Jun 10, 2013 | France, News, Western Europe
BRUSSELS, June 4 (Reuters) – Belgian heart drug specialist Cardio3 BioSciences is planning a stock market flotation in Brussels and Paris, it said on Tuesday, without giving details on the timing or size of the issue. * Company has appointed banks for IPO *...
Jun 10, 2013 | France, Global, MENA, News, Western Europe
DUBAI, June 10 (Reuters) – Large institutional investors in the Middle East are increasingly switching towards alternative investments such as private equity and hedge funds to generate returns in volatile global markets, a study released on Monday showed. The...
Jun 10, 2013 | News, North America
SAN FRANCISCO, June 10 (Reuters) – The executive behind Manman, one of the biggest software products of the 1970s and 1980s, has raised another $33 million for her newest company, Kenandy. The cash will allow Kenandy, a cloud-based supply-chain software business...
Jun 10, 2013 | News, North America, Western Europe
LONDON, June 10 (Reuters) – Private equity group Doughty Hanson has sold cinema operator Vue Entertainment to two Canadian investment groups for 935 million pounds ($1.45 billion), more than double its initial investment. The sale, to OMERS Private Equity and...
Jun 7, 2013 | News, Western Europe
HELSINKI, June 7 (Reuters) – Finnish start-up company Valkee has raised 7.4 million euros ($9.8 million) from a venture capital fund and other investors to help it to boost sales of its light-therapy products, designed to relieve seasonal affective disorder and...
