March 10, 2015
Two US Mall Operators Gearing Up For A Takeover Fight

Indianapolis-based company Simon Property has launched a hostile bid to acquire rival Macerich for $22.4 billion. If the deal manages to go through, two of the U.S.’s three largest shopping...

March 06, 2015
Germany Tops US, UK in Global Retail Market

Germany is where retailers want to be. According to a study released Wednesday (March 4) by Los Angeles-based commercial real estate company CBRE, 40 percent of the retailers surveyed named...

March 06, 2015
Is Alternative Lending Becoming A Trillion-Dollar Marketplace?

Now that lending marketplaces are a proven financial business model, startups are beginning to push it out to serve very specific lending niches, in what is expected to be a...

March 02, 2015
The Gender Differences Among SME Owners

Information services and analytics company Experian has revealed finds of a new study that explored the differences in payment behavior and credit management by male and female small business owners....

February 24, 2015
SBA Connects SMEs with Funding With New Online Portal

As the U.S. Small Business Administration recognizes the continual need for startup capital among the nation’s SMEs, the government agency has just launched a new way for small businesses to...

February 15, 2015
US: FTC will not block Zillow-Trulia merger

The Federal Trade Commission has completed its investigation of Zillow’s acquisition of Trulia and will not block the deal, which is expected to close as early as Tuesday. The federal...

February 10, 2015
India: Watchdog’s second probe in two days against DLF

Fair trade watchdog, the CCI ordered a second probe in two days against Delhi-headquartered real estate giant DLF, after finding the company to have prima-facie abused its dominant position. In...

February 10, 2015
Did Chinese Bitcoin Trading Site Go Bankrupt And Lose $386M?

MyCoin.hk, a bitcoin trading and investment site based out of Hong Kong, has reportedly lost $396.9 million (HK $3 billion) worth of its customers’ bitcoins and has fell into bankruptcy,...

February 10, 2015
The Small Business E-Commerce Edge

Whether it be the “Netflix of Fashion,” the “Amazon of China,” or the “Google of Russia,” startups often sit in the shadow of their mega–company counterparts until they define their own distinct audience....