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Marc Chandler submits:The pressures on Greece continue to increase and this fact is reflected in the credit default swaps and the country's interest rate spread over Germany. Indeed, that is a key development in the euro zone (Read More)
Venture Capital News:
Nov. 23 -- Alan Patricof, founder and managing partner of Greycroft Partners LP, talks with Bloomberg's Betty Liu, Jon Erlichman and Adam Johnson about venture capital funding. (Read More)
www.guardian.co.uk:
• Chief executive says falling carbon price stifling investment• Call for government action to support new technologyShell's new chief executive has called on governments to intervene in carbon markets, the first time the Ang (Read More)
guardian.co.uk Politics:
• Aim would be to restore trust after expenses row• Emergency budget as soon as June if Cameron winsA new Conservative government may keep parliament sitting through next August in an attempt to show its determination to impl (Read More)
L.A. Times - Opinion Blog:
The New York Times reports that conservatives have been drawing up a 10-point checklist -- to be printed on litmus paper? -- against which the Republican National Committee should measure prospective GOP candidates. There's (Read More)
Reason Magazine - Hit & Run:
It's been widely reported that Sen. Mary Landrieu got a nine-figure handout for her state in order to secure her vote on a procedural motion for health care reform. But Landrieu's deal isn't the only one. According to Th (Read More)
Reason Magazine - Hit & Run:
As the holiday travel rush approaches, air travelers grounded by delays should take a moment to think about why they're stuck in airports or on the tarmac. There's a good chance Washington is to b (Read More)
Wall Street Journal:
Two early Facebook employees on Tuesday said they received venture funding for a startup that’s developing an online service for businesses. But Dustin Moskovitz, who co-founded the social networking site, and Justin Rosenste (Read More)
CNET News.com:
The second wave of government smart-grid funding totals $620 million to install network-savvy grid equipment and to test utility-scale storage. (Read More)
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed:
DETROIT — A Swedish specialty automaker has backed out of a deal to buy Saab from General Motors Co., casting serious doubt on the future of the troubled brand.Koenigsegg Group AB said Tuesday it has decided to end the deal, (Read More)
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The Louisiana Democratic Party, in a rather humorous and bold press release on Tuesday, called for Senator David Vitter (R-La.) to denounce conservatives who have called his fellow Sen. Mary Landrieu (D) a prostitute for her (Read More)
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed:
The following article was produced by the Raw Story and written by David Edwards and John Byrne.The latest trend in the Republican Party is an effort to weed out moderates -- witness New York Republicans' successful effort to (Read More)
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Even yet another goofy start-up name did not prevent Asana--the productivity software start-up founded by former Facebookers Dustin Moskovitz and Justin Rosenstein--from nabbing $9 million in funding from Benchmark Capital an (Read More)
All Things Digital:
Even yet another goofy Silicon Valley name did not prevent Asana–the workplace productivity software start-up founded by former Facebookers Dustin Moskovitz and Justin Rosenstein–from nabbing $9 million in funding from Benchm (Read More)
ClusterStock:
Americans have a truly depressingly low level of financial literacy, raising questions about whether many of our fellow citizens have the basic cognitive skills necessary to prosper in a complex modern economy.Can anything be (Read More)
VentureBeat:
For those of you awaiting the next generation of personal assistants, San Jose startup Siri, who’s product aims to be a virtual personal assistant (VPA), has just raised $15.5 million in round two funding from Menlo Ventures (Read More)
readwriteweb:
According to a statement made today by Twitter's co-founder Biz Stone, the company is interested in acquiring more companies to expand upon their current core set of features. At a news conference held in Tel Aviv, Stone was (Read More)
paidContent:UK:
Channel 4’s 4iP fund is continuing its pattern of investing in projects that “keep an eye on money and power” by funding Northern Ireland’s best-known political blog, Slugger O’ (Read More)
paidContent:UK:
Combining two of the digital investment world’s sweet spots—Russia and social games—Russian online games developer Nival is close to securing $5 million (£3 million) in funding (Read More)
The Post Money Value:
In between pounding on my product and getting ready for our beta (if you have a BlackBerry Device and are interested, email me), I've been trying to hold true to the giving back/pay it forward philosophies by meeting with the (Read More)