NY Post:
Former Vivendi SA Chief Executive Officer Jean-Marie Messier called claims that he defrauded investors "outrageous" during his testimony yesterday at a jury trial in Manhattan. "It is just outrageous to say I engineered inv (Read More)
Submitted by mogston
from blog:
For our last discussion at the RealTime CrunchUp, we've got a panel on actually generating revenue from these services. Participating in the discussion are some of the Valley's top VCs and veterans of the space.Brian Singerm (Read More)
Wall Street Journal:
The market for initial public offerings is thawing, but retail investors shouldn't expect to find access to this notoriously exclusive market any easier -- though a few back doors are open for those who know where to look. (Read More)
Huffington Post:
CHICAGO — Sun-Times Media Group, which was recently sold out of bankruptcy to an investor group, said Friday it named John Barron to the newly created group publisher position and as senior vice president of news and editoria (Read More)
The Guardian:
Commodities soared and emerging markets took off, but the average small investor missed out, says Patrick CollinsonIt invests in goldmines – and it became a goldmine. Every £1,000 invested in BlackRock Gold & General at the b (Read More)
Submitted by mogston
from blog:
The sudden surge in interest in Android (largely due to all of the hype surrounding the Droid) has caused a lot of developers to reconsider the platform. Atleast one major development house, however, isn't impressed.Earlier (Read More)
Wall Street Journal:
Federal securities and futures regulators struck a deal that could pave the way for Eurex to offer U.S. investors access to its VDAX-NEW volatility index, a European measure of investor anxiety. (Read More)
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed:
Last year, Peter Norback was looking for a way to do a service for his community. "Just before the election, Barack Obama was talking about community service. I had thought about that for years," said the 67-year-old resident (Read More)
Submitted by magitam
from Google Reader:
All week, Startuphire.com and the National Venture Capital Association have been sending out press releases highlighting the U.S. jobs created this year by venture-backed companies — more than 35,000 to date.They also asked e (Read More)
Submitted by mogston
from blog:
This is our third guest post written by a London-based VC. To allow them to speak plainly without jeopardising their fund or their career in the small village that is the London VC scene, I'm allowing them to post anonymously (Read More)
Submitted by genwright
from blog:
If you purchase domain names on a regular basis and find that you are buying in quantities of a hundred or more you should look into buying in bulk. You are a domain investor. Domain investors typically buy and hold for lon (Read More)
VentureBeat:
French mobile phone games publisher Gameloft said it is giving up on the Google Android platform.The company said it is cutting back investment in making games and other apps for Android-based cell phones, even though Android (Read More)
washingtonpost.com - U.S. Economy:
-- Canadian investor Arthur Wong is buying condos in Las Vegas and Phoenix like a shopper at Costco: In bulk, with slashed prices.
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Wall Street Journal:
Tech issues fell across the board Friday, sparked by investor disappointment over Dell's latest earnings report. MarketWatch's Dan Gallagher reports from San Francisco.
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Submitted by mogston
from blog:
This is our third guest post written by a London-based VC. To allow them to speak plainly without jeopardising their fund or their career in the small village that is the London VC scene, I'm allowing them to post anonymously (Read More)
The Daily Swarm - Headlines:
paidContent:The relevant part: “to enable Rhapsody to operate more independently of either party. If these discussions result in a definitive agreement, RealNetworks may agree, among other things, to adjust the corpora (Read More)
Submitted by magitam
from Google Reader:
How can a firm that never loses money be so totally wrong?Just this Monday, Goldman Sachs helped to gap the markets higher at the open in low-volume futures trading with the following pronouncement: "Goldman Sachs resumes cov (Read More)
guardian.co.uk Sport:
• Williams: 'I have no reason to stop at this time in my life'• New shareholder Wolff a 'very shrewd businessman'Frank Williams has sold a minority stake in his multiple championship-winning Formula One team for the first tim (Read More)
The Guardian:
The contenders who could take over from Marc Bolland as he moves to M&SRichard Pennycook Morrisons' no-nonsense finance director joined before Marc Bolland (below), when it was in freefall following the botched takeover of Sa (Read More)
Paul Kedrosky's Infectious Greed:
I’m so clever. Back in December I wrote here that Bernie Madoff’s results, far from being pulled from his hat, showed every sign of having been generated by a randomizing algorithm. My analysis suggested that – based on Benfo (Read More)