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Incorporated Click here o Sunnyvale-Based Yahoo Hires Katie Couric to Expand Online News o Mountain View-Based Coursera Raises $20 Million in Funding o Cupertino-Based Silverblue Invests $400,000 in Korea's Coinplug o Rate of IT Employment Growth Continues to Slow in October o Carlyle Closes New $13 Billion U.S. Buyout Fund o Briefly Noted: NetSuite, Silver Spring Networks, eASIC _____________________________________________ > Job/Event/Marketplace Classified Listings (Full Listings Below Stories) --California-based Marketing Representative --Enterprise Connect – March 17-20, 2014 --Corporate Food-Service - Catering to Cafe Management --Keys to a Successful Responsive Website Redesign: A Guidebook for Marketers --ModevEast Dec 12-13 - 100+ Speakers - Mobile Conference --Investment Adviser Executive --Digital Entertainment World: Register Now and Save $200 --Free Whitepaper: TechRadar for Digital Customer Experience Technologies --Search Services Without a Fee --TelcoVision Conference - Las Vegas --Advertise on Bay Area Tech Wire and Reach More than 6,000 Subscribers Ad Descriptions Below Briefly Noted Section Post Job/Event/Marketplace ad: http://www.bayareatechwire.com _____________________________________________ o Sunnyvale-Based Yahoo Hires Katie Couric to Expand Online News Sunnyvale, Calif. -- Preparing to make a major push into online video news, Sunnyvale-based Yahoo on Monday hired longtime network news anchor and television host Katie Couric as its "global anchor." Beginning next year, Couric will help develop Yahoo's news coverage, which the company said will include reports on live world events and interviews with major newsmakers. "News is a definitive daily habit for our users -- and Katie will work with our talented editorial team to pioneer a new chapter of digital journalism," said CEO Marissa Mayer. Couris, who previously spent five years as anchor of the CBS Evening News and 15 years as co-host of NBC's Today, also will continue to host her syndicated daytime talk show, Katie. "Joining Yahoo offers a tremendous opportunity to reach people all around the world in the way that they're using and consuming media today," said Couric. http://investor.yahoo.net/ReleaseDetail.cfm?&ReleaseID=809433 _____________________________________________ o Mountain View-Based Coursera Raises $20 Million in Funding Mountain View, Calif. -- Coursera, the Mountain View-based developer of an online education platform, said it has raised $20 million in a new tranche of funding, expanding its second round to $63 million. Participants included three universities that offer courses through the platform, as well as previous backers GSV Capital and Learn Capital. The company said it will use the financing to build out its content for students and expand its product and recruiting teams. "Over the past year, we've dedicated much of our effort to expanding Coursera's course offerings and channels of access to give our growing student population more opportunities to learn," said co-founder Daphne Koller. "Now… we're excited to see Coursera grow." Coursera's community currently encompasses more than 100 institutional partners, 700 professors and 5.5 million learners. http://www.coursera.org http://finance.yahoo.com/news/coursera-secures-20-million-additional-174908640.html;_ylt=A2KJ3Cfsx5NSzTQASdrQtDMD _____________________________________________ o Cupertino-Based Silverblue Invests $400,000 in Korea's Coinplug Cupertino, Calif. -- Silverblue, a Cupertino-based investment firm, said on Monday it has invested $400,000 in Coinplug, a Korea-based Bitcoin startup founded in June. Coinplug offers services that help Asian merchants accept Bitcoin virtual currency. The company, which has a Silicon Valley engineering team, said it will use the funds to develop an online and mobile Bitcoin trading platform initially serving Korean users. Silverblue is led by CEO KH Joo, the founder of ExiO Communications, which was acquired by Cisco in 2001. http://coinplug.com/ http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20131125005080/en/Coinplug-Bitcoin-Startup-Announces-400000-Investment-Silverblue _____________________________________________ o Rate of IT Employment Growth Continues to Slow in October Alexandria, Va. -- U.S. information technology employment grew for the 26th straight month in October, though the rate of growth continued to slow. The number of new IT jobs increased 0.04% to 4.51 million, according to the TechServe Alliance, a national trade association for the IT and engineering staffing industry. "While demand for IT professionals and engineers remains relatively robust, the rate of employment growth for both groups has continued to slow," said Mark Roberts, CEO of the TechServe Alliance. "The deceleration is no doubt attributable at least in part to the government shutdown for more than half of the month of October, which precipitated an atmosphere of uncertainty within the business community." The complete report is at the link below. http://www.techservealliance.org/pressroom/documents/IndexreleaseNovember2013.pdf (PDF) _____________________________________________ o Carlyle Closes New $13 Billion U.S. Buyout Fund Washington, DC -- Private equity giant Carlyle Group said on Monday it has closed a new $13 billion fund that will invest in corporate buyouts and minority stakes. The fund, known as Carlyle Partners VI, will focus on six U.S. industries -- aerospace, defense and government services, consumer and retail, healthcare, industrial and transportation, telecom and media, and technology. All told, 269 investors from 43 countries committed capital to the fund, which Carlyle original targeted at $10 billion. The firm's previous U.S. buyout fund, which closed in 2008, invested in such companies as Axalta Coating Systems, Beats Electronics, Booz Allen Hamilton and Pharmaceutical Product Development (PPD). http://www.carlyle.com http://www.carlyle.com/news-room/news-release-archive/carlyle-group-closes-carlyle-partners-vi-13-billion _____________________________________________ o Briefly Noted: (San Mateo, Calif.) San Mateo-based NetSuite, a developer of cloud-based financial, ERP and commerce software, on Monday named Gerard Paul-Clark as the vice president and representative director of NetSuite K.K., the company's Japanese operations. Paul-Clark most recently served as the country manager for Raritan Japan, and previously was the vice president of sales and business operations for Software AG in Tokyo. http://www.netsuite.com/portal/press/releases/nlpr11-25-13a.shtml (Redwood City, Calif.) Redwood City-based Silver Spring Networks, a provider of smart grid technology to electric utilities, on Monday named Peter Van Camp to its board of directors. Van Camp, has served as the executive chairman of Equinix since 2007, and previously served as that company's CEO. http://www.silverspringnet.com/article/silver-spring-networks-appoints-peter-van-camp-executive-chairman-of-equinix-to-its-board-of-directors/#.UpO8dtKsiSo (Santa Clara, Calif.) Santa Clara-based eASIC, a developer of application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs), on Monday named Edward Frank to its board of directors. 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