California-based peer-to-peer lending company Prosper Marketplace disclosed that it had received USD25 million in funding from investors including Sequoia Capital and BlackRock, Inc.
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HotelQuickly raises HKD9 million in Series A funding round
Hotel booking startup HotelQuickly said on Tuesday that it had raised HKD9 million or USD1.16 million in its recent funding round that would go to developing its app and company expansion.
Anglo American Plc waits for right time to sell rights
The rights to the Minas-Rio project is the main asset to be sold off by Anglo American as it faces mounting pressure to provide finances for the project.
Newmont Mining eyes more gold or copper mine purchases
Newmont Mining Corp CEO Gary Goldberg said they were looking at potential mine acquisitions as the value of gold fell.
Alibaba looks to NY listing after HK IPO talks fail with regulators - report
A Reuters report cited two company sources who said Alibaba Group Holding Ltd would be going for a New York listing as plans for a Hong Kong initial public offering failed.
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On Wednesday, the Swedish government said that it has sold the last of its holdings in regional bank Nordea AB for SEK21.6 billion or USD3.4 billion.
A spokeswoman for activist hedge fund Cevian said the fund had increased its holdings from less than 3% to 5.2% in German multinational conglomerate corporation ThyssenKrupp.
Lufthansa Chief Executive Officer Christoph Franz said the European airline had left its door open for the possibility of forging a future alliance with Gulf airline companies.
The fleet of Noble Corp would be separated between shallow water and deep water drill rigging equipment.
After the loss of equity due to S&P edict, Danske Bank issues a new bond to replace its 2037 issued bond.
YPF enters into a shale gas project development agreement with Dow Chemical at the Vaca Muerta formation.
Megafon is discussing with small lending institutions as to the eventual integration of banking services with its telecommunications services.
Seth Klarman's Baupost Group, for only the second time, would return money to its clients. One of the largest hedge funds in the world, Seth Klarman's Baupost Group has nearly USD28 billion in its portfolio, had laid out plans to return money to its clients by the end of 2013.
Subject to board approval, all preparations are being done for the IPO of the Moroccan unit of the Abu Dhabi Energy Corp.
