WePopp, a social planning app, secures EUR 130,000 from French angels

WePopp, a social planning app based in Paris, France, announced that it has secured EUR 130,000 from a small group of France-based angel investors. The newly injected funds will then be used to lure in more users to its system.


VMware's positon on hybrid cloud seen in new cloud platform service vCloud

VMware's newest product called the vCloud service was said to be a testament to the software company's bet in hybrid cloud technologies, according to a VentureBeat article.

Branson's Virgin Connect acquires Nizhny Novgorod telephone and broadband operator

The acquisition by Virgin Connect-affiliate Trivon AG of The MegaMax Group in the Nizhny Novgorod region of Russia dispelled a rumor about the former's business in trouble in the region.

Blackstone to exit from La Quinta via IPO

Blackstone Group LP's decision to sell its La Quinta Inns & Suites hotel chain was reportedly done in order to obtain higher returns as oppose to conducting a private sale, sources said to Bloomberg.


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