Bathgate, West Lothian-based mobile phone recycling company Redeem Holdings acquired Macclesfield, Chesire-based rival Eazyfone for an undisclosed amount to enhance its processing capability and increase its annual takeover.

Mountain View, California-based personal finance app Mint is integrating with San Francisco-based bitcoin wallet service Coinbase to help clients track their bitcoins along with their other financial accounts.

Boulder, US-based travel startup Inside.co today launched its Inside Travel Guides portal, which also has a mobile version, to help travelers feel like local citizens with day-by-day and place-by-place insider itinerary tips.

Several coding bootcamps in California are facing an imminent shutdown after receiving a warning from the Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education (BPPE) to start complying with licensing regulations within two weeks.

Cincinnati, US-based startup Sqrl bagged $550,000 in funding from CincyTech, Vine Street Ventures, and Hyde Park Ventures to launch a service for small and regional accounting firms that reminds their clients of the documents they need to provide for a job.

Washington, US-based tech firm Flat World, a company that aims to make more affordable digital versions of college textbooks, raised $9.5 million in a funding round led by Bessemer Venture Partners.

London-based entrepreneur George Burgess secured $1 million (£604,000) in funding for the next project to develop a mobile app called Gojimo that helps high school students pass their exams.

India-based e-commerce giant Flipkart is in talks to merge with online fashion retailer Myntra as part of a proposal being pushed by common investors Tiger Global and Accel Partners.

New York, US-based social TV startup Viggle snapped up San Francisco, California-based rival Dijit Media for an undisclosed sum to acquire and incorporate the latter's NextGuide and reminder button features into its own offerings.

US-based private equity firm The Carlyle Group invested an undisclosed sum in Ireland-based chocolate maker Lily O'Brien's for the expansion of the latter's global consumer reach.

Russian Internet giant Yandex has invested an unconfirmed amount to acquire logistics provider Multiship to provide an easier way of delivering goods to the customers of Yandex's e-commerce platform.

Texas, US-based tech media startup Daily Dot Media (DDM) added London, UK-based tabloid-style news site The Kernel, whose editor-in-chief is stepping down from his position, for an undisclosed sum.

Ohio, US-based investment firm Rockbridge Partners purchased Honolulu, Hawaii-based Aqua Waikiki Wave Hotel for an undisclosed amount to mark the company's 330th investment in the hotel sector.

US-based multinational retail chain Walmart started testing the local pick-up option for Walmart To Go, the company's online grocery shopping service with home delivery feature in Denver, Colorado.

Nordic mid-market private equity firm CapMan Buyout picked up a majority stake in Finland-based luxury and lifestyle hotel chain Kamp Group for an undisclosed sum for the expansion of the group's operations.

Glasgow, Scotland-based formal hirewear supplier ACS Clothing bagged £8.5 million in funding from London, UK-based investor Business Growth Fund (BGF) for the expansion of its online activities.

Los Angeles, California-based caregiver marketplace HomeHero launched its website that aims to connect aging adults with pre-screened caregivers and provide families with an easier way to communicate with and monitor hired caregivers.

Google is partnering with LEGO to build an virtual brick-building playground which can be accessed through a computer, smartphone, or tablet, using the new Build with Chrome application.

Denver, Colorado-based online market research firm GutCheck secured $4 million in a funding round led by Icon Venture Partners to test out the potential of different business ideas.

Yahoo has closed the acquisition of San Francisco, California-based enterprise app studio Tomfoolery, and will be shutting down the latter's Anchor app, according to a source familiar with the deal.

San Francisco, California-based credit card wallet Coin is currently raising around $15 million in a Series A financing round, according to several sources knowledgeable on the situation.

Mike Liberatore, the former head of Paypal's enterprise and North American financials, left the company to become the new Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of San Francisco, US-based payments startup Clinkle.

San Francisco, US-based advertising firm Federated Media sold its content marketing arm to Rhode Island-based multimedia company LIN Media for an undisclosed amount to focus on programmatic advertising.

In its first outside funding round, Medium, the blogging platform that Twitter co-founder Ev Williams established, raised $25 million from Greylock Partners and other investors.

Following is a text of the prepared remarks by President Barack Obama for his annual State of the Union address on Tuesday, where he urged Congress to pass legislation that rebuilds the mortgage market to rely more on private capital, but also maintains support for creditworthy borrowers.

Crowdfunding platform Indiegogo raised another $40 million in fresh capital from US private equity firms, which include Institutional Venture Partners and KPCB, CBC News said in its report.

A growing number of hedge funds and institutional investors are acquiring non-performing loans from banks and federal agencies who can no longer keep them due to expensive holding costs of such loans, Bloomberg said in its report.

Bitcoin' chances to get recognition as a legal form of money or payment has been slimmed down again when a top foreign currency in Sweden, SEB AB, denied its clients' requests to open accounts in the bank to manage Bitcoins the latter owned.

Seattle, US-based beauty product startup Julep launched a crowdfunding campaign on its website to raise $75,000 for a new bendable nail polishing tool to test the demand for the said product.

Internet giant Yahoo is reportedly in advanced talks to purchase San Francisco, California-based enterprise app studio Tomfoolery in a deal valued at $16 million, according to different sources.