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Al Gore, climate change profits and civil disobedience
in Sox First, on November 9, 2009
... global warming. As the New York Times reported last week, as a partner in Silicon Valley venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers , he has cleaned up big time with its investments in ...
Goldman Sachs and God
in Sox First, on November 9, 2009
...rk". "We’re very important," Blankfein says. "We help companies to grow by helping them to raise capital. Companies that grow create wealth. This, in turn, allows people to have jobs that create more...
Seen that? - Let My Wine Breathe
in Celebrate Wine, on November 8, 2009
...me areas of Colorado that has some nice, mild climate. More about wine making in Colorado from The Capital Times: Statistics for the Colorado wine industry, considered more than 100 [...] Read More ...
Seen that? - Silicon Valley Bank Bridges Sandhill Road and Shanghai
in China Venture News, on November 8, 2009
... at China Venture News China remains red hot among venture capitalists from Silicon Valley and the Sandhill Road VCs favorite banker, Silicon Valley Bank has m...
Buffett bets big on US recovery
in Sox First, on November 4, 2009
...recent years, they have become somewhat like electric utilities that earn a respectable return on capital. U.S. railroads, which have been around since the early 1800s, won’t disappear any time soon. ...
Seen that? - HARRAH'S CASINOS EXPANDS TO ENGLAND
in Play Las Vegas, on November 3, 2009
...the trend for what gamblers all over the world want. Las Vegas is still considered to be the gaming capital of the world; and as such, any gambling fads or trends that surface here are bound to be not...
Joel Klein To Receive The 100 Women in Hedge Funds' Effecting Change Award
in The Hedge Funds Weblog, on November 3, 2009
...cision, Lauren Malafronte, a Board member of 100 Women in Hedge Funds, and Director at Barclays Capital, said, "We are very pleased to honor Joel Klein with the Effecting Change Award. The impact that...
Hedge Fund Expert To Launch Own Fund
in The Hedge Funds Weblog, on November 3, 2009
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CEO at QuantZ Capital Management, Milind Sharma, is in the process of launching his own hedge fund, sources say.
The hedge fund manager is reportedly in talks to raise $500 million for the Qu...
Seen that? - An introduction to thin provisioning
in On Storage, on November 1, 2009
...ng to get inflicted on us, but still... interesting. [...] Read More Evan Rapoport on Capital Introduction - Excerpt at The Hedge Funds Weblog ...
Seen that? - BIG SUR BONANZA #3
in The Outdoor Weblog, on October 31, 2009
...ssociated Press that more banks will be lining up because the finance sector needs $1.2 trillion in capital. As journalist David Hirst notes, it's become a case of viral bail-out mania. "The ...
Seen that? - $100 Hamburger
in The Aviation Weblog, on October 31, 2009
...ke much. You just have to know the owner, [...] Read More SPONSORED POST: Settlement Capital at Bizinformer Settlement Capital is one of th...
Seen that? - Warning From a Student of Democracy's Collapse
in P2P File Sharing, on October 31, 2009
...2P File Sharing This article is one in a series examining the Pali Capital report that showed paid music download growth is slowing. Long-term change The long-term me...
Outsourcing and Security
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on October 31, 2009
...ps, where personal relationships and the ability to manage incrementally are replaced by formalized contracts and change orders.
The article goes on to suggest that outsourcing providers should see...
Santiago Comes to Life for Tourists
in Latina Viva, on October 30, 2009
...t place I think of when someone brings up the topic of Latin tourism, but the NY Times says Chile's capital is becoming an attraction - and shaking off its sleepy reputation. Santiago, wedged between ...
REvolution Computing 获收 900 万美元投资
in Wangtam, on 2009-10-29
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融资方： REvolution Computing
投资方：North Bridge Venture Partners 和 Intel Capital
涉及金额：900 万美元（第二轮）...
Seen that? - SNOCAP nets $15 million more
in Digital Music - The Future, on October 28, 2009
...nc. Today, the company plans to announce that it has raised a combined $10 million from two venture-capital firms, Walden Group's WaldenVC and Morgenthaler Ventures."Congratulations! Not much...
Unity Technologies 获收 550 万美元投资
in Wangtam, on 2009-10-28
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融资方： Unity Technologies
投资方：Sequoia Capital 领衔该轮投资
涉及金额：550 万美元...
Over-valued S&P to tumble and the double dip recession.
in Sox First, on October 27, 2009
...s the S&P is over-valued 40% and is set to fall as banks sell shares to raise badly needed capital. And that will mean a double dip recession. Smither says: "Quantitative easing has set off another s...
Profits are a gift: Soros
in Sox First, on October 25, 2009
...achs into hedge funds where they actually belong, because hedge funds take risks with their own capital, not with the deposits and not with the government guarantees". Soros also says he is not confi...
Seen that? - Intel Capital Makes Swift Investments Post-Alibaba Deal
in China Venture News, on October 24, 2009
... Intel Capital Makes Swift Investments Post-Alibaba Deal at China Venture News Intel Corporation's $200 million China Technology Fund has wasted little time ...
Seen that? - Saskatchewan Business Tax Revamp Improves Outlook
in Small Business Unplugged, on October 21, 2009
...m 17, increase the small business tax threshold to $500,000 from $300,000 and phase out corporation capital tax by 2008. The elimination of the Capital Tax will put Saskatchewan at the same level as B...
