CapitalSource Inc. (NYSE: CSE) announced that the shareholders of TierOne Corporation (Nasdaq: TONE) have approved its merger with CapitalSource.

WorldWater & Solar Technologies Corp., developer and marketer of proprietary high-power solar systems, and ENTECH, Inc. of Keller, Texas, a high- tech supplier of solar technology to NASA for space operations, announced today the execution of an Agreement and Plan of Merger pursuant to which ENTECH will merge with and into a wholly-owned subsidiary of WorldWater.

Northgate Minerals Corporation and Perseverance Corporation Limited are pleased to announce that they have signed a Merger Implementation Agreement pursuant to which Northgate would acquire all outstanding securities and debt of Perseverance for cash consideration.

NEC Europe Limited today announced the merger of two of its wholly owned subsidiaries in Germany to create a new IT- and Telecommunications solution provider company. NEC High Performance Computing Europe GmbH (HPCE), the NEC European supercomputer company has completed its integration into NEC Deutschland GmbH and started operations.

CommScope Inc. has an intention to acquire communications equipment maker Andrew Corp.

Bain Capital will pay $63 cash per share. Guitar Center board and management team fully support the Bain Capital Transaction.

Plan Provides another Customer Benefit of CME/CBOT Merger by Enabling Clearing Members to Reduce Shareholdings

Biomet Inc., a maker of orthopedic and musculoskeletal products, on Thursday accepted a takeover bid of $11.4 billion, which was made by a group of private equity firms, after rejecting the proposed $10.9 billion deal for the company was regarded as too low.

Merger of UniCredit and Capitalia to consolidate Italian footprint and create the No. 1 Eurozone bank by market capitalization

Microsoft is resuming its pursuit of search engine operator Yahoo. that could help it better compete with Google.

Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings Inc. sent a letter to shareholders of Chicago Board Of Trade Holdings communicating the benefits of their merger agreement and discussed their position on why the unsolicited ICE/CBOT proposal is inferior to the existing CME/CBOT merger proposal.