Mar 27, 2013 | East Asia, News
TOKYO, March 26 (Reuters) – Japanese temporary staffing agency Temp Holdings Co Ltd will buy its domestic peer Intelligence Holdings for around 70 billion yen ($742 million) from U.S private equity firm KKR, a person with direct knowledge of the matter said on...
Mar 26, 2013 | News, Western Europe
New York Times 26 March 2013 One of Yahoo’s newest employees is a 17-year-old high school student in Britain. As of Monday, he is one of its richest, too. That student, Nick D’Aloisio, a programming whiz who wasn’t even born when Yahoo was founded in 1994, sold his...
Mar 26, 2013 | News, North America
SAN FRANCISCO, March 25 (Reuters) – Healthcare-oriented venture firm Third Rock Ventures said it had raised a $516 million fund, its third, even as healthcare investing endures something of a slump. Investors have cooled on the sector due to factors including...
Mar 25, 2013 | News, North America
Apple Insider 23 March 2013 Apple recently closed a deal worth about $20 million to acquire WifiSLAM, a Silicon Valley firm focused on building technology that affords users positioning data while indoors. The Wall Street Journal was able to confirm the acquisition...
Mar 25, 2013 | News, North America, Western Europe
SAN FRANCISCO, March 21 (Reuters) – Accel, the venture capital firm behind social network Facebook, has closed a new $475 million fund, the firm said on Thursday. Accel London IV will invest in early- and growth-stage companies in the consumer Internet, big...
Mar 25, 2013 | News, Western Europe
MILAN, March 22 (Reuters) – London-based investment firm NEO Capital has bought a majority stake in Italian luxury handbags maker Valextra in expectation of a possible initial share offering. On Friday Milan-based Valextra, known for its leather handbags in...
