NBC Universal is close to getting a minority stake in a new company being formed by technology journalists Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher whom runs AllThingsD from sources whom are familiar with the situation.
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Master Bank with Putin ties gets license revoked by Russian central bank
The shutdown of Russian bank Master Bank was the central bank's most high-profile move yet under the leadership of Russia's first female governor Elvira Nabiullina.
Team Singular backs Israeli startups with combined USD34.5 million
The fund formerly known as Genesis Angels supported startups like Sirim, StoreDot Ltd and other chosen, early-stage startups in Israel via a combined investment of USD34.5 million.
Diffbot, Semantria form special partnership to analyze scores of text on the Web
A revelation from Semantria founder Oleg Rogynskyy disclosed that the partnership of the sentiment and text analytics services provider and Web scraping API developer Diffbot was born at a hackathon in San Francisco.
Owner sues seller, media companies over misinterpretation of Houston Astros value
Drayton McLane Jr, Comcast and NBC Universal said that Jim Crane's claim that they cheated him out of the acquisition deal of US professional baseball team the Houston Astros was ludicrous.
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Although Nissan had set a timeframe of its release of self-driving cars to the public, a report by US News argued that Google might be launching its version of the self-driving car earlier.
Federal Governor Daniel Tarullo said regulators should put their attention not only on banks but on the shadow banking system as well. He said policy options for shadow banks needed to be reformulated to counter its risks.
Tobias Meyer, Sotheby's chief auctioneer, left the auction house prior to his end of contract a week after spearheading the company's biggest sale, which was Andy Warhol's "Silver Car Crash" for USD104.5 million.
Investors showed support in nutrition company Herbalife International on the stock exchange on Friday despite another attack from activist investor Bill Ackman of hedge fund Pershing Square Capital Management.
Stephen Cutler, the top lawyer for JPMorgan Chase, lashed out against government regulators in an industry conference at The Clearing House attended by both bankers and regulators.
A Hawaiian stewardess made history on Friday by becoming the first person in history to purchase a USD 250,000 Virgin Galactic ticket by using Bitcoin. Virgin Galactic CEO, Sir Richard Branson has announced during an interview with CNBC.
Incoming New York comptroller Scott Stringer will be faced with the challenge of bringing down the management fees paid by the city's five pension funds when he assumes office in January, a Bloomberg report said.
The University of Nicosia, a private school located in Cyprus, boasted that it is now the first university in the world wherein you can pay your tuition and other fees through Bitcoin. This also part of their publicity efforts to promote its new Master of Science Degree in Digital Currency.
A survey done by Worthworm showed the frustrations of angel investors who regretted making investments in 2013. Angel investors also gave their thoughts about overly optimistic financial projections.
