Advent International has raised $17.5 billion for its largest fund yet, exceeding its target by $1.5 billion as return-hungry investors plow cash into private equity. The firm closed Advent International GPE IX LP at its hard cap — the maximum size allowed — after …
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Apple is looking to acquire self-driving shuttle service Drive.ai in its latest move into the autonomous vehicle space, The Information reported Wednesday. Apple has long eyed the automotive space, even bidding to buy Tesla several years ago, according to …
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“Worldwide Online Accounting Tools Market offers exhaustive experiences into the business patterns, development drivers, significant challenges,
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Alphabet Inc.’s GOOG -0.26% Google has reached a deal to acquire Looker, a business-intelligence software and big-data analytics platform, for $2.6 billion in cash. As part of the deal, Looker, which is based in Santa Cruz, Calif., will join Google Cloud, …
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Tourism in Northern Ireland remains on track to be a £1bn industry by 2020, the latest official figures suggest. Estimated spending in 2018 was £968m across five million overnight trips. Tourism numbers can be difficult to measure accurately from year to year …
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