Finance Minister K.M. Mani said on Thursday the Kerala Financial Corporation (KFC) is launching a venture capital fund to back startups in the state of Kerala in India.
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Lukoil in talks with international oil players to sell stake in Venezuelan gas project
Russia's No. 2 oil producer Lukoil is looking to put up for sale its 20% stake in a Russian consortium developing a large oil project in Venezuela. Lukoil is in talks with international players after Rosneft offered a price lower than what Lukoil had asked.
Royal Philips, Funai Electric Co in potential legal tussle over botched acquisition deal
Royal Philips and Funai Electric Co could find themselves in court over the failed deal involving the acquisition of the Lifestyle Entertainment business of the Amsterdam-based firm.
Chevron's USD6.4 billion gas project in China faces another setback
Seven years after petroleum companies Chevron Corp and PetroChina entered into a joint venture agreement, the USD6.4 billion Chuandongbei gas project faces further delay. It is now expected to deliver gas in the second half of next year.
Little Eye Labs co-founder says in preliminary discussions of a deal with Facebook
Kumar Rangaranjan, one of the founders of Indian startup Little Eye Labs, told the Wall Street Journal that it was in preliminary discussions with social media giant Facebook regarding a potential deal.
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China Development Bank Corp. has committed CNY490 million (USD81 million) to clean-energy operator China WindPower Group's solar farm projects in two Chinese provinces. CDB has provided a total of CNY1.23 billion to China WindPower's previous projects.
Beijing Interoceanic Canal Investment Management Co announced the joint venture of billionaire Wang Jing and Ukrainian partner Kievgidroinvest LLC to construct an economic development zone and port on the Crimean peninsula.
Insurance Australia Group Ltd is said to be thinking of making an offer for the insurance arm of Wesfarmers, according to sources interviewed by Bloomberg.
The potential growth of credit-card payment processing services in Japan saw Twitter Inc. co-founder Jack Dorsey's Square Inc and SoftBank Corp's venture PayPal Here battling for a sizeable market share in the niche business.
Shares of Australian broadcaster Nine Entertainment declined in its first trading day by as much as 3.4% in Sydney to AUD 2 per share from its offer price of AUD 2.05.
Private equity group Southern Capital Partners offered to buy Malaysian tertiary education provider HELP International Corp Bhd for USD111.3 million (MYR359.3 million) and plans to delist the firm should the deal be successful.
Singapore's Temasek Holdings is not like any other sovereign wealth fund. This was according to a Chairman Lim Boon Heng in a conference held in Singapore.
US-based cloud storage firm Box confirmed it closed USD100 million in fresh capital to catalyze its global expansion as it sealed commercial transactions with Japanese firms.
A report from the Business Standard said retail investors of mutual funds in India were not timing their redemptions properly and as a result, are getting poor returns.
