Small Business
Angry Birds maker hopes Bad Piggies will help it fly again
HELSINKI - Angry Birds-maker Rovio Entertainment will be hoping to prove it's no one-hit wonder when it launches Bad Piggies on Thursday, just as players seem to be tiring of the game they've been addicted to for the past three years. | Video
Management Tip of the Day: Are myths holding your firm back?
BOSTON - The most subtle and pernicious barriers to innovation at your company could be an unwillingness to challenge the seemingly positive myths about what has made your organization successful in the first place, says Harvard Business Review.
Swift action needed to save world's declining fisheries-study
OSLO - Swift action is required to save many of the world's fisheries that are declining faster than expected, a study in a leading scientific journal shows.
Physicians Formula agrees to go private for $75 million
- Cosmetics company Physicians Formula Holdings Inc said it will be bought by privately held peer Markwins International Corp for about $75 million in cash.
Summit Midstream IPO priced at $20 a share
- Summit Midstream Partners LP, a provider of natural gas and compression services, said it priced its IPO of 12.5 million common shares at $20 each, raising up to $250 million.
Solar company with U.S. loan guarantee opens factory
PORTLAND - U.S. solar start-up SoloPower opened the doors of its first factory on Thursday, a key milestone toward allowing the company to collect on a $197 million government loan guarantee.
FLSmidth says wins $48 million Venezuela contract
COPENHAGEN - Danish engineering group FLSmidth & Co A/S on Thursday said it had won a contract in Venezuela worth $48 million for engineering, supply and installation of a feeding system for an aluminum smelter.
Cash America to shut jewelry-only pawn shops in Mexico
- Pawn and payday lender Cash America International Inc said it plans to close its jewelry-only pawn shops in Mexico and will operate only full-service pawn shops in the country, as it looks to cut losses.
Heineken wins Tiger battle; focus shifts to F&N; fight
SINGAPORE/BRUSSELS - Heineken NV won full control of the maker of Tiger beer in a S$7.9 billion ($6.4 billion) deal on Friday, ending a two-month battle aimed at strengthening the Dutch brewer's position in fast-growing Asian beer markets.
IBM aims for Amazon, Salesforce.com with midsize cloud plan: WSJ
- International Business Machines Corp will announce on Wednesday that it will ramp up efforts to sell cloud computing services to midsize businesses, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday.
SBA says small business lending up, but some feeling left out
This week Small Business Administration chief Karen Mills gave America’s top banks a pat on the back for boosting their lending to small businesses over the last 12 months, while separate data showed that funding for the most needy small businesses actually contracted.
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