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Private equity firm Hamilton Lane adds senior execs in Hong Kong office
Private equity asset management firm Hamilton Lane has named Mingchen Xia and Yen Li Chew to add to its Hong Kong office and enhance the presence of the company in the Asia Pacific region.
Wikipedia co-founder picks up big stake in London mobile provider
Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales picked up a big stake in London-based mobile provider The People's Operator (TPO) in a bid to expand into the US and other international markets.
Brent Williams becomes full owner of Utah's Dental Select
Brent Williams, the chief executive officer (CEO) and president of Salt Lake City, Utah-based dental administrator Dental Select, has acquired all of the remaining shareholder stock in the firm for an undisclosed amount.
Shift from physical to digital retail happening faster than expected -Andreessen Horowitz
Jeff Jordan, a partner at Andreessen Horowitz, says the structural shift from physical to digital retail is happening more quickly than what he had previously imagined.
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Yahoo Chief Operating Officer (COO) Henrique De Castro is leaving the company tomorrow, January 16, according to a regulatory filing, but the exact reason for the departure is unclear.
Vinod Khosla of Khosla Ventures issued an open letter to "60 Minutes" and its network CBS, saying that the segment on clean technology was filled with errors.
Johnston Press, a leading multimedia publisher in the UK and Ireland, has named Boston.com General Manager Jeff Moriarty as its Chief Digital and Product Officer.
Isabel Lerer, the daughter of Huffington Post co-founder Ken Lerer, launched her new animal-focused news site The Dodo after securing $2 million in a seed funding round led by Lerer Ventures.
The 2012 controversy involving the private equity industry and Washington has not stopped the industry from continuing to offer former public officials with huge paydays, Politico reported.
Assemblyman Jeff Gorell has proposed to put a measure before California's voters to halt bond sales to finance the state's high-speed rail system, Reuters reported.
Gary Newsome, a former CEO of Health Management Associates Inc, was named a defendant of a whistleblower lawsuit alleging kickbacks at the company, Bloomberg reported.
Judge Kevin Gross of the US Bankruptcy Court in Wilmington, Delaware on Friday rejected a planned sale of Fisker Automotive to Hong Kong businessman Richard Li. Gross ruled in favor a competitive bidding between Li and Chinese auto parts maker Wanxiang Group instead.
Ian Brady, chief investment officer of California-based firm Oak Tree Wealth Management Ltd, cautioned about taking risk in credit and property, saying performance in 2014 will be hard to come by.
