The News Lens founder and chief executive Joey Chung said the new angel funding and the inclusion of media veterans Marcus Brauchli and Sasa Vucinic into the company fold will help the startup solidify its reputation as a trusted news source in Taiwan.
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Venture capitalist Tim Draper proposes to break up California into six states
Tim Draper, the billionaire whose venture capital firm has invested in Skype and Baidu, has proposed to divide California into six mini-states, the Financial Times reported.
Hyundai Motor US names David Zuchowski as new chief, John Krafcik to step down by year's end
Hyundai Motor Co. on Friday named sales chief David Zuchowski as the new chief of its US arm. Zuchowski will replace incumbent US chief John Krafcik, whose contract expires at the end of the year.
66-year old investor exits entire holding in Twitter as shares drop by $5.91
Reuben Kressel, a 66-year old investor, completely sold his entire holding in Twitter Inc. after its shares dropped as much as $5.91 or 8% on Friday's market close. Kressel owns 500 shares in the micro-blogging site.
Microsoft's new CEO reveal in 2014 determines company future - report
A CNET report detailed how big the decisions the next chief executive officer of Microsoft Corp needs to make in order to get back into the technology race.
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Commodity analysts believed that the successive probings into mining deals in India could become a factor in the potential disinterest of investors pouring in funds into the country.
Lawrence Rakers will be replaced by Ramona Persaud as the manager of Fidelity Dividend Growth Fund and Fidelity Advisor Dividend Growth Fund starting January 1, Bloomberg reported.
Plain Vanilla Games, maker of iPhone trivia matchup game app QuizUp, raised $22 million in Series B funding from investors led by Sequoia Capital Partners.
Investors seemed to be positive with regard to news from former Brazilian billionaire Eike Batista about Oleo & Gas Participacoes SA's creditors agreeing to convert $5.8 billion worth of company debt into equity stakes.
Tribune Co., which planned to split its newspaper division from its TV-broadcasting division in July, said that it intends to meet with Rep. Henry Waxman to dicuss his concern about the spinoff's impact on the Los Angeles Times.
Lucio Tan, the chairman and chief executive of Philippine Airlines Inc (PAL) is expected to finalize the majority stake sale in the flag carrier next year with San Miguel Corp (SMC).
A Bloomberg report said Jack Ma and Zhang Jindong may be allowed to create phone companies in China with the possible issuance of their licenses this month.
Money manager Kenneth Feinberg who co-manages the Davis New York Venture Fund and Selected American Shares will be leaving the New York-based investment firm by the end of this year.
Troubled smartphone maker BlackBerry on Tuesday announced that John Sims will join the company as head ofmits gloabl enterprise services business. Sims is a former executive at German software firm SAP.
