Berlin, Germany-based investor Point Nine have brought their early stage software-as-a-service portfolio firms to establish home bases in San Francisco and Silicon Valley, VentureBeat reported.
North America
Palo Alto Networks acquires Israeli cyber security firm Cyvera in $200M deal
Palo Alto Networks, a cyber security firm based in Santa Clara, California, has bought Israel-based cyber security company Cyvera for a price tag of $200 million, TechCrunch reported.
San Francisco virtual ad firm DemandBase raises $15M in funding
San Francisco, US-based virtual ad firm DemandBased raised $15 in a funding round led by Greenspring Associates to build the mobile ad capabilities of its B2B enterprise software platform.
Walt Disney Company purchases Maker Studios for $500M
California-based YouTube online video content network Maker Studios has been acquired by The Walt Disney Studios in a deal valued at $500 million, TechCrunch reported.
Microsoft rebrands 'Windows Azure' to 'Microsoft Azure'
In a bid to gain traction over its competitors, American software giant is rebranding its open cloud platform 'Windows Azure' to 'Microsoft Azure.' according to sources familiar with the matter cited by ZDNet.
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American Internet and tech giant Google struck a manufacture and distribution deal with Italian optical wear maker Luxottica for the future versions of its wearable Glass.
US President Barack Obama is getting ready to propose a legislation that will halt the bulk phone data collection of the National Security Agency (NSA) and instead let the agency procure individual court authorizations for every phone number to be investigated.
Illinois, US-based software systems provider Wellspring Worldwide bagged $3.5 million in funding from undisclosed investors, according to a document filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission.
Albany Molecular Research Inc bought Grafton, US-based pharmaceutical ingredients manufacturer Cedarburg Hauser Pharmaceuticals in a deal valued at $41 million that will up its 2014 revenue by $14 million.
Private equity firms, hedge funds and mutual funds are taking part in mega deals in tech startups in Silicon Valley and BlackRock is the latest to join the fray, Bloomberg News reported.
Shareholders of Wall Street lender Morgan Stanley are looking forward to the decision of the US Federal Reserve if it will allow it to return capital to them via share repurchases, Reuters reported.
Pennsylvania-based York Professional Baseball Club LLC added sports radio station WOYK AM 1350 from WOYK Inc for an undisclosed amount in a deal that will turn the latter in to an affiliate of the Hershey Bears Radio Network.
Horizonte Minerals Plc plans to raise $15 million to fund a final feasibility study aimed at getting investor support for its nickel project in Brazil, Bloomberg News reported.
In its first foray outside of North America for its premium video syndication platform, New York, US-based multinational mass media firm AOL Inc launched the AOL On Nework in the UK.
