Former Deutsche Bank corporate finance executive Alexandre Ness joins Investec Specialist Bank. Investec Specialist Bank announced today the appointment of Alexandre Ness to its corporate lending business unit.
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House GOP leaders approve Senate proposed deal
According to officials who sought anonymity, House Speaker John Boehner and other Republican leaders in the House would approve the Senate drafted deal on the debt ceiling and the budget.
Rice Energy prepares for IPO
Family owned natural gas exploration and production firm Rice Energy had been preparing for an IPO to be launched early 2014, said sources that were familiar with the matter.
Cuban found innocent of insider trading charges
A verdict of not guilty was entered by a Dallas jury on the case of insider trading against billionaire Mark Cuban.
New executives to lead Toys R Us for the coming holiday shopping season
A permanent CEO and a new President for US business was recently installed by the board of directors of Toys R Us.
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Knight Capital Americas LLC had agreed to pay USD12 million with US Securities and Exchange Commission for an erroneous trading incurred last August 2012 which brought the company to the brink of bankruptcy.
The bipartisan leaders of the US Senate had finally agreed to end the partial shutdown of the United States and raise its borrowing authority, said a report from Bloomberg.
Renaissance Capital had announced the launch of an exchanged-traded fund (ETF) IPO on the NYSE Arca Exchange.
The quarterly report on angel group investment activities was recently released. A national survey of angel group investment activity was reported in the Q2 2013 Halo Report.
People familiar with the matter told Bloomberg that Edgewood Partners was looking for bidders for the insurance firm.
Imperial Capital Group backed STI Technologies with a USD 17 million investment. Toronto-based Imperial Capital Group announced its USD 17 million investment in reimbursement card provider STI Technologies.
According to a Techcrunch report, the initial public offering of enterprise cloud provider Veeva Systems saw its shares climbed almost 84% and had raised USD194 million.
500 Startups said in its recent US Securities and Exchange Commission filing that it would raise USD100 million to increase its investment in early-stage startups and put additional investment in startups it had already supported.
Pharmaceutical firm G1 Therapeutics scored USD 12.5 million from MedImmune Ventures and other investors in its Series A funding round.
