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Wayra announces its second international “Demo Day”

Wayra, Telefonica's start-up accelerator announced its second global "Demo Day" scheduled on November 14, 2013.


CORRECTED: NoSQL Couchbase pools additional USD25 million

NoSQL Couchbase received an additional USD25 million in a Series D funding round led by Adam Street Partners.

Delaware casinos present online DoubleDown Casino

In a move to legalize online gambling, the state of Delaware through three casinos launched a free Facebook-linked gambling game called "DoubleDown".

Walmart extends healthcare package to partners of LGBT employees

In a surprising but laudable move, multinational retail company Walmart released changes on its 2014 healthcare package, including a provision for LGBT employees to elect domestic spouses in health insurance.


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Award-winning writer Tricia Romano recounted for news site "The Daily Beast" how TV series "Breaking Bad" aptly depicted the recent state of the US healthcare system.
Credorax receives USD40 million equity investment for its expansion Online retailer acquirer and Payment Service Providers, Credorax, announced a USD40 million growth equity investment which would be used to support continued expansion of its platform.
A books website claimed that actor Bryan Cranston of "Breaking Bad" tv series will be playing Lex Luthor for the 2015 Superman film.
The Syrian Electronic Army took responsibility of hacking sites like the New York Times and Twitter by targeting host Melbourne IT.
Standard and Poor's (S&P) had concluded that Playboy Enterprises Inc would likely be under pressure from its USD185 million loan-covenant to reduce its loans and increase its earnings.
A 2009 lawsuit brought against Charles Schwab & Co Inc had been revived by a New York state appeals court.
A source told Reuters that JPMorgan has bee pressured by finance authorities to settle at least USD6 billion in mortgage claims.
Crowdfunding sites like Kickstarter would now be used by entrepreneurs to find testers for their products.
U.S. Justice Department asked a federal court to set trial date on March 3 to hear arguments on whether it should halt a planned merger between US Airways and American Airlines.
Plains All American Pipeline LP offered USD740 million in stock to buy the 54% of PAA Natural Gas Storage LP that it does not already own.
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