Snapchat Raised $486 Million In Year Of Big Deals
Another big VC round snuck into the top 10 deals of 2014 in the nick of time: Snapchat raised $486 million at a valuation of $10 billion, it said in a filing on New Year’s Eve.Southern...
Oracle hopes to better target online advertising with Datalogix acquisition
Moving targetted advertising beyond pure online spend analysisMany behavioral advertising targeting systems track only consumers' online behavior -- but, according to Oracle, that accounts for just 7 percent of consumer shopping: the other...
Xaar sees better-than-expected FY profits after Chinese pick-up
Digital inkjet printing technology group Xaar forecast better-than-expected annual profit after a recovery in the Chinese ceramic tile market.
Xaar said it expected 2014 full-year group revenue to be about £108m, near the top...
Babcock acquires £140m Defence Support Group
Engineering support company Babcock has agreed contracts with the Ministry of Defence to buy its Defence Support Group and associated service provision contract.
According to the terms of the agreement, Babcock will exclusively provide...
Cisco Systems Grabs More Security Appliance Business
Sales of network security appliances continued to sizzle in the third quarter, up 10% year over year to nearly $2.4 billion worldwide. It was the 20th consecutive quarter of growth for the market, research...
BT in negotiations to acquire EE
BT Group plc (BT) has announced that, further to its statement on 24 November 2014, it has entered into an exclusivity agreement with Deutsche Telekom and Orange in relation to BT’s possible acquisition...
EY granted licence to offer legal services in the UK
EY will enter UK legal market as part of its multidisciplinary approachEY has been granted a licence by the Solicitors Regulation Authority, enabling it to provide legal services in England and Wales as...
Montagu Private Equity announces the sale of CAP to Solera
Montagu Private Equity LLP (“Montagu”), one of Europe’s longest established private equity firms, today announced the sale of CAP (“the Company”) to Solera Holdings, Inc., a leading provider of risk and asset management...
Has Renewable Energy Investment Reached Maturity?
What was once a lofty idea is now a staple in many regions of both developed and developing countries. Renewable energy was initially accepted as an alternative to prevalent energy generation options and...
Verizon, Google Sign Cross-Licensing Patent Agreement – Analyst Blog
Verizon Communications Inc. (VZ) and Google Inc. (GOOGL) have struck a long-term agreement pertaining to multiple patents. Per the deal, both the companies will have access to each other’s patented technologies.
The agreement will thus...
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