Michael Carsley, a US fund manager, has informed an Australian court that he intends to drop a case against a horse betting club in the country that seeks to get back his losses, Bloomberg reported.
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Venture capital firm Social+Capital Partnership appoints Ray Ko as firm's first Growth Partner
Venture capital firm Social+Capital Partnership has appointed its former Entrepreneur in Residence or EIR Ray Ko to serve as its first Growth Partner, TechCrunch reported.
Next wave of super-rich heading for London as new crises bite
Political and financial upheaval in some of the world's largest emerging economies is driving a new wave of rich migrants to London's supercharged property market as a place to park their wealth, data from a leading real estate agency showed on Friday.
Rengan Rajaratnam asks US court to dismiss charges of insider trading
Rengan Rajaratnam, the younger brother of Galleon Group Founder Raj Rajaratnam, has asked the US District Court in New York to dismiss charges of insider trading filed against him last year, Reuters reported.
Silk Road operator gets November 3 trial date for online drug case
Alleged Silk Road operator Ross William Ulbricht will have a November 3 trial date after pleading not guilty in a Manhattan federal court, Bloomberg reported.
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Glassdoor, the leading jobs and career community, today announced it has strengthened its executive leadership team with the appointment of Adam C. Spiegel as chief financial officer.
Mike Cousins and Cliff Weiner, former executives of Orix USA, have been hired by Preston Hollow Capital, reuniting them with their former CEO Jim Thompson, Bloomberg reported.
Google advertising executive Susan Wojcicki is reportedly being promoted to chief position at YouTube to improve the latter's video ad revenue, according to The Information.
HealthTech Capital Founder and veteran venture capitalist Anne DeGheest warns that there is a bubble forming in information technology for the healthcare industry in an interview with The Wall Street Journal's blog Venture Capital Dispatch.
TechCrunch looked more closely into the compensation package of Microsoft Chief Executive Officer Satya Nadella submitted by the company in a filing to the US Securities and Exchange Commission.
UK firm Weedingtech's recent fundraising campaign was supported by high-profile private equity movers like British venture capitalist Jon Moulton and Millhouse LLC owner Roman Abramovich.
Sundar Pichai, a senior vice president at Google, has reportedly emerged as the leading candidate for Microsoft's chief executive officer post. Pichai is competing head-to-head with Microsoft insider Satya Nadella.
According to Central Bank of the Philippines Governor Amando Tetangco, the policy of increasing rates to cope with volatile currencies set in place by fellow emerging markets would be more harmful, the Financial Times reported.
Joaquin Almunia, the Competition Commissioner of the EU, still has to make a decision on allegations that Google abused its market dominance and the price discrimination claims made of Russia's Gazprom before his term ends, Reuters reported.
