Last-minute bettors on Friday were said to have driven the amount of jackpot money for Mega Millions from an estimated $425 million to over an estimated $550 million, according to lottery officials on Saturday.
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Google Ventures grows into a $1.2B firm in assets managed, 9 exits, 75 new investments in 2013
Google Ventures released its year-end data and, and TechCrunch noted that it has done tremendously, quieting critics who had said that the investment arm of Google Inc had not secured any major deals like with Twitter and Pinterest.
ECB explains 10 euro note in Tetris-like online game
In the European Central Bank's launch of a new 10 euro note, the Euro Zone's central bank launched an online competition wherein top-scoring players get the chance to win exclusive prizes for playing a Tetris-like game that unlocks information about the new note's security features.
Report says more workplaces offering loans to employees
The Wall Street Journal reported more employers are offering loans to their workers from non-bank lenders. There are currently 100,000 employees who can avail of employer-based loan programs, but that number is set to increase in the coming years, said the Journal.
Bitcoin's $1000 hit came from online sex industry - report
A report noted that speculators who are looking to acquire Bitcoins by selling sex through certain Reddit subsections are rising at an alarming rate.
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A 2013 Billionaire census report by Wealth-X and UBS showed an increase in the number of millionaires in the Middle East, and that amount of wealth hold by Middle Eastern billionaires topped any other region in the world.
Yahoo Inc had a bad time this week, observed TechCrunch as the company struggled to appease its customers, including small business owners due to the outage of some of its key Web services.
Jason O'Grady offers Bitcoin speculators a more cost-effective investment in Litecoin, a crypto-currency which is second to Bitcoin in terms of market capitalization.
According to the South China Morning Post, the growing popularity of the Bitcoin has also led to a boom of sorts in bitcoin software for smartphones, the South China Morning Post reported.
A Nielsen study showed that Asian American households spend more than US households by an estimated 19%. They were also the top online shoppers. the South China Morning Post reported.
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) will turn over one of its idled space-shuttle launch pad to Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX), according to officials on Friday.
Recent study about the unfamiliarity of Bitcoins in most of Americans deduced that unless the virtual currency actually collapses, speculators, especially early investors, could continue reap gains as the virtual currency continuously rises.
The European Union through its European Banking Authority expressed warning similar to China, Germany and Norway regarding the risks associated in using Bitcoins as payment.
The Midtown Manhattan headquarters of Blackstone Group transformed to an animal kingdom as eight dignitaries from Sea World gave their private equity parent a visit.
