Practice Fusion, maker of the Electronic Health Records (EHR) platform, received an additional USD15 million in Series D funding apart from the USD85 million it raised earlier for the round in September, TechCrunch said in its report.
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MRC Global says will buy Stream AS for about $260M including debt
MRC Global Inc. announced today that it has entered into an agreement to acquire privately held Stream AS for approximately $260 million including the assumption of debt.
Scripps acquires video news provider for $35M in cash
The E.W. Scripps Company has acquired Columbia, Mo.-based digital video news provider Newsy, a five-year-old startup that has built its early success on a multi-source, multi-platform approach to storytelling.
Banks sell Stemcor's loans to hedge funds-bankers
Lenders to troubled Stemcor, the world's largest steel trader, have been selling their exposure to hedge funds and distressed debt specialists before a key restructuring deadline on December 13, banking sources said on Monday.
Geneticist Srinivasan to join venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz
Balaji Srinivasan, the cofounder of genetic-testing company Counsyl, is joining the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz as a general partner, Andreessen Horowitz said on Monday.
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Food-related companies like Hampton Creek Foods are seeing a rise in financial support from private equity firms and angel investors in the past few months to develop plant-based alternatives to food like eggs.
Bloomberg said in its report that nutrition company Herbalife Ltd attempted to destroy activist investor Bill Ackman's credibility after the latter claimed that the former is running a pyramid scheme.
Adobe Systems Inc and other major software providers like Microsoft Corp and SAP had to shift its priority to cloud software after experiencing lackluster sales in their hardware-dependent software products.
WMI Holdings Corp. today announced that KKR & Co. L.P. has entered into a conditional commitment letter to make a strategic investment in the Company, dated December 8, 2013.
China Everbright Bank Co Ltd's USD2.8 billion float on Tuesday follows the steps taken by peers Huishang Bank Corp Ltd (3698.HK) and Bank of Chongqing to prepare a financial buffer against bad loans in the near future, said a Reuters report.
Tightening monetary policy in China has been reduced due to the slowing yearly consumer inflation rate of 3% in November from 3.2% the month before, said a Reuters report.
Dairy products company WhiteWave Foods is set to acquire organic food producer Earthbound Farm from its existing shareholders including founders Drew and Myra Goodman and Kainos Capital for USD600 million.
Giordano Lombardo, the Group Chief Invesment Officer of Pioneer Investments, said investors should consider pruning their US equities holdings as the economy shows signs of improvement, according to a Bloomberg report.
The European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company or EADS plans to cut anywhere from 5,000 to 6,000 jobs and sell its Paris headquarters as part of its reorganization program, Le Figaro newspaper reported.
