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Matterport Inc closed its Series A-1 round with USD 2.8 million from various investors. California-based developer Matterport Inc announced that it was able to close its Series A-1 round with USD 2.

Harvard-born startup HourlyNerd would announce on Thursday that it had received USD750,000 in its seed funding round, the most significant investment coming from ABC's venture capital reality show "Shark Tank" star and billionaire Marc Cuban.

A Securities and Exchange Commission filing today revealed that Hilton Worldwide applied for a USD 1.25 billion IPO.

Analysts had said that Southeastern Asset Management's purchase of a 12% voting stake in News Corp was dubious.

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In an interview with CNBC, Carl Icahn confirmed his firm's large purchase of Apple stock as it fell due to consumer disinterest in new iPhone models.

The acquisition of IT firm Amor Group was recently announced by Lockheed Martin Group for an undisclosed amount.

Former ESPN President and former Microsoft CEO are amongst the new appointees to the SiriusXM board of directors.

Marcato Capital Management's hedge fund manager Mick McGuire had been thinking about how auction house Sotheby's could benefit shareholders in his company.

For USD200 million, TradeWeb would be acquiring BondDesk. Tradeweb, the fixed income trading platform provider is deep in discussion for the buyout of BondDesk Group LLC.

The rates for the loans engaged by Verizon Communications to pay off the 45% Vodafone ownership in the Wireless venture was recently released.

World Point Terminals announced today that the underwriters for its recently closed IPO had exercised their underwriting options to purchase additional 1,312,500 common stock.

Facebook Inc. stock had reached another milestone following a rocky debut on Wall Street last year. On Wednesday, the shares of social media giant Facebook Inc.

In what was termed as ongoing succession planning, Agribusiness Cargill's CEO Gregory Page would be stepping down by December 1, 2013.

Veeva Systems Inc. announced filing a registration statement with the US Securities Exchange Commission for a proposed IPO.