Oct 29, 2013 | News, North America
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 29 (Reuters) – Apparently it requires over $100 million to get people to engage with their neighbors. That’s how much funding Nextdoor, a private social network for neighborhoods, has pulled in over the last 18 months after just closing a...
Oct 29, 2013 | News, North America
WASHINGTON, Oct 23 (Reuters) – Oct 23 (Reuters) – Entrepreneurs and start-up companies looking for investors will be able to solicit over the Internet from the general public under a new proposal issued by U.S. regulators on Wednesday. The...
Oct 28, 2013 | Central & Eastern Europe, News, North America, Russia
MOSCOW Oct 28 (Reuters) – Russia’s mid-sized Sovcombank is buying the local unit of GE Money Bank, a subsidiary of U.S. conglomerate General Electric, in another departure of a foreign bank from a Russian domestic market dominated by state-controlled...
Oct 24, 2013 | News, North America, Western Europe
New York Times BERLIN – Lucas von Cranach has come a long way since starting his professional career at a German machinery production company in the mid-2000s. After struggling to keep up with the goings-on at his favorite soccer team, F.C. Cologne, Mr. von Cranach...
Oct 23, 2013 | News, North America
WASHINGTON | Oct 23(Reuters) – Entrepreneurs and start-up companies looking for backing will be able to solicit small investments over the Internet from the general public under a new proposal to be released by U.S. regulators on Wednesday. The Securities and...
Oct 21, 2013 | East Asia, News, North America
TechCrunch Oct 21 With the rise of the Mobile Era, a growing number of startups are trying to revolutionize the way we learn languages by giving us access to learning content and translation from anywhere, especially on the go. Like the popular Duolingo, many of these...
