May 19, 2013

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Avast Software Gets $100 Million Invest From Summit Partners

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AVAST Software, developers of the world’s most popular antivirus program, today announced that growth equity investor Summit Partners has invested $100 million for a minority stake in the company. With the investment, Summit Partners has acquired a minority stake in the company, which markets its popular antivirus software based on a freemium model. “Summit Partners’ [...]

Viacom Profit Increases by 52% But Misses the Revenue Estimates

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Viacom Inc posted a higher-than-expected quarterly profit on Thursday on cost cuts and improved advertising sales, but a decline in DVD sales caused revenue to miss Wall Street estimates. The results, released Thursday, marked a full year of rising profits for Viacom. Coming out of a recession that put a huge dent in the budgets [...]