Nov 18, 2013 | Central & Eastern Europe, News, North America, Russia
The Moscow Times The New York Stock Exchange, or NYSE, was to host its annual Russia Day on Nov. 18, to gather business executives and investors to discuss opportunities in Russia, a statement from the exchange said, while the American gay community said it would...
Nov 18, 2013 | News, North America
Nov 18 (Reuters) – Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd has agreed to acquire a majority interest in privately held Keg Restaurants Ltd (KRL), which owns over 100 steak house restaurants in Canada and parts of the United States. The terms of the deal, which is...
Nov 13, 2013 | East Asia, News, North America
TechCrunch Moneytree, a personal finance iOS app, has received $1.6 million in seed funding led by DG Incubation (Digital Garage’s investment branch), with participation from private investors, including senior executives from PayPal, MasterCard and Morgan Stanley....
Nov 10, 2013 | News, North America
WASHINGTON, Nov 6 (Reuters) – A top U.S. regulator on Wednesday called for the creation of new “venture exchanges” that would be exempt from certain costly regulatory rules so that small start-ups could more easily list and raise capital. “The...
Nov 8, 2013 | East Asia, News, North America
AllThingsD Nov 8 LivingSocial has its buyer for Korean subsidiary Ticket Monster: Its biggest competitor, Groupon. Groupon said it will pay at least $100 million in cash and up to $160 million in stock for Ticket Monster, known locally as TMon. AllThingsD had recently...
Nov 7, 2013 | Central & Eastern Europe, News, North America, Russia
The Moscow Times The American finance giant Goldman Sachs and VTB Capital could buy into Russian Fitness Group, one of the leaders on the domestic market of fitness services. The group, which owns the fitness club networks World Class and FizKult, may see one of its...
