The US Federal Trade Commission has joined two US states to seek an injunction blocking the merger of the corporate-backed daily fantasy sports companies.

The financial services firm has approved four companies to join its regulatory sandbox, enabling the businesses to launch their financial services.

The leadership society will serve as a vehicle to connect corporate venturing units to contacts within the governments of countries in which CVCs wish to invest, and will also act as a local contact point for nascent corporate venturing networks.

The taxi and limousine services provider joined corporates Recruit and Kyoto Bank in the latest funding round for the Dentsu-backed robo-adviser.

The size of the suit represents the amount Walgreens had invested in the beleaguered blood testing company, once valued at $9bn.

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The HR software provider has raised the stake issued in May 2015 through the $500m Comcast-backed round from 11% to 25% in the wake of a regulatory scandal.