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Macau court finds billionaire Joseph Lau guilty of corruption

Joseph Lau, the Hong Kong billionaire tycoon Chairman and CEO of Chinese Estates Holdings, was sentenced to five years in jail for bribery and money laundering, Reuters reported.


Salesforce adds General Colin Powell to Board of Directors

The Board of Directors of Salesforce.com now has its 11th member in the person of General Colin Powell, a highly-accomplished four-star general in the US Army, TechCrunch reported.

Venture capitalists Jonathan Teo and Justin Caldbeck establish new fund

Jonathan Teo and Justin Caldbeck will be forming Binary, a new fund that seeks to support startups in the consumer technology space so that they can concentrate on their products, TechCrunch reported.

Barry McCarthy steps down from Clinkle as COO

Barry McCarthy will be stepping down from mobile payments startup Clinkle, known for raising the biggest seed round ever, as its Chief Operating Officer, VentureBeat reported.


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A source close to Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg belied a report that she will be heading the Walt Disney Company when CEO Bob Iger steps down in two years, VentureBeat reported.
Christopher McDonough has been named as the new Director of Investments in New Jersey, replacing Timothy Walsh who left the post in August last year, Bloomberg reported.
Those who use encryption tools are viewed with suspicion by the National Security Agency and users can be targeted by the agency because of it, says "The Intercept" Editor Glenn Greenwald, VentureBeat reported.
Veteran investment banker Cecile Houlot-Hillary of Morgan Stanley said women coming from their maternity leaves should be given mentoring when they return to the workforce, Reuters reported.
Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt said Google was very worried about the growing inequality in democracies, particularly San Francisco, and proposed three solutions to address the issue, TechCrunch reported.
Newsweek has given their full backing for reporter Leah McGrath Goodman and the story she did on Bitcoin's secretive creator Satoshi Nakamoto, The Verge reported.
Jesse Litvak, a former Jefferies & Co Managing Director, was convicted of defrauding buyers in a criminal case connected to the US government's Troubled Asset Relief Program, Bloomberg reported.
For investment banker Natalie Blyth, the bees gave her a business model to follow and teaches her lessons about "risk, efficiency and productivity," Reuters reported.
A Reuters report quoted Pimco Co-Founder and Co-Chief Investment Officer Bill Gross as saying "I'm so sick of Mohamed trying to undermine me" but a Pimco spokesman denied Gross made the statement, Reuters reported.
Enrico Gaglioti, the Global Head of Equity Sales of Goldman Sachs Group Inc, will be leaving his post, Bloomberg reported citing an internal memo from the firm's co-trading heads.
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