Leigh Steinberg, the legend in sport agent, teamed up with Alpha Strategies for investment in tech startups. Steinberg has raised $50 million for investment fund.
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Silicon Valley Startup Actev Motors Launch a Smart Go Kart for Kids
Actev Motors introduces its new product: Arrow Smart-Kart, go kart for kids. The go kart was designed by professional racecar drivers with today's technology embedded in the Smart-Kart.
Slack Messaging Has Advantages Over Facebook, Said CEO Stewart Butterfield
Slack Technologies co-founder Stewart Butterfield is confident that the company's technology has advantages over other messengers. It is because Slack provides a team communication app to improve teamwork.
Pandora selling itself; stock soars over 10%
Pandora Media Inc has engaged Morgan Stanley to facilitate the selling itself including identifying potential buyers. Pandora has been spending heavily to attract more number of users amid increasing competition in internet radio space.
London rental apartments see buying binge ahead of new tax
The London property market is witnessing soaring buying activity for rental apartments ahead of new tax on home coming into effect from April 2016. The latest rush for buying is also pushing prices up.
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Three out of five Aussies considers emoji as the universal language for messaging. OPPO Mobile Australia has released Aussie Emoji Keyboard reflecting the spirit of Aussie culture. Primarily the keyboard features more than 40 Australian themed emojis and available only for the Android users for free in the Google Play Store.
GM is about to roll out yet another recall program, this time affecting 47300 vehicles in North America. The leading automaker has found issues with the brake nut that could lead to failure of this vital function. This is nowhere close to the first time the company called back its cars for some fix, and seems it won't be the last either.
Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ) has raised another venture capital fund. The firm raised $350 million as its twelfth fund. DFJ is interested to invest autonomous transportation, digital health, enterprise transformation, and artificial intelligence.
The oil price drop is forcing several mining and exploration companies to reduce costs and investments. As a result, the investment in US mining and exploration fell 35 percent in 2015. Some mining companies have started applying for bankruptcy protection.
India seeks investments from United Arab Emirates (UAE) in oil, aviation and infrastructure segments. Abu Dhabi is also keen on developing projects in India. Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, is on an official tour in India.
Nissan has introduced the all new Armada 2017 full size SUV on Wednesday. The second generation flagship SUV completes Nissan’s transformation of its SUV and crossover lineup that started three years ago. The SUV will be available with three trim levels in both two-wheel and four-wheel drive- SV, SL and Platinum.
Aplos, software company that build software for churches and nonprofit organizations received a $4 million in Series A funding from San Joaquin Capital. The firm believes that Aplos has untapped market and strong position to grow.
Prudential Financial has announced its fourth quarter financials of 2015 on Wednesday. Assets under management have been amounted to be $1.184 trillion on December 31, 2015. It has been compared to $1.176 trillion existed a year earlier. The quarterly earning will be communicated live for the investors at 11 am on Thursday.
As CEO Elon Musk promised investors to bring the company to profitability in 2016, Tesla shares rose. However, investors still have concern with the company's performance as it posted another loss in Q4 2015.
