Social media giant Twitter Inc announced it will introduce self-service advertisements for small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) in Canada, Ireland and the United Kingdom starting this week.
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LivingSocial compensates for 40-hour outage using discounts
Coupon website LivingSocial offered a 25% discount on selected deals for its US and Canadian clients following a rare 40-hour outage that crippled its website, apps, and merchant center.
B2Gold Corp signs arrangement agreement with Volta Resources
Vancouver-based gold producer B2Gold Corp said it signed a definitive agreement with Canadian resource company Volta Resources Inc for the business combination of the two companies.
Sumpto raises USD 350,000 in funding
Sumpto said it secured USD 350,000 in funding from SocialStarts.net and Nick Brien to bring more partners to its platform that measures the social influence of college students.
TinyCo lands USD20 million in funding for game development
San Francisco-based mobile gaming powerhouse TinyCo landed USD20 million in a funding round from Pinnacle Ventures and Andreessen Horowitz, to be used for the development of its iOs and Android games.
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Private equity firm Liberty Hall Capital Partners announced today its acquisition of Tulsa-based aerospace engineered parts supplier Precise Machining & Manufacturing for an undisclosed amount.
Judge Denny Chin of the US Circuit Court in New York ruled that the scanning can be classified as fair use since it was "highly transformative." Chin also said that the scanning was not detrimental to the marketing for the author's work.
Hedge funds including Philippe Laffont's Coatue Management and Patrick McCormack's Tiger Consumer Management both opened stakes in Pandora of about 1.1 million and 2.9 million shares, respectively, U.S Securities and Exchange Commission filings showed.
Top U.S. hedge fund managers in the third quarter zoned in on the consumer sector, with investment plays ranging from Sotheby's, a high-end auction house that caters to millionaires, to J.C. Penney Co, the struggling department store chain.
Shunfeng Photovoltaic International said provisional liquidators of Suntech Power Holdings Co had not approved its planned acquisition of Wuxi Suntech, the main unit of Suntech which went into bankruptcy.
Baltimore-based sportswear retailer Under Armour Inc bought Texas-based fitness tech company MapMyFitness for USD150 million to achieve a better position in the digital sports product market.
Warren Buffet's Berkshire Hathaway Inc has purchased 40.1 million shares in the world's largest publicly traded oil company Exxon Mobil Corp in a deal worth USD 3.45 billion.
Friday is the first day of sales for Sony's PlayStation 4 interactive gaming console. GE holds an meeting for investors and analysts focused on its GE Capital business. The Federal Reserve releases its report on U.S. industrial production.
Singapore beverage and property conglomerate Fraser and Neave Ltd said investors in some of its notes voted against amending the terms of the debt, which would complicate the company's plan to spin off its core property unit.
