Oct 31, 2013 | News, North America
TechCrunch Intuit is acquiring FullSlate, an online scheduling company that allows clients to offer their customers the ability to make appointments directly to web sites and Facebook pages. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The service will become part of Intuit...
Oct 24, 2013 | News, North America, Western Europe
New York Times BERLIN – Lucas von Cranach has come a long way since starting his professional career at a German machinery production company in the mid-2000s. After struggling to keep up with the goings-on at his favorite soccer team, F.C. Cologne, Mr. von Cranach...
Oct 21, 2013 | Africa, MENA, News
Financial Times: This is Africa Egypt’s political and economic crisis has led to the lowest number of M&A deals in nearly a decade, according to Mergermarket data. However, these disruptions are unlikely to deter investors with long-term strategic interest in the...
Oct 21, 2013 | Africa, News
Africa Asset Management Oct 18 Goodwell West Africa, a microfinance investment vehicle with €12.5m ($17.11m) committed capital, has provided a subordinated loan of €2m ($2.74m) to Nigerian microfinance bank Mainstreet Bank MFB. Read more…
Oct 21, 2013 | East Asia, News, North America
TechCrunch Oct 21 With the rise of the Mobile Era, a growing number of startups are trying to revolutionize the way we learn languages by giving us access to learning content and translation from anywhere, especially on the go. Like the popular Duolingo, many of these...
