[C4.] Qwest Raises Offer for MCI Qwest Communications has raised its takeover offer for MCI by 9percentto to $30 a share, in its latest effort to wrest control of the long-distance carrier from Verizon Communications.
Proof that online fashion remains a hot space, StylistPick, the fashion buying site that offers members a personalised offer each month, has raised $8 million in a Series A round co-led by Accel Partners and Index Ventures.
The company, which just recently turned down an acquisition offer from Google, has raised $171 million to date, much of it taken off the table by founders and execs.
The company, which also offers wiki software, has raised a total of $14 million to date from rockstar angel investors like Marc Andreessen, Joi Ito, and Ron Conway, as well as Bessemer Venture Partners, the Omidyar Network and Amazon.
Groupon recently turned down an offer from Google, and has raised over $1.13 billion to date when you include the amount on this form.
ViViDoctor, a healthtech startup out of Brussels that offers teleconsultations with doctors, has raised €400,000 in seed funding as it continues to sell its service into hospitals.
Carillion has raised its offer for Balfour Beatty for the third time, offering new terms that value its rival at more than £2bn.
Disney has raised its offer for most of 21CF to $38bn per share, up from a previous offer of $28 per share.
Each has raised its offer at least once.
Since then, Oracle has raised its offer twice, most recently to $26 a share.
