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The second quarter of this year saw the most U.S. venture funding since the dotcom boom days, according to data from Thomson Reuters and the National Venture Capital Association.

There has already been more venture capital poured into digital currency bitcoin this year than all of the last year, CoinDesk data shows. In fact, $113 million has been invested into bitcoin startups in 2014.

Yelp reported a 61% increase from the same period last year with $89 million in revenue for the 2Q, beating analysts' estimates of $86 million.

Uber will probably be worth its ginormous valuation someday, but it might be in for a rough ride between now and then. 

The billionaire investor divulges to FOX Business why he gobbled up $19 million worth of bitcoin last month. 

The secret sauce for turning around Twitter may lie among the world’s most inconspicuous small businesses.

Amaya Inc Chief Executive David Baazov was taking an indefinite paid leave of absence, the Canadian gambling website operator said, a week after Baazov was charged with insider trading by Quebec's securities regulator.

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Virtual reality company Oculus started shipping its highly awaited Rift headsets from Monday, about two years after the company was acquired by social media giant Facebook Inc.

In one of the more bizarre twists in the Bitcoin phenomenon, this week one user of the virtual currency handed out tips worth thousands of dollars to total strangers.

Bitcoin’s largest exchange revealed plans to halt trading for about 12 hours to allow a “cool down” after an incredible 61% meltdown in the value of the virtual currency.

After a12-hour trading halt, the Bitcoin exchange suffered another powerful cyber attack and the virtual currency suffered another steep tumble.

Digital currencies such as Bitcoin and customer-reward points are now legal forms of payment in the state of California.

Another drop in China's currency sent global stocks lower on Wednesday as the move raised worries about weakness in the world's second-largest economy.

Three years on, a much-watched deal to settle a sales tax collection dispute between Texas and Amazon.com appears to have benefited both sides, according to an analysis published Sunday by The Austin American-Statesman.

Michigan voters would be asked to approve a 1 percentage point hike in the 6 percent state sales tax as part of an estimated $1.6 billion road and school funding deal announced Thursday by Gov. Rick Snyder and legislative leaders.

Amazon.com is fighting an effort by the FTC to change the e-commerce giant’s policies on inadvertent purchases made through mobile applications.

A federal judge in New York granted class certification on Friday to a group of consumers who sued Apple Inc for conspiring with five major publishers to fix e-book prices in violation of antitrust law.

Bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox filed for bankruptcy Friday, losing nearly half-a-billion dollars worth of bitcoins, in a major blow to the crypto currency. 

The Bitcoin Foundation, an organization devoted to protecting and promoting the digital currency, reportedly provided information this week that aided a probe into Mt. Gox.