Although Nelson Mandela was best known for his role in ending apartheid in South Africa, a report from Businessweek highlighted the economic legacy left by the late leader.

San Francisco-based online web development school Bloc has raised USD2 million in seed funding which will be used to hire additional staff and establish new online courses.

Singapore's Temasek Holdings is not like any other sovereign wealth fund. This was according to a Chairman Lim Boon Heng in a conference held in Singapore.

US-based cloud storage firm Box confirmed it closed USD100 million in fresh capital to catalyze its global expansion as it sealed commercial transactions with Japanese firms.

A report from the Business Standard said retail investors of mutual funds in India were not timing their redemptions properly and as a result, are getting poor returns.

US-based messaging app Snapchat is raising another USD55 million just six month after it raised USD60 million in its Series B round, pushing the app's valuation to around USD2 billion.

An unnamed Boston-based investment advisor led the USD 30 million financing round for Mozido Inc. The Texas-based mobile payment, shopping and marketing solutions provider also named Ric Duques as Chairman of the Board.

Mike Lynch, who sold software firm Autonomy to Hewlett-Packard for $11 billion, is backing a start-up focused on augmented reality - the ability to overlay information on a real-world background which some see as the next big digital craze.

Here are some important dates and events in the life of former South African President and anti-apartheid fighter Nelson Mandela, who died on Thursday aged 95 today.

SOUTHWEST AIRLINES ACQUIRES SLOTS AT NEW YORK'S LAGUARDIA AIRPORT Southwest Airlines has acquired 12 takeoff and landing slots (for six roundtrip flights) at New York's LaGuardia Airport (LGA) being divested by American Airlines as part of itsmerger with US Airways.