Hewlett-Packard's Whitman appoints new company chiefs

Hewlett-Packard CEO Meg Whitman appointed several new people on board the computer manufacturer as further deterioration of HP's PC division dissatisfied investors.


Everbright's proprietary head gets suspended after trading errors

After Everbright Securities Co. made erroneous buy orders of CNY23.4 billion last August 16, the state-backed firm suspended the head of its proprietary trading division.

Vodacom to invest TZS 200 billion for network expansion in Tanzania

Vodacom Tanzania announced plans for network expansion with TZS 200 billion investment. South Africa's Vodacom in Tanzania announced its plans to develop and grow in the country within the year.

Cantera Energy acquires South Texas Wells from EP Energy

Cantera Energy completed its acquisition of South Texas assets from EP Energy. Cantera Energy completed its acquisition of assets from EP Energy Wednesday for an undisclosed amount.


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Microsoft launched "Bing for Schools" project to aggressively promote own products. Microsoft Corp launched Wednesday its "Bing for Schools" program.
Abbott completed its purchase of IDEV Technologies Inc for USD 310 million. Global healthcare company Abbott announced the completion of its purchase of IDEV Technologies from RiverVest Venture Partners.
Cloud solutions provider Ajubeo said it received additional investment from Colorado private equity firm Grey Mountain Partners.
Texas-based startup media analytics firm TrendKite scored USD 1.2 million in its Series A round led by Silverton Partners.
San Francisco-based mobile photo app developer PicCollage raised USD 2.3 million in seed funds. Mobile photo application developer PicCollage scored USD 2.
The Royal Bank of Canada Global Asset Management unit named Mayur Nallamala as its new Asian equities head.
Japanese group LIXIL Corp completed its purchase of ASD Americas Holdings Corp for USD 542 million.
China's central bank said it would include all loans issued by trust companies in its database in an effort to curb risky lending.