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Lupita Nyong'o bags golden statuette for her performance in 12 Years a Slave

The Yale trained Kenyan actress Lupita Nyong'o got her name all over the headlines after winning many prestigious awards for her performance in 12 Years a Slave, including the prestigious Oscars golden statuette for Best Supporting Actress.


Four-Time Oscar Nominee Leonardo DiCaprio still hasn't bag an award yet

Once again, Leonardo DiCaprio was nominated for Best Actor, this time his fourth, but still hasn't a landed an Oscar.

Canal Plus takes majority interest in YouTube French comedy channel group Studio Bagel

France-based premium pay television channel Canal Plus took a majority interest in YouTube French comedy channel group Studio Bagel for an undisclosed amount to beef up its Over the Top Technology (OTT) business in the country.

Private equity-backed FrontStream Holdings purchases TRUiST Inc

Arsenal Capital-backed FrontStream Holdings purchased TRUiST Inc, a company that provides corporate philanthropy solutions based in Washington, DC. Financial terms of the deal were not provided.


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Kenya-based wearable tech startup CladLight created the Smart Jacket, a wearable jacket with modified reflector and transmitter, to make motorbike driving more stable and help reduce the number of accidents in the country.
Polaris Partners led the Series A financing round for Santa Monica, California-based enterprise software startup Bitium which raised $6.5 million, a statement about the funding said.
Norfolk, UK-based energy firm 3Sun Group bagged a $16.7 million (£10 million) investment from the Business Growth Fund (BGF) to fuel its European expansion and workforce addition.
Co-ed fitness franchise Anytime Fitness has received an equity investment in private equity firm Roark Capital Group, a statement about the funding said. Terms of the deal were not provided.
Stoke midfielder Charlie Adam faced sanctions from the FA after stepping on Arsenal's Olivier Giroud that was caught on video during a game held at Britannia Stadium.
The Pimco Total Return Fund lagged behind 71% of its peers in February after rebounding from an annual loss of 1.92% last year, Reuters reported.
Penzance, UK-based firm Acoustic Stream launched a $50,000 crowdfunding campaign via Kickstarter to develop a 4-in-1 device that allows guitarists to tune their guitar, and record, stream, and share their performances to the world.
Mumbai, India-based social venture capital firm Aavishkaar Venture Management invested INR18.6 crore in US-based luxury lifestyle brand Mela Artisans for the latter's domestic and international product expansion.
Pharell's hit single Happy, turned the star studded audience of the Academy Awards night into a groovy crowd as some of the big names danced to his performance.
Cortana, an upcoming update for Windows Phone 8.1, is Microsoft's answer for rivals Siri and Google Now.