A report said the dearth of women in the leadership ranks of the private equity industry can be solved in the natural evolution of the private equity business model.
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Lamborghini dealership sells Tesla's Model S using bitcoin
California dealership Lamborghini Newport Beach marketing director Cedric Davy clarified that its sale of a Tesla Motors Inc. Model S electric car via Bitcoin did not mean the company is in the business of speculation.
Sallie Mae files regulatory documents to split into two companies
Sallie Mae Corp, the largest student loan firm in the US, filed documents with the US Securities and Exchange Commission that will allow it to split into two companies. The deal is expected to be completed by the end of the second quarter of 2014.
US leads in venture capital funding - study
A study featured on Forbes revealed that the US still leads around the world in providing entrepreneurs with access to venture capital funding.
Beleaguered Sears Holdings to spin off Lands' End clothing business
Sears Holdings Corp, which had been selling and closing stores to turn around its business, will be spinning off its Lands' End clothing business. The spinoff will be through a pro rata distribution of the apparel retailer's shares to Sears shareholders.
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Britain's Barclays PLC, Japan's Nomura and the Royal Bank of Canada are leading the loan financing for Hellman & Friedman LLC's buyout of Scout24. The classified advertising business will be bought for EUR700 million in debt funding.
Chief Executive Officer John Donahoe of eBay Inc said in an interview with Emily Chang on Bloomberg Television that the use of drones to deliver products to consumers is a fantasy.
American private equity firm Jordan Company has put up for sale its chemical management business Haas Group International. Sources estimated that the deal could be valued in between USD500 million to USD700 million.
Former Goldman Sachs Group Inc trader Matthew Taylor was given a prison term of nine months for concealing an unauthorized USD 8.3 billion trading position in 2007.
Former Square Wallet technical lead David Byttow and former Google product manager Chrys Bader-Wechseler are raising USD1.2 million in seed funding for their new startup called Secret.
In a rare interview, former head of Fidelity's Magellan Fund and mutual fund legend Peter Lynch shares his thoughts on investing in a rare interview on Bloomberg TV with Charlie Rose.
US-based mobile analytics and advertising company Flurry has secured USD12.5 million in new funding from undisclosed investors, bringing in a total funding of USD62.5 million to date.
Sketchfab, the online platform that can publish interactive 3D models, was able to raise USD 2 million in a round led by venture capital firm Balderton Capital.
Leveraged finance bankers are heading into 2014 with the same old nagging doubts about whether M&A will finally pick up, but this time round there is an even greater desire for a resurgence as refinancing opportunities fade.
