Technology firms Prezi and Adobe are the two latest supporters of President Barack Obama's ConnectED Initiative which seeks to bring American education in step with modern technologies.
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Amazon to offer its own music streaming service under Prime membership
US-based e-commerce giant Amazon is reportedly in talks with big music companies about plans to offer its own music streaming service under it Prime membership, according to a report by Re/code citing anonymous industry sources familiar with the discussions.
Colony Capital and Woodridge Capital Partners acquire Ritz-Carlton Kapalua resort
Colony Capital and Woodridge Capital Partners have joined forces to acquire the Ritz-Carlton Kapalua resort in Maui, Hawaii for an undisclosed purchase price, Bloomberg reported.
AssuredPartners adds Kentucky insurance firm Creech & Stafford
Florida, US-based insurance brokerage investor AssuredPartners Inc completed the purchase of Lexington, Kentucky-based insurance firm Creech & Stafford Insurance Agency Inc for an undisclosed amount.
Microsoft Corp Chair John Thompson: With Microsoft, the issue is focus
John Thompson, the Chairman of Microsoft Corp, said the software maker must set its sights on using the company's vast resources to propel it to the right direction, Bloomberg reported.
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Waltham, US-based venture capital fund Matrix Partners invested an undisclosed amount in Chennai, India-based micro and small business financing firm Five Star Business Credits Ltd (FSBC).
Burbank, US-based movie giant Warner Bros Studios is in talks with Stockholm, Switzerland-based indie game developer Mojang to make a movie based on the popular video game Minecraft, according to a Twitter post made by Mojang founder Markus Persson.
Google Co-Founder Sergey Brin approached Toronto-based brainwaves-sensing headband maker InteraXon to talk about a possible acquisition, according to a source who was interviewed by TechCrunch.
San Antonio, Texas-based diversified holding firm Biglari Holdings Inc, through a wholly-owned subsidiary, bought New York, US-based men's magazine brand MAXIM for an undisclosed sum.
Councillors of the city of Kitchener in Ontario, Canada have agreed to shell out $1 million for the next five years to help owners of underused spaces turn their properties into a new landing pad fro startups just out from incubators.
In her testimony before the Senate Banking Committee, Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen said that the Fed does not possess any authority to supervise the Bitcoin, The Wall Street Journal blog MoneyBeat reported.
Redwood City, California-based mobile finance app Robinhood emerged out of its private beta to let signed-up users trade stocks for free instead of paying a fee for every transaction done.
PIMCO Canada Corp. is pleased to announce that PIMCO Global Income Opportunities Fund has filed a final prospectus dated February 26, 2014, with the securities regulatory authorities of all the Canadian provinces and territories for an initial public offering of Class A Units at a price of $10 per Class A Unit.
Co-Signer, Inc. today announced its subsidiary, Co-Signer.com, the nation's premier provider of residential rent assurance, entered a mutual marketing package with Contemporary Information Corporation (CIC), the nation's leading tenant screening service.
