The venture capital investing boom has sent billions of dollars to startups that serve the upper crust of society with an app to deliver your laundry or order a valet to park your car, yet many VCs continue to resist investing ...
Business
Sep 2, 2015
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Companies searching for cures for cancer and testing treatments for crippling genetic diseases are capturing the interest of venture capitalists - and their money - more than at any time in the last seven years.
Business
May 28, 2015
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SurveyMonkey, a popular online survey service, announced Monday it has raised $250 million in capital to help fund expansion plans.
Business
Dec 15, 2014
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If you owned two companies in the same industry, would you make them compete? Probably not, knowing the firms make higher profits if they don't.
Business
Oct 15, 2014
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In a new study, a University of Missouri researcher has found that institutional mutual fund investors tend to invest in companies that have an independent board of directors because it is perceived as a "safer" option, even ...
Economics & Business
Oct 22, 2013
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(Phys.org) —A new series of reports based on research conducted at the University of Kansas shows that young people who have savings from an early age are more likely to maintain positive relationships with financial institutions, ...
Economics & Business
Sep 17, 2013
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How do institutional investors react to customer satisfaction with companies on the stock market? A research group run by Jaakko Aspara, who is a professor in the Department of Marketing at Aalto University School of Business ...
Economics & Business
Aug 29, 2013
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Roku, the streaming video device maker, has raised $60 million in its sixth round of funding. Media giant Hearst Corp. and an unnamed institutional investor joined News Corp. and its subsidiary British Sky Broadcasting in ...
Business
May 29, 2013
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As Alibaba chief Jack Ma steps aside after building the world's largest online retailer, the Chinese firm is preparing a huge stock offer prompting comparisons with Facebook—whose profits it dwarfs.
Business
May 9, 2013
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Ever wonder why CEOs at poorly performing companies continue to receive exorbitant pay packages? According to a study from a University of Illinois labor professor, firms that trumpet how much they value shareholders actually ...
Economics & Business
Feb 6, 2013
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