If India's competition regulator finds Google guilty of abusing its dominant position in search in the country, it could face a fine up to $5 billion in penalties, TechCrunch reported.
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Gary and Mary West Health Investment Fund invests $5M in Svelte Medical Systems
Svelte Medical Sytems, a maker of balloon expandable stents based in New Providence, New Jersey, has obtained a $5 million equity investment from the Gary and Mary West Health Investment Fund.
iRxReminder gets $250K in seed funding round
An unnamed Washington, DC-based angel investment group supported Ohio-based mobile health application service provider iRxReminder with a $250,000 investment for its seed round, a statement about the financing said.
PM David Cameron pledges funding for research on Internet of things in UK
UK Prime Minister David Cameron has committed more funds to finance research in the field of Internet of things and a grant for startups focused on the space, VentureBeat reported.
French competition regulator says evaluation of SFR takeover to take nine months
It could take the French competition authority nine months to evaluate the possible takeover of Vivendi's SFR by Bouygues or Numericable for antitrust issues, Reuters reported.
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Venture capitalists are putting their support on travel tech startups that seek to enhance the travel experience of consumers even with the popularity of travel booking platforms, TechCrunch reported.
Singapore-based online car rental website received $790,000 in its Series A funding round from Insas Berhad, an investment holding firm based in Malaysia, TechCrunch reported.
The console market is apparently facing a substantial decline based on North American console sales from January 2007 and that of January 2014, TechCrunch reported.
Classified Ventures is now exploring a potential sale of Cars.com and is already working with Moelis & Co on the matter, a source interviewed by Bloomberg said.
Pinterest has published its transparency report on the number of requests it got from government agencies for user data from July to December last year, VentureBeat reported.
Tencent Holdings will be acquiring a 15% stake in JD.com in a $214.7 million deal to provide a stronger platform that will rival Alibaba Group Holdings in the space, Bloomberg reported.
Veteran investment banker Cecile Houlot-Hillary of Morgan Stanley said women coming from their maternity leaves should be given mentoring when they return to the workforce, Reuters reported.
#RIPSpeakerKnockerz went viral on Twitter after the body of young rapper Speaker Knockerz, Derek McAllister in real life, was found dead in his garage in South Carolina last Thursday, reported Billboard.
Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 went missing earlier today, two hours after it left the Kuala Lumpur International Airport bound for Beijing, said the airline management in a statement.
