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VIRTUAL CURRENCY MEETS FINANCE IN GLITZY SWISS RESORT
Venture capitalists said so much money was now flowing into ICOs that many entrepreneurs in the space were now bypassing early VC funding... READ MORE›
JUNK SPREADS AT 2007 LOW SPARK WALL STREET FEAR AND LOATHING
It came pretty damn quickly, said Ken Monaghan, co-head of high yield at Amundi Pioneer, with 53.7 billion in assets... READ MORE›
JUNK BOND RALLY DRAWING TO CLOSE, SAY EUROPEAN FUNDS
Going forward there will be no rising tides lifting all boats, said Jean Medecin, member of the investment committee at Carmignac... READ MORE›
CARLYLE SEEKS TO RAISE $1 BILLION FOR NEW ENERGY FUND
Exclusive Carlyle seeks to raise 1 billion for new energy fund - sources... READ MORE›
TAKE FIVE: WORLD MARKETS THEMES FOR THE WEEK AHEAD
No surprise that Wall Street and other major stock markets wobbled... READ MORE›
INVESTORS BINGE ON CHINA'S APPETITE FOR HEALTHIER SNACK FOODS
By Farah Master and Donny Kwok HONG KONG Reuters - Chinese venture capital and private equity funds are pouring hundreds of millions of dollars into... READ MORE›
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BILL GATES AND RICHARD BRANSON BACK STARTUP THAT GROWS 'CLEAN MEAT'
'Clean Meat' To date, Memphis Meats has raised 22 million, signaling a commitment to the clean-meat movement, the company said... READ MORE›
HSBC THERES NOW A VERY HIGH CHANCE OF A SEVERE FALL IN US STOCKS
With the U.S. stock market selling off aggressively on October 11, we now issue a RED ALERT, he writes... READ MORE›
WALL STREET IS EUROPES LANDLORD. AND TENANTS ARE FIGHTING BACK.
Wall Street firms saw opportunity, with loans selling at up to 70 percent off their face value... READ MORE›
THIS CHART PREDICTS TRUMP WILL WIN UNLESS THE SP RALLIES IN OCTOBER
But the pattern is solid, as shown in this chart by Sam Stovall, equity strategist for S&P Global Market Intelligence1... READ MORE›
GOLDMAN TOPS BANKS BETTING ON A NEW TYPE OF HEDGING
Goldman Sachs has invested in about 15 so-called fintech firms focusing on capital markets businesses this year, while JPMorgan has bet on nine, the report shows... READ MORE›
THESE DIGITAL TOKENS ARE MAKING BITCOIN'S HUGE RALLY LOOK TAME
Tech startups are increasingly selling coins that can be used on their projects instead of resorting to traditional financing methods such as venture capital... READ MORE›
CONSUMER ANXIETY IN CHINA UNDERMINES GOVERNMENTS ECONOMIC PLANS
Those who have lost money in the ongoing stock market crash are especially anxious... READ MORE›
CHINAS PARTY-RUN MEDIA IS SILENT ON MARKET MAYHEM
The slump in the stock markets is destroying what remains of investor confidence, and this problem is profoundly serious, the paper said in a front-page commentary... READ MORE›
BIG INVESTORS ARE FINDING RIPE START-UP TARGETS IN EUROPE
Now the German venture capitalist is doubling-down on Europe's tech sector... READ MORE›
EXCLUSIVE: KOCH INVESTMENT ARM NEARS DEAL FOR STAKE IN INFOR, IN TECH PUSH - SOURCES
The deal, if completed, would mark the largest investment for Koch Equity Development LLC, the Koch Industries affiliate that invests excess cash from the parent company... READ MORE›
INSTACART TRIES TO HANG ON TO WHOLE FOODS AS AMAZON SWOOPS IN
Silicon Valley has made a huge bet on Instacart, despite the dramatic implosion of another grocery-delivery business called Webvan after the dot-com bubble... READ MORE›
GODADDY IN EXCLUSIVE TALKS TO BUY HOST EUROPE
