Multichannel bags USD3 million to track marketing spend

Hong Kong-based tech startup Multichannel raised USD3 million in a seed round from angel investors in Asia and Europe to be used for the improvement of the company's marketing spend tracker.


SEC ex-chief says dual share law has additional safeguard measures

In order to protect shareholder's interests, U.S. allows companies to have dual share structures but with additional safeguard measures as the Securities and Futures Commission last month declined to provide a waiver to Alibaba to nominate a majority of directors from its 28 partners.

Loeb: USD 1 billion stake in SoftBank Corp; Einhorn warns of "bubble-like" conditions

Third Point's Daniel Loeb said he held more than USD 1 billion stake in Softbank Corp while Greenlight Capital's David Einhorn warned of "bubble-like" conditions in some stocks in the Robin Hood Investors Conference.

$800M settlement over Madoff Funds falls apart

A USD800 million settlement between feeder fund Kingate Management and bankruptcy trustee Irving Picard has collapsed. The Justice Department ruled out feeder funds from payouts out of the USD2.35 billion Madoff Victim Fund.


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