GE Ventures entered the crowdfunding arena by partnering with the OurCrowd platform. GE Ventures embraced crowdfunding today by partnering with OurCrowd, an Israeli crowdfunding platform.
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SAC pleads guilty – pays USD1.2 billion in penalty
SAC Capital pleaded guilty to five counts of criminal charges amounting to USD1.2 billion in penalty.
YRC Worldwide Inc asks union for new contract terms to get debt refinancing approval
YRC Worldwide Inc sought new labor contract terms from its union employees to get lenders' approval to refinance the trucking company's borrowings.
TheSkimm raises USD1.1 million seed funding for newsletter
TheSkimm received USD1.1 million in seed funding for the development of its newsletter for busy professionals.
HSBC shares rises on its sixth week at Hong Kong stock trading
HSBC experienced another rise in shares at the Hong Kong stock trading. Europe's largest bank in terms of market value, HSBC Holdings PLC (HSBA), stocks rose on its sixth week in the Hong Kong stock trading.
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Following the exit of BlackBerry's CEO, the company's shares dropped to 16%. On Monday, BlackBerry Ltd had abandoned plans to sell and its CEO had stepped down.
Canada-based private equity firm Lynx Equity bought lighting fixtures maker Valuelight Limited. Lynx Equity announced its purchase of Valuelight Limited.
In response to developments in US economy, Fed officials scaled back asset purchases. In a report by Reuters, the Federal Reserve scaled back asset purchases following the slow improvement of the US economy.
RallyPoint was able to get USD 5 million in capital commitments from DBL Investors for its Series A round.
Smartphone pioneer BlackBerry dropped its plans for a buyer search and fired its CEO Thornsted Heins.
A poll taken by AP-CNBC showed that almost half of active investors think that Twitter is a bad buy.
Prince William and the Duchess of Cambridge renovated their Kensington Palace apartment with modern amenities, reports said.
MediaSpike raised USD5.2 million from investors for the placement of ads in mobile and social games.
AT&T would be carrying the Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom starting on November 8. Beginning on November 8, the Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom would be available on AT&T.
