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...
Oct 21, 2013 | China, East Asia, News, North America
HONG KONG | Oct 19 (Reuters) – U.S. private equity firm TPG Capital TPG.UL will pay HK$1.66 billion ($213.73 million) for 21st Century Fox-controlled Star Entertainment’s remaining stake in a Chinese satellite television operator. The move is the next step...
Oct 21, 2013 | Central & Eastern Europe, News, Russia
MOSCOW, Oct 21 (Reuters) – Russian entrepreneur Oleg Tinkov’s consumer credit provider TCS is aiming to raise around $1.1 billion in its London flotation – higher than the $870 million previously expected, a financial market source said on Monday....
Oct 21, 2013 | News, South & Central Asia
DUBAI, Oct 21 (Reuters) – Mezzan Holding Co, a diversified Kuwaiti conglomerate, will acquire the distributor of Red Bull energy drink in the United Arab Emirates, highlighting appetite for consumer-related investments in the Gulf Arab region. Mezzan is buying...
Oct 20, 2013 | News, North America
BOSTON, Oct 10 (Reuters) – Lookout, one of the world’s biggest providers of mobile security software, said on Thursday that it has raised $55 million in financing. The round was led by Deutsche Telekom AG. Qualcomm Inc’s venture capital arm, Greylock...
Oct 20, 2013 | Central & Eastern Europe, News, Russia, Western Europe
East-West Digital News Yandex, Russia’s leading search engine and major Internet group, announced yesterday that it acquired KinoPoisk (in Russian: “Cinema Search”), the largest Russian language portal on movies, TV programs and celebrities. This site’s...
