Sep 25, 2013 | China, East Asia, News, North America
HONG KONG, Sept 25 (Reuters) – Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd will pursue an IPO in the United States after talks with Hong Kong regulators broke down, a move bound to set off a dogfight between the two main U.S. stock boards for the...
Sep 25, 2013 | Central & Eastern Europe, China, East Asia, News, Russia
Bloomberg China took a 12.5 percent stake in OAO Uralkali (URKA), the world’s biggest producer of potash, giving the nation a bigger say in a global battle for market share and expanding the reach of its overseas agriculture investments. Chengdong Investment Corp., a...
Sep 18, 2013 | China, East Asia, News, North America
TechCrunch Sept 18 With recruiters viciously competing for the best talent in the Valley, startups end up with plenty of paperwork and files to contend with. A San Francisco-based startup called Distill is looking to make recruiting dead simple and just picked up $1.3...
Sep 17, 2013 | East Asia, News, North America
TechCrunch Sep 17 Cinemacraft, a startup that wants to replace static video thumbnails with its interactive Videograms, has raised a $1.5 million strategic funding round from investors NTT DoCoMo, Turner Broadcasting’s Media Camp and 500 Startups. Combined with an...
Sep 13, 2013 | East Asia, News, North America
Sept 12 | Thu Sep 12, 2013 6:59pm EDT Reuters Private equity firm Advent International and an Asian partner have agreed to take a large stake in coffee and tea retailer, The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf. Boston-based Advent declined to disclose the size of the...
Sep 11, 2013 | Central & Eastern Europe, East Asia, News, Russia
Reuters HONG KONG, Sept 9 – Hong Kong-listed NagaCorp Ltd became the second industry player to take a punt on a Russia entertainment zone not far from Beijing, agreeing to invest $350 million to build a casino, hotel and exhibition venue. NagaCorp, which...
