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Harris Teeter shareholders approve merger with Kroger

The shareholders of Harris Teeter Supermarkets Inc. voted in favor of a previously announced merger agreement with The Kroger Co. during a special shareholder meeting held today.


Warren Buffett comments on the latest budget deadlock

The Chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway Warren Buffett had called out the Republicans for their tactics that caused the current impasse.

Google confirms hand gesture interface startup Flutter acquisition

Google Inc confirmed through a spokesperson that it had acquired Flutter, a startup company in development of a hand gesture interface technology.

Lavabit founder recounts dedicated surveillance by US government on secured email

Lavabit LLC founder Ladar Levison posted in Facebook his detailed account of how he had put up a fight with the US government in lieu of the company's to National Security Agency (NSA) whistleblower Edward Snowden.


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In an interview fresh from its acquisition of Investors Capital Holdings Ltd, RCS Capital Corp Executive Chairman of the Board Nicholas Schorsch said his company would still be on the lookout for more potential buyouts.
Activist investor William Ackman told investors through a letter dated October 2 that he had reduced over 40% of his USD1 billion investment with nutritional supplements company Herbalife.
Concert promoter AEG Live was not responsible for Michael Jackson's death, the jury ruled. A jury in a Los Angeles court cleared concert promoter AEG Live of any liability in Michael Jackson's death in 2009.
Fiat and Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne are far from reaching a settlement on the pricing conflict as to the health care trust fund's shareholdings.
Multiple sources and data from purchasing contracts indicated that Intellectual Ventures had slowed down in its patent buying to raise USD3 billion in capital.
The Alibaba Group led the Series C round for Quixey, of which its latest funding round raised USD 50 million in capital commitments.
Investment advisor Jemstep said it was able to add USD 4.5 million for its Series A follow-up round.
Veeva Systems Inc filed for a USD 182.6 million IPO in the New York Stock Exchange. Cloud computing company Veeva Systems Inc filed for an initial public offering to raise up to USD 182.
Veeva's cloud software solutions expansion would go full blast after the capital infusion post-IPO.
Protein Bar disclosed receipt of capital funding from consumer-focused private equity firm Catterton Partners.