Mar 29, 2013 | News, Western Europe
MILAN, March 27 (Reuters) – Octo Telematics, an Italy-based company that makes vehicle recording devices for the auto insurance market, is looking for a buyer and will send information to potential bidders in the second part of April, a person close to the...
Mar 29, 2013 | Central & Eastern Europe, News, North America, Russia
RVC USA, the Boston-based representative office of the Russian state-owned fund of funds RVC, is raising a new venture fund to back US startups with connections to Russia and help Russian startups enter the US market. While the Russian government might raise $20...
Mar 29, 2013 | News, Western Europe
LONDON, March 27 (Reuters) – Merlin Entertainments Group, the private-equity backed owner of Madame Tussauds and Legoland, is preparing to go public in either London or New York and has been meeting with potential investors, its chief executive said on...
Mar 29, 2013 | Central & Eastern Europe, News, Russia
Leading Russian payment operator Qiwi filed a registration statement with the U.S. regulator, the SEC (Securities & Exchange Commission) on Wednesday, to raise up to $100 million from an initial public offering. J.P. Morgan and Credit Suisse will act as joint...
Mar 29, 2013 | Central & Eastern Europe, News, Russia
Two major Russian Internet groups – Rambler-Afisha and SUP Media – have announced plans to merge, creating an entity that will have a combined audience of 35 million users. The two firms claim they will have the third-largest Internet audience in Russia after the...
Mar 28, 2013 | China, East Asia, News
China Daily 25 March 2103 New York filmmaker Maya E. Rudolph believes Beijing’s rock scene is unique. Caroline Berg in New York finds out why she was inspired to make a movie about it. In 2006, New York native Maya E. Rudolph went to Beijing and found Chinese...
