ProSieben already owns stake in Parship Elite, a successful German dating business

Planet Business: Also this week, liveable cities and the ‘Reed Hastings rule’

The social network has many advantages but the market is crowded

Planet Business: in May Day week, some people are ‘in the money’, others not so much

Shares of Tinder parent group slide as Zuckerberg seeks to help network’s 200m singles

Net Results: Geo-corporate mating ritual takes place oblivious of potential downsides

CloudKPI to participate in Women’s Startup Lab in Silicon Valley as it expands into US

Four newspapers knew of relationship with dominatrix but did not publish the story

John Whittingdale had made a number of favourable press decisions in recent times

We can write a wish list – and weed out unsuitables – but research shows we are terrible at knowing what we actually want in a mate, so does online dating make it any easier to find Ms or Mr Right?

If confirmed, results will be huge disappointment for far-right leader

There has never been a better time for European tech investos say

Result bucks trend of IPOs which are trading down about 5%

Mobile phone company’s strong opening offered hope to start-ups hoping to go public

Match Group plans to raise about $403.7 million in an initial public offering

Michael Birch and his wife, Xochi, sold Bebo for $850m. Now their latest platform, Blab, is beginning to take off

The ‘terror’ a cheating spouse experiences as they fear being found out is not remotely equatable with suicide bombings or crashing a plane

Svenja Stahl and Colin Hayes tied the knot at Kinnitty Castle in Offaly

Some 80% of PlentyOfFish members access the service via mobile

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