter.

The British government’s minority stake in the Royal Bank of Scotland has ballooned to 68 percent.