Former Citigroup Inc head Sanford "Sandy" Weill was appointed as the Chairman of the Board of the reinsurance company Hamilton Insurance Group Ltd, Bloomberg reported.

The world's largest generic drugmaker, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd, has chosen Erez Vigodman to become its President and Chief Executive Officer beginning February 11, Bloomberg reported.

American rapper and producer Sean "Diddy" Combs struck a partnership with UK-based consumer goods firm Diageo Spirits to acquire the luxury tequila brand DeLeon in their second 50-50 joint venture.

2010 was a 'tipping point' for the start-up of Russia through two liquidity events and underlying forces in the country. First was the acquisition of the Russian Groupon clone called Darberry by Groupon.

California, US-based application performance management firm New Relic Inc named Square Inc Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Sarah Friar as the new member of its board on its path to a potential initial public offering (IPO).

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The former head of ORIX USA, Jim Thompson, has launched Preston Hollow Capital, an investment company that will target fixed income, venture capital and hedge funds.

Instead of taking things easy on retirement, an increasing number of older Americans have become entrepreneurs and have taken the risk of forming their own companies, Bloomberg reported.

Ford Motor Co. chief executive Alan Mulally, once and for all, said that he will not replace Microsoft Corp.'s retiring CEO Steve Ballmer and will remain at the US automaker through 2014. Some prominent Microsoft investors had campaigned for Mulally's candidacy for the top job at the software giant.

For venture capital firm Atomico founder Niklas Zennström , Silicon Valley is not the only technology hub where great firms can come from. He says they can come from anywhere.