(M&A) PayPal Acquires Mobile Payment Startup Paydiant
PayPal today announced it is acquiring mobile payment startup Paydiant. Financial details of the...
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The Nasdaq is Back to its Dot-com Bubble Peak
The Nasdaq Composite index notched a remarkable 15-year roundtrip today, as it climbed above 5,00...
(PDF) Mckinsey - Harnessing the Power of Shifting Global Flows
Here’s what countries and executives need to know to benefit from the next?and markedly differen...
Getting to a Quadrillion Dollar World with a closer look at GDP gro...
Nextbigfuture described a future where China helps build out the infrastructure that the rest of...
Doctor Search Site Practo Lands $30M For Aggressive Growth In India
Practo, an Indian startup that provides a search portal matching doctors with patients and other...
Jet.com Secures a $600M Valuation ? Before It’s Even Launched a Site
Cue the “bubble” chatter. Jet.com, which plans to launch an online e-commerce marketplace, has...
Wedding App WedPics Raises $6.5M From “Shark Tank’s” Barbara Cor...
“Shark Tank’s” Barbara Corcoran and other investors have backed a popular mobile photo-sharing...
Apple Just Became the First $700 Billion Company. Ever.
It’s never been done before. Apple’s share climbed 1.9% to close at $122.02, making it the firs...
ScreenPop, Backed By $3.2M, Lets You Message Friends From Your Phon...
Locket, the makers of a mobile application that brings personalized news and other stories to you...
Apple Took Home 93% of Mobile Profits Last Quarter
Samsung had 9%. Microsoft lost money. The rest were lucky to break even. How did Apple, with 20%...
Huge VC Investments Into Uber, Airbnb Stifle Competition
The jackpot-sized venture capital investments last year reveal a few things about Silicon Valley'...
Picsart, a Mobile Photo Editing App Has Closed $10M in Funding from...
This is the first outside investment that Picsart has taken, having bootstrapped itself to profit...
It’s Almost as if Central Banks are Intentionally Inflating their...
If you’re scanning the world for potential housing bubbles, look down under.Australia’s residen...
(Video) With $5M in Tow, Eero Will Make Your Wi-Fi Better Cover Ent...
Last week, my upstairs neighbor asked me to use my apartment’s Wi-Fi. Her roommate had tinkered...
4 Ways McDonald’s Almost Ruined Chipotle
It’s been nearly a decade since McDonald’s sold off its investment in Chipotle, a move it has s...
(Infographic) The Strategy Behind Google's Most Expensive Acquisitions
Since its launch in 1998, Google has acquired more than 170 companies. To help put some of those...
(PDF) BCG - Lower, and More Volatile, Oil Prices
The past six months have witnessed a dramatic drop in oil prices, which have fallen to levels not...
World's Top Cities : Zurich. Paris. Hartford ?
It's a capital on a winding, scenic river and it's among the world's elite cities in one key cate...
CareMessage Raises $6M for Text-Based Patient Outreach Platform
CareMessage, a nonprofit, operates a technology platform that allows medical providers to connect...
2014's 10 Biggest VC Deals Were Worth Nearly $50 Billion
In 2014, venture capital funding in the United States hit its highest mark since 2001. Even thoug...
SpaceX Raises $1 Billion In New Funding From Google And Fidelity
Elon Musk's SpaceX has raised $1 billion from Google and Fidelity, confirming earlier reports fro...
(Video) PureLiFi Raises $2M to Create Wireless Networks from Light...
Scottish startup PureLiFi has announced a ?1.5 million ($2.25 million) funding round ? valuing th...
(PDF) Mckinsey - Can Long-Term Global Growth be Saved ?
Over the past 50 years, global economic growth was exceptionally rapid. The world economy expande...
How The Super Rich Spend Their Money
Ultra-expensive automobiles accounted for a massive slice of the global luxury goods market last...
Oil Prices : What’s Behind the Drop ? Simple Economics
The oil industry, with its history of booms and busts, appears to be in the early stages of its l...
Venture Capital Fundraising Jumped 62% in 2014
Funds Attracted $32.97 Billion, the Highest Total Since 2007The money raised by venture-capital f...
Text-a-Doctor App Gets Big Venture Capital Boost
Wouldn’t it be great if you had a good friend who was a doctor and didn’t mind telling you (for...
Why US Egg Prices Have Nearly Doubled Since September
In 2014, Americans consumed nearly 260 eggs each on average, more than in recent years but fewer...
(M&A) Facebook Acquires Wit.ai, a Startup That Helps People Talk to...
Facebook has acquired Wit.ai, a startup focused on natural language processing that is intended t...
Warren Buffett, Corporate Raider
Warren Buffet had a pretty good 2014, with the famously costly A-shares at his holding company Be...
Google Ventures Shifts Focus to Health Care
Google’s venture-capital arm is moving strongly into health care and life-sciences startups, mir...
2014 in Charts - Diverging Markets
The world economy began to bifurcate this year.Growth accelerated in America, after a slow start...
