Colonial Savings puts a financial services veteran as new DFW Commercial Bank President. Colonial Savings has named veteran financial services professional Brent Davis as the new DFW Commercial Bank President.
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Travelers Book Value slips from $1.77 billion drop in gains
Travelers Cos. reported its biggest decline since 2008 in most recent quarterly report. Insurance company Travelers Cos. (TRV) announced the largest quarterly decline in five years during the reporting of its second-quarter results.
CRH Plc to acquire Sree JayaJothi Cements
Sources stated that CRH Plc could be acquiring the cement arm of Shriram Group. Sources have said that CRH Plc, an Ireland-headquartered cement manufacturer, wanted to acquire Sree JayaJothi Cements.
Brookfield announces that it has raised over US$14 billion in its latest initiative
Brookfield Asset Management stated that various international investors of one of their initiatives have now committed over US$14 billion.
Florida received US$156 million in venture capital in the second quarter
PricewaterhouseCoopers reported that Florida received around US$156 million across 14 venture capital deals in the second quarter.
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Summerhill joins several investors in bringing up C2FO's total to USD 18 million, Canada-based Summerhil; Venture Partners has joined investment firm Mithril in raising C2FO growth funding to a total of USD 18 million.
Private equity firms Bridgepoint and EQT express interest in purchasing refrigeration equipment company AHT Cooling.
Richman Group closed a total of USD 291 million of tax credit funds. Richman Group Affordable Housing Corp, a top equity fund sponsor for housing, closed a USD 166 million fund that includes a portfolio of properties scattered in 18 states and USD 125 million fund in New York, bringing up the total to USD 291 million.
Telefonica's merger with German KPN unit has posed a dilemma to the European Commission. Telefonica SA (TEF) and Royal KPN NV are testing European regulatory stipulations with their upcoming merger of mobile-phone units in Germany.
NatureBox Inc received USD 8.5 billion from investors Softbank Capital and General Catalyst Partners.
Vivendi SA is in talks with Emirates Telecommunications concerning its 53 percent stake in Maroc Telecom.
Snow leopards are being threatened by global cashmere demand. In the last two decades, the demand for cashmere almost tripled. UK was one of the top importer of cashmere, which was a multi-million dollar industry.
Messaging service provider Hall received USD 5.5 million from new and existing investors in series A funding.
Raising a prince was basically like raising ordinary children, except much expensive. The Duchess of Cambridge finally gave birth to a son, the prince of Cambridge, who was third in line to the throne.
