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Professional social network operator LinkedIn Corp (LNKD.N) said it would buy privately held online education company lynda.com in a cash-and-stock deal valued at about $1.5 billion.
Etsy Inc, which operates a website that sells handmade goods and craft supplies, said its initial public offering was expected to be priced at $14-$16 per share, Reuters News reported.
Swiss drugmaker Novartis is digging deeper into the world of cancer immunotherapy - one of the hottest areas of drug research - through a tie-up with California-based Aduro Biotech worth up to $750 million, Reuters News reported.
A California jury ruled Friday to clear venture capital firm Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield and Byers of gender discrimination in a lawsuit brought by a former woman partner, but the judge ordered jurors to resume deliberations on a claim of retaliation, Reuters reported.
Jurors began deliberating on Wednesday on a high profile lawsuit brought by a former Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers partner who alleges she suffered gender discrimination and retaliation at the storied venture firm, Reuters News reported.
U.S. regulators adopted a new rule Wednesday that will scale back the states' powers to police some public stock offerings, a move that advocates say will spur more capital-raising and critics claim could lead to more fraud.
Helpling, an online marketplace for hiring home cleaners backed by Germany's Rocket Internet, said on Wednesday it had raised an additional 43 million euros ($47 million) from a group of top-name European investors, including Rocket.
Uber Technologies Inc, the online ride-hailing company, has entered into a "strategic partnership" with India's Times Internet, as it looks to expand operations in its largest market outside the United States, Reuters News reported.
Japanese online retailer Rakuten Inc is buying U.S. eBook company OverDrive Inc for about $410 million, deepening its push into the U.S. market and into the "sharing economy," Reuters News reported.
Photo-sharing application company Pinterest has raised $367 million in its latest round of funding, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday.