Crowds braved the cold for the 87th Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade Thursday, cheering on marching bands, cheerleaders and their favorite balloons including Snoopy, Spiderman and Spongebob Sqaurepants.
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Mexico's Interjet plans IPO next year
Mexican airline Interjet is planning to undertake an initial public offering in the latter half of 2014, according to Executive President Miguel Aleman Magnani in an interview with Bloomberg.
Pizza Hut offers to rehire manager who refused to open on holiday
A store manager of a Pizza Hut franchise in Indiana is mulling over a rehire offer from the worldwide pizza chain after he was fired for refusing to open the restaurant on Thanksgiving Day.
Private equity experts share what they're grateful for in 2013 - report
Thanksgiving is a time for gratitude. A Wall Street Journal report from Shasha Dai shared what private equity professionals were most thankful for this year.
ADM 'disappointed' by rejection of Graincorp takeover
Archer Daniels Midland Company notes today's announcement by the Australian Federal Treasurer that he has made an order prohibiting ADM's proposed acquisition of GrainCorp Limited.
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Here are the online shopping trends for Thursday, November 28 at 12:00 p.m. EST, from the IBM Digital Analytics Benchmark. Our next update will follow today at 3 p.m. EST.
On Thursday, Versace company president and former chief executive officer Santo Versace said there is a possibility of the Italian house to have a buyer of its 20% ownership stake by Christmas. Versace also revealed potential plans for an IPO in the future.
Italian airline Alitalia said on Thursday that it was able to raise EUR173 million of EUR300 million it needed in its cash call from investors with help from Intesa Sanpaolo and UniCredit.
SwissRe's recent report titled "Global insurance review 2013 and outlook 2014/15" provided an otherwise positive global economic outlook, which was a good sign in the non-life business as more people will seek financial protection for their properties.
New data released by the US Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation reflected the increasing activity in structured products purchases by US banks to offset effects of low interest rates.
A report on the Financial Times recounted the similarities of the rise, and possible downfall of the popular Bitcoin to early virtual currency favorite e-gold.
The partnership of US software company and QuickBooks maker Intuit's partnership with banks Capital One and Wells Fargo for a loan facilitator program was a clear indication of companies turning into cloud computing and data analytics to improve their services, said an article published on the Financial Times.
UK Crowdfunding Association (UKCFA) Chair Julia Groves called out Christine Farnish of the Peer-to-Peer Finance Association regarding the latter's insistence that the Financial Conduct Authority's (FCA) definition of online crowdfunding was misleading.
Shore Capital Partners Managing Partner Justin Ishbia disclosed to Reuters' Private Equity (PE) Hub its plans to launch and institution-focused private equity fund next year.