A purchase of HEG would help GoDaddy accelerate its shift into the more profitable web hosting business as well as broaden its customer base in Europe... READ MORE›
ICAHN DECLINES TO JOIN TRUMP ECONOMIC TEAM, MULLS SECOND SUPER PAC
In October, Icahn announced his first Super PAC, which was the biggest one-time injection of money in the history of such political action committees... READ MORE›
EXCLUSIVE: KKR NEARS DEAL TO ACQUIRE WEBMD - SOURCES
It was acquired by KKR in 2014 for 1.1 billion from two other private equity firms, Hellman Friedman LLC and JMI Equity... READ MORE›
THIS BILLIONAIRE MADE HIS FORTUNE ON $50 CHAINSAWS
Allan Smidt, who died last year, said Eric Smidt had dramatically leveraged the company and enriched himself at its expense... READ MORE›
KKR HAS EYE ON HEALTH WITH WEBMD, NATURE'S BOUNTY DEALS
KKR will fold WebMD's websites, including WebMD.com and Medscape.com, into its Internet Brands unit, which houses sites such as DentalPlans.com and AllAboutCounseling.com... READ MORE›
KKR TO BUY NISSAN-BACKED SUPPLIER CALSONIC FOR UP TO $4.5 BILLION
It beat out rival private equity firms Bain Capital and MBK Partners, which, according to Thomson Reuters LPC, had bid to buy Nissan's stake... READ MORE›
AIG SHOPS $2 BILLION DEATH BENEFITS PORTFOLIO
Parties including Blackstone Group LP have purchased similar death benefits from AIG in previous transactions, the people said... READ MORE›
BLACKSTONE, CARLYLE IN $10 BILLION-PLUS BID FOR NCR
Some of the other private equity firms that are competing could also team up, the people added... READ MORE›
AB INBEV ATTRACTS AT LEAST SIX BIDS FOR PILSNER URQUELL, OTHER BRANDS -SOURCES
Exclusive AB InBev attracts at least six bids for Pilsner Urquell, other brands -sources... READ MORE›
STOCKS CLOSE OUT WEEK WITH WORST START TO YEAR EVER
Shares of the Shanghai composite index ended up 1.97 percent Friday, capping off the worst week for the Chinese stock market in its short 25-year history... READ MORE›
VENTURE CAPITAL CASH SURFERS MAY SEE WAVES RECEDE IN MARKET TURMOIL
In June it sealed a 1.5 billion deal that propelled its valuation to 25.5 billion, the third-largest among venture capital-backed companies worldwide... READ MORE›
CVC AND TEMASEK TO BUY $2BILLION GENERIC DRUGS FIRM ALVOGEN
Robert Wessman former CEO of Actavis founded the New Jersey-based generic drugs firm in 2009... READ MORE›
EDITORIAL CHINAS CRACKDOWN ON RUMORS WILL ONLY HURT ITS ECONOMY
The authorities have punished 197 people for spreading rumors about the stock market and the explosion Xinhua the state-owned news service reported on Monday... READ MORE›
EXCLUSIVE: FRANCISCO PARTNERS, ELLIOTT NEAR DELL SOFTWARE DEAL - SOURCES
Francisco Partners focuses on private equity investments in the technology sector... READ MORE›
STOCKS RECOVER FROM AFTERNOON STALL, DOW UP 369, BENCHMARKS OUT OF CORRECTION
Wall Street traders also got confirmation that Wednesday's rally had legs when stock markets in China, Japan and then Europe all rallied earlier today... READ MORE›
ACTIVIST INVESTOR URGES SALE OF BARNES & NOBLE
Shares of Barnes Noble, which had a market value of 514.8 million as of Monday, were up 17.6 percent at 8.35 in premarket trading... READ MORE›
AUSTRALIA'S VOCUS ENDS TAKEOVER TALKS WITH KKR, AFFINITY
The firms had separately offered A 3.50-per-share for the company, a price less than half Vocus's share price a year ago... READ MORE›
CARLYLE SEES RISE IN CONTROL BUYOUTS IN CHINA AS ECONOMY SLOWS
Yang, co-head of Carlyle's Asia buyout advisory team... READ MORE›