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.
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Coeure says European Central Bank may cut rates further
European Central Bank (ECB) Executive board member Benoit Coeure said the ECB plans to maintain its low interest rates or may cut them further because of low inflation.
Peugeot to replace chief executive for Dongfeng deal -sources
PSA Peugeot Citroen is preparing to replace its present Chief Executive Officer Philippe Varin for a joint venture with Chinese partner Dongfeng, according to sources familiar with the matter.
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.
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TransUnion securing the approval from the US Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Florida to acquire TLO LLC would mark the end of the court-supervised acquisition.
Two separate reports concluded that Wikipedia may shut down early if it does address the issues of its declining editor base and its bureaucratic system and guidelines.
The US Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware approved the USD280 million bid of KPS Capital Partners for Missouri-based bankrupt company Furniture Brands International.
The New York governor announced that the state is investing USD225 million in clean tech startups Soraa and Silevo to build two research and development facilities in Buffalo.
The creation of The Bitcoin Investment Trust (BIT) by online marketplace SecondMarket was reportedly a precursor to more vehicles for investors intending to bet in Bitcoin at its popularity.
The Galeao airport in Rio de Janeiro was sold to Odebrecht and its partner Changi Airports International for USD8.3 billion, a value almost four times the minimum bid.
Although accounting regulator the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) said Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited failed to correct its irregularities in its audit work seen in 2009, it lauded the accounting firm for making efforts to rectify irregularities found by the board during its review in 2010 and 2011.
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.
Colorado-based building and battery startups Prescient, Boulder Ionics, and RoundPegg announced that they received funding from investors this week, which will be used for expansion and development.
