North America
GE embraces crowdfunding with OurCrowd partnership
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.
BlackBerry CEO drops out - shares drop
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.
Lynx Equity purchases Valuelight Limited
Canada-based private equity firm Lynx Equity bought lighting fixtures maker Valuelight Limited. Lynx Equity announced its purchase of Valuelight Limited.
Federal Reserve scales down asset purchases
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.