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Socialspiel recruits former Rockstar Games veteran, raises further EUR200K
Socialspiel received EUR200K new funds from angel fund FLOOR13 and ex-Rockstar Games veterans, Clemens Beer and Mike Borras.
Koos Bekker becomes billionaire with China media
Koos Bekker became a billionaire earlier this year after he transformed Naspers Ltd. from an old-print business into the largest media firm.
Carlyle Group welcomes new power team co-head
Carlyle Group LP welcomed its new member Matthew O'Connor, an executive from GE Capital, who was hired as managing director for the company's energy team.
Riggio halts planned bid for Barnes & Noble's retail assets
Leonard Riggio suspended his planned bid for Barnes & Noble Inc.'s retail businesses amid the firm's accelerating losses.
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Billionaire Philip Falcone agreed to a five year ban in the securities industry and admits wrongdoing in the allegations filed by the US Securities and Exchange Commission.
Wang Jianlin, China's property mogul and also the wealthiest person in the country, said that he would increase his property holdings by 88% in 2014 and would expand overseas acquisitions.
Infosys, the largest software services exporter in India appointed three new members on its executive council.
Vietnam's Finance Ministry submitted a proposal to relax foreign ownership restrictions by allowing foreigners to increase voting shares in non-conditional industries.
Former Lloyds Banking Group Plc executive Andrew Geczy was appointed as new Head to the International and Institutional Banking division.
Former Union Square Advisors Partner and COO, Elias Mendoza, is Siris Capital Group's new Managing Director of Investment Development and Strategy.
It has been a week after Amazon founder Jeff Bezos announced acquisition of Washington Post, a deal said to be the convergence of old and new media.
Former press mogul Conrad Black was barred from directorships by the US Securities and Exchange Commission and ordered him to pay USD4 million to Chicago Newspaper Liquidation Corp.
The Bank of England's record low interest rates were doubted after an unexpected dissent from its policymaker and its robust jobs data.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh of India said the country will not replaying the crisis that occurred in 1991 even as it experiences its slowest growth in a decade.