Rifco Inc. issued common shares to employees under its Employee Share Ownership Plan. (Photo : Reuters)TSX Venture Exchange is a Canadian stock exchange that trades Rifco shares.
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Politics in Portugal Could Lead to Crisis
A strategist noted that politics in Portugal could lead to crisis. (Photo : Reuters)The image shows the logo of EDP Energias de Portugal SA, a Portuguese company.
Bitcoins Confusing But Future Looks Bright, Say VCs
Venture capitalists said that Bitcoins was confusing but its future looks bright. (Photo : Reuters)The image is the logo of Mangrove Capitalist, an early investor in Skype, which attended the Bitcoin London Conference on Tuesday.
Video Companies Raise Funds Through IPOs
Video companies, such as YuMe and Justin.tv, raise funds through IPOs. Several video companies, including YuMe and Justin. tv, raised funds via initial public offerings (IPOs).
Credit Suisse's Falling Stocks Bodes Ill for Other Swiss Stocks
Credit Suisse's falling stocks boded ill for other Swiss stocks. (Photo : Reuters)The image shows an office of Credit Suisse, whose falling stocks indicated a drop of other Swiss stocks as well.
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Quartzy receives US$4 million from its seed money. The free lab platform Quartzy recently announced that it was able to raise US$4 million in Series A financing.
Encore Capital purchases majority shareholdings in Janus Holdings, an indirect holdings company of Cabot Credit Management.
JP Morgan led the Eur1.2 billion out of the Eur1.7 billion that Nokia will pay to acquire 50% Siemens’ stake in Nokia Siemens Network.
Carl Icahn and affiliates provided US$3.42 billion or 66% of the debt financing needed to back up his bid for computer maker Dell Inc.
Yahoo! bought Qwiki for about $50 million, the company announced Tuesday. (Photo : Reuters)This is the logo of mobile app Qwiki. Internet giant Yahoo has announced Tuesday that it has bought Qwiki, a small tech company that develops mobile video apps.
Carlyle Group LP weighed options for an initial public offering of CommScope Holding Company, a firm that it took private less than three years ago.
rollApp completes its Series A funding amounting to US$1 million. One of the fastest growing Silicon Valley based firms is rollApp. The start up is tasked to create an online service that allows users to run unmodified software on any device connected to the Internet.
Net Medical Xpress acquired MedTel Solutions, a telemedicine staffing company. Net Medical Xpress Solutions, Inc. announced today that it acquired MedTel Solutions, a Huntsville, AL-based telemedicine staffing company.
Other firms such as Macquarie and General Electric provide support for the Kohlberg & Co. purchase of Steinway musical instruments.
