An unnamed Boston-based investment advisor led the USD 30 million financing round for Mozido Inc. The Texas-based mobile payment, shopping and marketing solutions provider also named Ric Duques as Chairman of the Board.
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Kazarian calls for alternative accounting to enable Greece's return to debt markets
Paul Kazarian, founder of Japonica Partners & Co and known for his purchase of Greek bonds, told Bloomberg in an interview that Greece needs to adopt corporate accounting practices if it is to return to the debt markets.
Private equity lawyer Kirk A. Radke moves to Willkie Farr & Gallagher
International law firm Willkie Farr & Gallagher said private equity lawyer Kirk A. Radke will be joining their Private Equity Practice Group. Radke is known as one of the top private equity attorneys in the country.
Ryan Seacrest invests USD1 million to develop iPhone keyboard
Former American Idol host Ryan Seacrest invested USD1 million to develop a prototype of Typo Keyboards, a simple device that functions as an attached keyboard for iPhone 5 and 5S.
Incoming Time Warner Cable Inc CEO says he's the perfect guy to manage M&A situations for firm
Rob Marcus, the incoming Chief Executive Officer of Time Warner Cable Inc, said he is the perfect guy to manage cable company's mergers and acquisitions component.
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Mike Lynch, who sold software firm Autonomy to Hewlett-Packard for $11 billion, is backing a start-up focused on augmented reality - the ability to overlay information on a real-world background which some see as the next big digital craze.
Here are some important dates and events in the life of former South African President and anti-apartheid fighter Nelson Mandela, who died on Thursday aged 95 today.
The following is reaction to the death of Nelson Mandela on Thursday at age 95 The following is reaction to the death of Nelson Mandela on Thursday at age 95.
"Like slavery and apartheid, poverty is not natural. It is people who have made poverty and tolerated poverty, and it is people who will overcome it." - on being named Amnesty International Ambassador of Conscience, 2006
Nelson Mandela, the first black president of South Africa and hero of the country's anti-apartheid struggle, has died aged 95 after a recurring lung infection. The announcement was made by the country's president, Jacob Zuma, on Thursday.
Swiss bank UBS Ag said Ulrich Koerner will be replacing John Fraser as Head of Global Asset Management. Fraser is set to retire by the end of month.
Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan told Bloomberg Television today that despite the high trading value of the Bitcoin, the virtual currency holds no intrinsic currency value like with real physical money.
Google Inc has quietly acquired more than a half-dozen companies for a new robotics groups led by Andy Rubin, formerly in charge of Google's popular mobile software, according to a report in the New York Times on Wednesday.
Government Pension Investment Fund president Takahiro Mitani's comments about Bank of Japan meeting its 2% infaltion goal was contradictory to the statements made by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe appointee and economist Takatoshi Ito.
