Alternative lenders are filling in the shoes of commercial banks in Europe that have reduced lending, allowing small firms to still raise funds, Bloomberg reported.
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Monster Worldwide gobbles up US recruiting startups Talentbin and Gozaik
New York, US-based online employment solutions provider Monster Worldwide acquired two recruiting startups, San Francisco's Talentbin and Boston's Gozaik, for an undisclosed sum for growth purposes.
Egon, Ghostbuster Star, Harold Ramis' career highlights
Trace Harold Ramis career from its birth on SCTV in 1976. 1. SCTV (1976-1978) Writer-actor After cutting his comedy teeth at the Second City theater in Chicago, Ramis joined a wily crew of Canadians as they took their act to television, writing and performing alongside Catherine O'Hara, John Candy, Dave Thomas, and Eugene Levy, as well as two fellow Americans, Andrea Martin and Joe Flaherty.
Ghostbuster heroine, comedian, producer, Harold Ramis dies at 69 from autoimmune disease
World's protector from ghosts and legend comedian, Harold Ramis dies at age 69 in his home at Chicago from a four-year battle with autoimmune disease reports his agency.
Kantar research reveals Android still trumps rivals but real battle is among OEMs
Android still remains at the top for smartphone sales, getting 70% of sales in the last three months that ended January. However, the real war is among Android makers, TechCrunch reported citing data from Kantar.
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Seattle, Washington-based filmmaker Freddie Wong broke Indiegogo's record for web series crowdfunding when he gathered $900,907 in total contributions on Saturday night for his Internet-based show Video Game High School (VGHS).
Boston, US-based app maker Spritz said it will launch its app that will make reading easier on small devices on the soon-to-come smartphone Galaxy S5 and smartwatch Gear 2 of South Korean electronics giant Samsung.
Mt. Gox Chief Executive Officer Mark Karpelès has resigned as a board member from the Bitcoin Foundation, according to a source interviewed by The WSJ and confirmed by the foundation with a statement on its website.
Makati, Philippines-based real estate investment firm Ayala Land Inc (ALI) bought out the 40% holding of Tokyo, Japan-based trading giant Mitsubishi Corp in Philippine Integrated Energy Solutions Inc (PhilEnergy) for an undisclosed amount.
Investors of large consumer food companies want them to take bolder action than just merely cutting costs as their smaller competitors take on risks and increase market share, Reuters reported.
IBM is going to further enhance its cloud services platform with a $1 billion investment until next year to lure more clients to SoftLayer Technologies Inc in its efforts to improve sales that have declined for the past seven quarters, Bloomberg reported.
Russia displayed an impressive technological show during the closing event of the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi using the theme Reflections of Russia, which ended with a giant bear putting out the Olympic flame.
San Mateo, US-based open platform as a service Cloud Foundry is about to become more popular by launching the Cloud Foundry Foundation, which will help servers deploy software apps of developers under an open-source Apache license.
Goldman Sachs and Credit Suisse were hired by Chinese Internet firm Sina to take care of the debut of its microblogging platform Weibo in New York, according to sources interviewed by the Financial Times.
