A regulatory filing showed that Ozy Media, a daily digital news startup co-founded by Carlos Watson and launched in September, raised $5.3 million, the San Francisco Business Times reported.
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Increased merger activity will carry over to next year - report
The general consensus of research firms and mergers and acquisitions (M&A) experts believed that the brisk activity of dealmaking will keep its momentum till the next year.
Italy's Banca Popolare di Vicenza to grow through acquisitions- paper
Popolare Vicenza Chairman Gianni Zonin told an Italian daily that Banca Popolare di Vicenza intends to grow its branches to a thousand from its current 690 through acquisitions.
Apple cites reasons why shareholders should vote against Carl Icahn's proposal
Carl Icahn has proposed that Apple increase its stock buyback program to $50 billion but Apple cited reasons why shareholders should not vote for it.
Africa's richest man to invest $9 billion on Nigerian oil refinery
Aliko Dangote, Africa's richest man with about $22 billion net worth, is set to spend $9 billion to build the largest privately-owned oil refinery in Nigeria.
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Lanco Infratech on Friday reportedly met with a consortium of over 25 lenders to discuss details on its proposed INR7,500 crore corporate debt restructuring deal. The said deal will also give the cash-strapped company access to a new credit of INR3,500 crore.
Miami failed to convince US District Judge Cecilia Altonaga that the lawsuit filed against the city by the US Securities and Exchange Commission should be dismissed, Reuters reported.
British retailer Tesco's $110 million investment in Tata-owned Trent Hypermarket has received approval from India's Department of Industry Policy and Promotion (DIPP). This will pave the way for Tesco to get a clearance from the country's Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB).
Dallas-based Behringer Harvard Multifamily REIT I Inc expanded its co-investment arrangement with PGGM Private Real Estate Fund by agreeing to a new $300 million deal to co-invest in multifamily communities.
The Wendy's Company said it had sold 30 restaurants in Austin to HAZA Foods and another 19 restaurants to Desmond Foods as part of its System Optimization initiative.
Tim Draper, the billionaire whose venture capital firm has invested in Skype and Baidu, has proposed to divide California into six mini-states, the Financial Times reported.
US retailer Target said that the data breach involving some 40 million of its credit and debit cards included encrypted personal identification numbers, the Financial Times reported.
Apple Inc. has filed a proxy statement with the US Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday. Apple investors are set to vote on activist investor Carl Icahn's $50 billion stock repurchase proposal on February 28.
China's Oceanwide Real Estate Group will acquire a sprawling parking lot in downtown Los Angeles for $200 million to develop a five-star hotel, apartments and retail spaces.
