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Restaurant management platform Toast raises $250 million at $2.7 billion valuation

Point-of-sale (POS) technology might not be the sexiest of sectors, but it is a vital cog in the commercial wheel for the restaurant and retail industries. And that is why venture capitalists (VCs) and Wall Street have a certain affinity for POS startups.

After raising nearly $ 600 million in VC cash, Jack Dorsey’s Square went public in 2015at an IPO price of $ 9, and today its shares are…

Emotional wellness startup Aura raises $2.7 million from Cowboy Ventures and Reach Capital

Aura, an app for emotional well-being, has raised a $ 2.7 million seed round co-led by Cowboy Ventures and Reach Capital, with participation from others.

When Aurafirst launched a couple of years ago, its bread and butter was short, three-to-seven-minute meditations based on your current mood — be that stressed, anxious, happy or sad. Since then, co-founders Steve and Daniel Lee say the company…

Johnson & Johnson to sell sterilization unit to Fortive for $2.7 billion

Johnson & Johnson said on Wednesday that Fortive had offered to buy its medical sterilization unit for about $ 2.7 billion in cash.

J&J has been reviewing its portfolio of businesses and had recently said it was nearing a sale of its diabetes device unit for $ 2.1 billion.

At the same time, the company has been building its drug pipeline and last year acquired Swiss biotech company Actelion in…

Claire's CEO made $2.7 million the year before the company filed for bankruptcy

Claire’s filed for bankruptcy in March.Business Insider/Mary Hanbury

Claire’s filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy prote… Business Insider

Fortive offers $2.7 bln for J&J unit's sterilization business

June 6 (Reuters) – Fortive Corp said on Wednesday it made a binding offer to Johnson & Johnson subsidiary Ethicon Inc to buy its medical sterilization and disinfection products business for about $ 2.7 billion in cash.

The industrial company plans to finance the acquisition by issuing debt or equity and with available cash and said it expects the acquisition to add to adjusted earnings in the…

DC rates hiked 22.8% on average for non-landed residential use, 2.7% for commercial use

Wed, Feb 28, 2018 – 5:50 PM THE government is raising development charge (DC) rates for non-landed residential use by 22.8 per cent on average. It is also increasing DC rates for commercial use by an average of 2.7 per cent. DC is payable for enhancing the use of some sites or to build bigger projects on them. The latest DC rates are for the period Mar 1, 2018 to Aug 31, 2018. The Ministry of…

Eurostat reported that euro area gross domestic product (GDP) rose 2.7% in the fourth quarter, compared to the same quarter in 2016. That means the growth of the once deeply recession-plagued economy has caught up to the U.S. expansion rate. In specific, Eurostat reported: Compared with the same quarter of the previous year, seasonally adjusted GDP rose by 2.7% in the euro area and by 2.6% in the…