News tagged with investment fund
California leads green tech funding, reduces greenhouse emissions
California has had remarkable success in developing and deploying clean technology, using it to help fuel the state's economic rebound and drive its effort to cut greenhouse gas emissions, even as its population continues ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
May 16, 2012 |
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IBM partners with Brazil billionaire Batista's EBX
US computer giant IBM has signed a deal to purchase 20 percent of a subsidiary of Brazilian billionaire Eike Batista's EBX group in exchange for a $1 billion contract, the companies announced.
Apr 05, 2012 |
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Economists demonstrate one size does not fit all for microfinance programs
Large-scale microfinance programs are widely used as a tool to fight poverty in developing countries, but a recent study from the Consortium on Financial Systems and Poverty suggests that they can have varying results for ...
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
Mar 21, 2012 |
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Japan electronic giants eye chip merger: reports
Three of Japan's biggest electronics companies are to join forces in a chip-making venture, according to reports, days after a swathe of dire results from a sector struggling to compete globally.
Feb 08, 2012 |
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Money managers, analysts comment on Facebook IPO
Facebook is finally going public. For investors lucky enough to get in on the IPO, the question is simple: Is this going to be the mother lode that puts their kids through college? Or an over-hyped dud?
Feb 02, 2012 |
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Construction starts on new marine research vessel
Construction of Australia's new $120 million Marine National Facility research vessel, Investigator has started in Singapore.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jan 31, 2012 |
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Sony, Toshiba and Hitachi sign joint venture deal
Sony, Toshiba and Hitachi on Tuesday said they had signed a deal to merge their small and medium-sized liquid crystal display businesses for smartphones and tablet computers.
Nov 15, 2011 |
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Nearly half of hedge funds' voluntary disclosures are 'unreliable'
(PhysOrg.com) -- New research by Oxford University and Duke University suggests that voluntary disclosures by hedge funds about their monthly investment performance are unreliable. The researchers tracked changes to statements ...
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
Nov 07, 2011 |
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Yahoo ad exec deflects talk about becoming CEO
(AP) -- The head of Yahoo's online advertising business in North America said Monday he has been too busy trying to bring in more revenue to consider whether he would be willing to become the struggling Internet ...
Oct 18, 2011 |
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Yahoo co-founder urged to help oust chairman
(AP) -- A major Yahoo shareholder seeking to oust Chairman Roy Bostock is urging company co-founder Jerry Yang to join the crusade.
Sep 14, 2011 |
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Possible CEOs to succeed Carol Bartz at Yahoo
(AP) -- The search has now begun for a person willing to lead one of the world's most popular Internet properties, Yahoo Inc., whose problems have deepened under its three previous leaders.
Sep 07, 2011 |
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Research reveals why hedge funds are an unlikely large source of systemic risk
The Journal of Financial Economics recently published a paper by Andrew Ang, Chair, Ann F. Kaplan Professor of Business and Chair, Finance and Economics Division at Columbia Business School; Sergiy Gorovyy, PhD candidate, Columb ...
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
Jul 28, 2011 |
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Facebook sells $6.6 million in shares to fund
Facebook has sold about $6.6 million worth of its shares to the investment fund GSV Capital Corp. as the company is believed to be preparing for an initial public offering next year.
Jun 28, 2011 |
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Wealthfront lets regular folks invest like the rich
Startup Wealthfront has revamped its online service to give middle- and lower-income people in the United States investment tools typically reserved for the rich to make profit on their money.
Oct 20, 2010 |
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Biomedical research policy needed for therapies, economic growth, education and security
Bold and coordinated leadership at the federal level is essential to create secure, long-term, sustainable biomedical research funding policies based on strategic priorities, say the authors of a commentary about America's ...
Sep 02, 2010 |
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