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FanFeedr Gets Funding for Sports News, Virtual Wagering
Los Angeles - FanFeedr, a service that provides sports news
aggregation and a social game that includes virtual betting, has raised
$450,000 in seed funding from...
Report: U.S. Venture Investment Hits Highest Level Since 2008
New York - Venture capitalists invested $7.7 billion into
U.S.-based companies during the second quarter, the highest quarterly total
since the third quarter of 2008, according...
Nokia Siemens Buys Motorola Unit for $1.2 Billion
Espoo, Finland - Nokia (NYSE: NOK) Siemens Networks announced on Monday
that it will acquire the majority of Motorola's (NYSE: MOT) wireless network infrastructure
assets for $1.2 billion.
About...
Google Buys Metaweb Open Database of 12 Million "Things"
Mountain View, Calif. - Google (NASD: GOOG) announced that it has
acquired Metaweb, the operator of "an open database of things in the
world."
Financial terms of the...
Freelancer.com Acquires Virtual Content Marketplace Freemarket
Sydney, Australia - Freelancer.com, an online marketplace
for outsourcing freelance work, announced on Monday that it has acquired
Freemarket.com, a virtual content marketplace.
Financial terms of the...
Compass Labs Gets $5 Million for Targeted Social Ads
San Jose, Calif. - Compass Labs, a provider of targeted
advertising on social networks, has raised $5 million in new financing,
TechCrunch reported.
Investors included New Enterprise...
Shares of Digital 3D Cinema Firm RealD Up 22% After IPO
Los Angeles - Shares of digital 3D cinema company RealD (NYSE: RLD) were
up 22% above their initial public offering (IPO) price on Friday, opening...
MySpace Acquires Assets of Threadbox Social Messaging Service
Los Angeles - News Corp.'s (NYSE: NWS) MySpace online social network has
acquired the assets and employees of Threadbox, the provider of a social
messaging service, VentureBeat...
FriendFinder Counters Hefner With $210M Offer for Playboy
Boca Raton, Fla. - FriendFinder Networks, the operator of a
range of adult dating and social networking sites, as well as Penthouse.com,
announced on Thursday that...
Game Publisher SouthPeak Secures $10 Million Credit Line
Midlothian, Va. - Video game publisher SouthPeak Interactive
has secured a new $10 million line of credit with financial services firm
Rosenthal & Rosenthal.
The line, which...
