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Yahoo ‘set to invest millions’ in Snapchat
October 6th, 2014
Yahoo is close to investing millions of dollars in mobile messaging service Snapchat, which may value the start-up at about $10bn (£6.2bn), reports say. Snapchat allows users to send images and videos that “disappear” seconds after being viewed. The ...
Alibaba prices IPO at $68 a share ahead of New York stock flotation
September 19th, 2014
Early investors in Chinese online giant Alibaba are set to sell $8bn worth of shares Friday morning, escaping the “lockup” that usually requires them to hold their shares for several months. The disclosure, first reported by the Wall Street ...
SEC probing Goldman Sachs internship
September 19th, 2014
U.S. regulators are investigating a Goldman Sachs Group Inc (GS.N) internship for the brother of a former official at Libya’s sovereign wealth fund and perks allegedly offered by the bank to the fund, the Wall Street Journal reported on ...
Gold Settles Below $1240 with Eyes on Fed
September 17th, 2014
Gold inched up for a third straight session on Wednesday as speculation mounted that the Federal Reserve would vow to maintain interest rates at low levels when the U.S. central bank concludes its policy meet later in the day. ...
Microsoft set to buy Minecraft maker
September 10th, 2014
Months after closing its $7 billion deal for Nokia’s handset business, Microsoft is eyeing another major acquisition. According to Bloomberg and The Wall Street Journal, the company is near a deal to scoop up video game studio Mojang AB, ...
Goldman Sachs wins role stabilizing early trade in Alibaba IPO
September 4th, 2014
Goldman Sachs Group Inc (GS.N) will be the bank in charge of overseeing early share trading in China’s Alibaba Group Holding Ltd’s (IPO-BABA.N) initial public offering, according to a source. Other banks working on the e-commerce company’s IPO were ...
U.S. Stock Futures Are Little Changed Before Output Data
September 2nd, 2014
U.S. stock-index futures were little changed, after the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index recorded its biggest monthly gain since February, before data that may show manufacturing in the world’s biggest economy continued to expand in August. Apple Inc. and ...
Kleiner to invest in Snapchat at near-$10 billion valuation
August 27th, 2014
Venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byer has agreed to invest in fast-growing messaging startup Snapchat at a valuation close to $10 billion, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday, citing people with knowledge of the matter. The ...
Citigroup facing restrictions on sales of hedge fund investments
August 22nd, 2014
Citigroup Inc has been sending hedge fund firms letters informing them that it cannot sell investments in hedge funds and private-equity funds to clients after a deal with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Wall Street Journal reported. The ...
Germans selling 2-year govt. notes with 0% yield
August 20th, 2014
Germany is planning on issuing $6.7 billion in two-year government notes, known as Schatz, that will pay nothing in interest, according to the Wall Street Journal. While this is great news for German taxpayers — the government will pay ...