London, UK-based wealth management firm Old Mutual Wealth snapped up Swindon, England-based financial adviser Intrinsic for an undisclosed amount to extend its market reach across the UK.
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United Capital Partners to file case against two Vkontakte shareholders
Russia fund United Capital Partners said it will be suing two shareholders of the social network Vkontakte, Mail.ru Group and Ivan Tavrin, East-West Digital News reported.
Amazon to offer its own music streaming service under Prime membership
US-based e-commerce giant Amazon is reportedly in talks with big music companies about plans to offer its own music streaming service under it Prime membership, according to a report by Re/code citing anonymous industry sources familiar with the discussions.
Colony Capital and Woodridge Capital Partners acquire Ritz-Carlton Kapalua resort
Colony Capital and Woodridge Capital Partners have joined forces to acquire the Ritz-Carlton Kapalua resort in Maui, Hawaii for an undisclosed purchase price, Bloomberg reported.
AssuredPartners adds Kentucky insurance firm Creech & Stafford
Florida, US-based insurance brokerage investor AssuredPartners Inc completed the purchase of Lexington, Kentucky-based insurance firm Creech & Stafford Insurance Agency Inc for an undisclosed amount.
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Chengdu, China-based photo editing mobile app Camera360 released its updated version which now has streamlined design and packed features, including one that lets users store photo data in the app's cloud service.
A Mannheim court dismissed the $2.2 billion lawsuit filed against it by patent holding firm IPCom in Germany on one of the "100" series patents the latter acquired from Robert Bosch GmBH, Bloomberg reported.
Hod Hasharon, Israel-based tech startup AtriNet bought itself out of its mother company, Nokia Solutions and Network's (NSN) domestic branch, for an undisclosed amount, to launch as an independent entity and continue the network technology it had developed.
Nairobi, Kenya-based private equity firm Catalyst Principal Partners acquired Dar es Salaam, Tanzania-based heavy equipment rental and logistics firm EFFCO for an undisclosed amount as part of its strategy to invest in high-growth companies in eastern Africa.
Waltham, US-based venture capital fund Matrix Partners invested an undisclosed amount in Chennai, India-based micro and small business financing firm Five Star Business Credits Ltd (FSBC).
Citing a source, The Wall Street Journal blog Digits reported that embattled Japanese technology giant Sony has plans of selling its former headquarters in Tokyo, Japan.
Global private equity firm The Riverside Company has acquired Optima and related company Mec3 which makes ingredients for gelato, pastries and others, for an undisclosed amount.
Burbank, US-based movie giant Warner Bros Studios is in talks with Stockholm, Switzerland-based indie game developer Mojang to make a movie based on the popular video game Minecraft, according to a Twitter post made by Mojang founder Markus Persson.
Google Co-Founder Sergey Brin approached Toronto-based brainwaves-sensing headband maker InteraXon to talk about a possible acquisition, according to a source who was interviewed by TechCrunch.
