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Mexico's Grupo Aleman to buy Oceanografia
Mexico's Grupo Aleman, which owns the airline Interjet, on Wednesday said it has agreed to buy Oceanografia, the bankrupt oil services company at the center of a loan scandal that cost Citigroup more than $500 million.
U.S. fiscal 2014 budget deficit falls to $486 billion, CBO says
The U.S. budget deficit fell by nearly a third during fiscal 2014 to $486 billion as federal revenues grew far faster than spending, the Congressional Budget Office said on Wednesday.
Mercom Capital Group Reports Solar Q3 2014 Funding: Strong Quarter With $9.8 Billion in Total Corporate Funding, $326 Million in VC Funding
Mercom Capital Group, llc, a global clean energy communications and consulting firm, released its report on third quarterly funding and mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity for the solar sector in 2014.
Venezuelans turn to bitcoins to bypass socialist currency controls
Tech-savvy Venezuelans looking to bypass dysfunctional economic controls are turning to the bitcoin virtual currency to obtain dollars, make Internet purchases -- and launch a little subversion.