Australian department store David Jones was acquired by South African retailer Woolworths in a deal valued USD2 billion, reported Ventures Africa.
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RadiumOne terminates CEO after domestic violence charges
Caving in to public pressure, San Francisco, US-based marketing automation firm RadiumOne terminated its chief executive officer (CEO) Gurbaksh Chahal after he pled guilty to domestic violence and battery charges recently filed against him.
New Zealand customer software startup MyWave bags NZ$2.5M in first funding
New Zealand-based customer relationship management (CRM) software startup MyWave bagged NZ$2.5 million in an oversubscribed first funding round to develop its product and customer base before its 2015 listing on the New Zealand Stock Exchange.
South Korean content recognition firm Enswers scores $2M in funding from Samsung
Seoul, South Korea-based content recognition tech firm Enswers scored $2 million in a recent funding round from Samsung Ventures to boost its expansion campaign across the US and North America.
Malaysian startup Supahands wants to provide virtual assistants to Southeast Asian clients
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia-based outsourcing startup Supahands wants to help Southeast Asian clients save time and gain focus for more important tasks by providing them with multi-lingual and home-based virtual assistants who can do various tasks for them.
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Duke and Duchess of Cambridge arrived Wellington yesterday on a three week trip to New Zealand and Australia, prompted an increase in Internet flight searches and bookings to the country.
Barcelona, Spain-based online voting firm Scytl pocketed a $40 million investment from Palo Alto, US-based growth equity fund Vulcan Capital for its research and development as well as strategic acquisitions.
Auckland, New Zealand-based point-of-sale software provider Vend pocketed $20 million in a funding round led by Valar Ventures and Square Peg Capital to expand to North America and Europe.
Glebe, Australia-based business-to-business (B2B) publishing firm The Intermedia Group added beer and cider consumer publication Beer & Brewer Magazine for an undisclosed sum to beef up its liquor title portfolio.
Australian and Chinese authorities said that their planes have spotted possible debris from the missing flight MH370, reported The Guardian.
The Australian government is considering if it should surrender Peter Phillip Nash to the US authorities after he was indicted as one of the "small support staff" of alleged Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht, Reuters reported.
Pentagon has already spent USD2.5 million in search of the missing flight MH370 stretching from the South China Sea and into the Indian Ocean, reported NDTV.
The second day of the search for the missing flight MH370 in the new area in the Indian Ocean resulted to zero following reports from Australian authorities that debris were caught on satellite that could be from the missing jetliner.
San Jose, California-based LEGO rental startup Pley closed $6.75 million in its Series A funding round led by Allegro Venture Partners to fuel its product, workforce, and international expansion efforts.
