Nov 24, 2014 | News, Western Europe
HELSINKI, Nov 24 (Reuters) – Finnish packaging company Huhtamaki, known for making paper cups for McDonald’s, has agreed to sell its films business in a deal led by German private equity company Deutsche Beteiligungs AG for 141 million euros ($175...
Nov 24, 2014 | Central & Eastern Europe, News, Russia
Rambler & Co, a major Russian tech media group, is seeking to move away from its present status as a media company towards Internet technologies. As reported by Russian daily Vedomosti, the company is creating two startup accelerators to achieve this goal....
Nov 24, 2014 | Central & Eastern Europe, News, North America, Russia
In California, Ukrainian developers have launched the startup JetMe, a service which allows users to reserve and pay for flights on private jets to any point around the globe. One of the startup’s founders is Yuriy Romanyukha, an associate for Russia-based...
Nov 21, 2014 | Central & Eastern Europe, China, East Asia, News, Russia
The Moscow Times RusHydro, one of Russia’s largest power generating companies, is set to offer a majority stake in its far-eastern subsidiary to Asian investors, a news report said Friday. The asset in question is RAO Energy Systems of the East, in which...