Chairman Jifan Gao of Trina Solar Ltd said that there will be an acceleration in the rate of consolidations in the solar manufacturing industry in the next three years, Bloomberg reported.
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General Electric Co CEO Jeffrey Immelt asks private investors for more investment in African healthcare
General Electric Co Chief Executive Officer Jeffrey Immelt has asked private investors to pour more funds in African nations where government-run services have been strained, Bloomberg reported.
Bankruptcy sale of convicted jeweler Ralph O. Esmerian's art fetches $13M at Sotheby's
The sale of the art collection of convicted jeweler Ralph O. Esmerian was able to gather $13 million, $10.5 million of which will go to creditors, Bloomberg reported.
Tom Perkins issues apology for comparing America's rich to Jewish victims of Nazi Germany
Venture capitalist and co-founder of Kleiner Perkins Caufield Byers Tom Perkins says he regretted comparing the rich to the Jewish victims of Nazi Germany in an interview with Emily Chang of Bloomberg West TV, VentureBeat reported.
Political writer Ezra Klein leaves The Washington Post to establish own news site with Vox Media
Ezra Klein, the political writer known for his explainer approach to policy topics, has left The Washington Post to start his own news site with The Verge, TechCrunch reported.
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Users in social media criticized billionaire venture capitalist Thomas Perkins for an open letter he sent to and was published in The Wall Street Journal comparing rich Americans to the Jews who suffered in the Holocaust, The Independent reported.
Marc Lipschultz, the head of global investment firm KKR & Co's Energy and Infrastructure unit, has resigned from the board of Energy Future Holdings Corp, Bloomberg reported.
Private equity investor Andrea Bonomi, the biggest investor in Milan, Italy-based banking firm Banca Popolare di Milano (Pop Milano), has offloaded his entire 8.6% stake in the bank, according to a source familiar with the matter.
Herman Gref, the Chief Executive of state-run Russian bank OAO Sberbank, has called on the Kremlin to prevent restrictions to the Bitcoin as lawmakers consider curbs, Bloomberg reported.
A source interviewed by Reuters said billionaire activist investor Carl Icahn had a higher stake in eBay than what was previously reported, saying that his stake was near 2%.
Venture capitalist Jamie McCourt gave a $25,000 grant to UNICEF to support this year's UNICEF Ball fund campaign. McCourt, who owns Jamie Enterprises, gave the grant late last month.
Eric Wolford has been added as a venture partner of Silicon Valley-based venture capital firm Accel Partners. Wolford also sits on the board of BitTorrent and Jut.
Eric Schmidt, the Executive Chairman of search giant Google, has warned that technological advances could eliminate a wide variety of jobs, the Financial Times reported.
Former Apple Chief Executive John Sculley is betting that telemedicine startup MDLive will be able to bring medical practice to the modern age, VentureBeat reported.
