Oct 20, 2013 | Asia, Central & Eastern Europe, News, Russia
MOSCOW | (Reuters) – Russia’s gold and silver miner Polymetal intends to buy a large gold mine in neighbouring Kazakhstan for up to $500 million, around one-third of which could be paid with the firm’s shares, daily Kommersant said on Thursday,...
Oct 20, 2013 | News, North America
Oct 18 (Reuters) – Data storage company Nimble Storage Inc filed with U.S. regulators to raise up to $150 million in an initial public offering of its common stock. The company, which makes storage devices that combine hard disks and flash drives, competes with...
Oct 20, 2013 | France, News, Western Europe
FRANKFURT | Oct 21 (Reuters) – German books to cosmetics retailer Douglas said on Monday it is in exclusive talks to buy French perfumery chain Nocibe, in a deal that would leapfrog it to the number two spot in France. The transaction is part of plans by Douglas...
Oct 20, 2013 | Central & Eastern Europe, News, Russia
MOSCOW, Oct 17 (Reuters) – Russian bank VTB has agreed to sell 50 percent of Tele2 Russia, turning a quick profit and gaining investors with the expertise that could help it to challenge the dominance of Russia’s big three mobile phone operators. * VTB...
Oct 20, 2013 | Central & Eastern Europe, News, Russia
East-West Digital News Fresh Solutions, a St. Petersburg-based publisher of cloud-based CRM solutions, has secured 37 million rubles (a little more than $1.1 million) from Imperious Group. The startup was valued at $6 million pre-money, East-West Digital News learned...
Oct 20, 2013 | Central & Eastern Europe, News, Russia
East-West Digital News Open Retail, a subsidiary of marketing communications agency Open Group, has raised about $2 million from Prostor Capital to develop Smart Checkout, a hardware and software system that identifies customer preferences during checkout and produces...
