News tagged with investment firm
Samsung Group to invest record $41.56 bln this year
South Korea's Samsung Group announced it would invest a record 47.8 trillion won ($41.56 billion) this year and hire an all-time high of 26,000 new employees despite global economic gloom.
Jan 17, 2012 |
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Google, KKR invest in California solar project
Online search and advertising giant Google is teaming with investment firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. to develop four solar energy farms serving the Sacramento Municipal Utility District in California.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Dec 20, 2011 |
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Internet stock slips raise fears of new bubble
Quick cooling of hot stock market debuts by Internet darlings such as Groupon has fed fears of another speculative bubble as social networking star Facebook prepares to go public.
Nov 30, 2011 |
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Berkshire buys 5 pct of IBM, takes other stakes
(AP) -- Warren Buffett said Monday that his company has spent $10.7 billion to buy more than 5 percent of IBM's stock this year, a surprising move by the billionaire investor who has long shied away from ...
Nov 14, 2011 |
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Microsoft-led group readies Yahoo! offer: report
US software giant Microsoft and private investors are assembling a multi-billion-dollar offer to purchase Yahoo!, the Wall Street Journal reported Thursday.
Oct 20, 2011 |
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Venture investments grow in 3Q from last year
(AP) -- Venture capitalists invested more money in more U.S. startups in the third quarter than they did a year earlier - especially in the software industry.
Oct 19, 2011 |
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Rising Twitter valued at $8 bn: report
The US micro-blogging website Twitter is gaining value and is now worth an estimated $8 billion, the New York Times reported Friday.
Jul 08, 2011 |
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RIM shareholder calls for separate CEO, chairman
(AP) -- BlackBerry maker Research in Motion Ltd. is already struggling to keep up with rivals such as Apple Inc. Now it faces another challenge: dissident shareholders who are calling for changes in how the company is run.
Jun 11, 2011 |
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Venture capital investments decline in 4th qtr
(AP) -- Venture capitalists invested less money in U.S. startups in the fourth quarter and showed signs of spreading out those fewer dollars among more companies, reflecting continued caution amid uncertainty about the economy.
Jan 22, 2010 |
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Entrepreneurs face venture capital funding drought
The number of US venture capital firms that raised new investment money sank to a 15-year low in the last fiscal quarter as a drought of funding threatened innovation around the world.
Oct 13, 2009 |
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Twitter to raise $100 mln in new funding: WSJ
Twitter is close to raising up to 100 million dollars in new funding in a deal which values the hot micro-blogging service at one billion dollars, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday.
Sep 24, 2009 |
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Offer puts value of at least $6.5B on Facebook
(AP) -- How much is Facebook worth? A Russian investment firm appears to put it at $6.5 billion to $10 billion.
Jul 13, 2009 |
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Google launches venture capital fund (Update)
Google is searching for good ideas.
Mar 31, 2009 |
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