Seen that? - Case studies in Micro Finance #1
in Audeamus - How dare we..., on October 21, 2009
...eed ver much needed entrepreneurship. "Microfinance is a long way from the world of venture capital where Mr. Khosla, a partner at Kleiner Perkins Caulfield & Byers, a venture capital busi...
Do the Pitfalls of Outsourcing Outweigh the Benefits?
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on October 19, 2009
...the risks may outweigh the benefits. What the article fails to address, however, is that while the contracts for many, if not most, outsourcing deals contain significant protections, the monitoring a...
Twitter 开发新功能阻止用户发送重复信息
in Wangtam, on 2009-10-18
...rched Up comScore In September, You Ask?
• Lawsuits filed over Sidekick outages
• LockerBlogger
• Future Mac Pro: Apple to Enjoy Short-Term Exclusive Use of Future Xeon CPU?
• Google spark...
Did brilliant minds create the recession?
in Sox First, on October 18, 2009
... Trillin's story, while not completely convincing, is reminiscent of what happened with Long Term Capital Management (LTCM) , the firm run by former university professors, including two Nobel Prize-...
BioAccelerate NYC Prize To Fund Translational Research
in The Biotech Weblog, on October 18, 2009
...ntial, specifically: 1) whether the technology would be able to attract venture or other commercial capital, assuming this translational funding produced positive results; and 2) whether the technolog...
Big Picture: Venture Capital, Private Equity Still Drying Up
in TJ's Weblog, on October 17, 2009
... I wrote recently about how rosey the venture capital picture was for greentech firms. Several stories (Venture Beat here and here , TechCrunch ) have stressed the continuing downturn in privat...
Lie To Me Season 2 : Ep. 3 - Control Factor
in Wangtam, on 2009-10-17
...st
• Technorati Raises Another $2 Million In Venture Capital
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iPhone and Blackberry squeeze Nokia
in Sox First, on October 17, 2009
...ly starting to eat into Nokia's lead in smartphones," said Jan Dworsky, an analyst at Handelsbanken Capital Markets in Stockholm told the New York Times. To try and win back customers, Nokia had to c...
Failed Lehman bankers pursue $100 million in deferred pay
in Sox First, on October 14, 2009
...ured investment products sold by financial advisors – supposedly guaranteeing returns and initial capital - which was then invested in the failed bank. The administrators should give them nothing.
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Schon gesehen? - Ranking: Beste Hotels Deutschlands
in Hotels mit Flair, on 11.10.09
... Wirklich überrascht hat mich diese Wahl nicht. Die Zeitschrift "Capital" hat einmal wieder die "besten Hotels in Deutschland" gekürt und die jeweilige...
Seen that? - Another non-starter: Micropayments
in P2P File Sharing, on October 11, 2009
...2P File Sharing This article is one in a series examining the Pali Capital report that showed paid music download growth is slowing. Long-term change The long-term me...
Greentech Sees Venture Capital Growth
in TJ's Weblog, on October 11, 2009
... © Jimmy_Joe
Renewable Energy World is reporting that venture capital investment is on the upswing - at least in the green technology sector of the economy.
Third quarter numbers are...
Seen that? - legal file sharing and movie downloads
in TJ's Weblog, on October 7, 2009
...nc. Today, the company plans to announce that it has raised a combined $10 million from two venture-capital firms, Walden Group's WaldenVC and Morgenthaler Ventures."Congratulations! Not much...
Abu Dhabi Looks to Become Alternative Energy Hub
in IfEnergy, on October 6, 2009
...ro-carbon, zero-waste city for about 50,000 residents, the government in the United Arab Emirates capital claims. The project hopes to harness geothermal energy to power the city's air conditioning. ...
Seen that? - Saif Partners Picks China TV Home-Shopping Network as the Next Big IPO
in China Venture News, on October 6, 2009
...s Daniel Yang, a partner of SAIF Partners, the most active venture capital firm in China in 2004, displays only confidence about the investment climate in the country....
Seen that? - Carnival 2007
in Daily Power Walk, on October 2, 2009
...hout Brazil and other Catholic countries, Rio de Janeiro has long been regarded as the Carnival Capital of the World. The Rio Carnival is not only the biggest Carnival, benchmark against which every o...
Seen that? - LAS VEGAS CASINO DEALER'S TIPS IN JEOPARDY
in Play Las Vegas, on October 2, 2009
...the trend for what gamblers all over the world want. Las Vegas is still considered to be the gaming capital of the world; and as such, any gambling fads or trends that surface here are bound to be not...
Seen that? - Stream DivX to the 360 without re-encoding
in XboxSpace, on October 2, 2009
...s model to emerge, the Crescent Ventures study concludes that "a funding strategy that deploys capital [...] Read More divx with another $19million round at TJ's Weblog...
Seen that? - Using SCM in Children Hospital
in Supplychainer, on October 3, 2009
...ospital with access to its "high-powered" national GPO portfolio for consumable supplies, capital equipment, pharmaceuticals and purchased services. Additionally, Lodi Memorial Hospital will...
Seen that? - Mexico Travel: The City of Oaxaca
in The Outdoor Weblog, on October 2, 2009
...oke. After all, who would go hiking in forests around Mexico City, as referred to as the Kidnapping Capital of the World? Then, I read about a few of the hikes and realized Mexico City isn't any d...
Writedowns reduced but bad loans to increase
in Sox First, on September 30, 2009
...e property prices have declined significantly." It warns that while the banks now have enough capital, it won't be nearly enough to offset writedowns from bad loans over the next 18 months. ...
IBM Opens Linux Innovation Center in Kazakhstan
in HackITLinux, on September 29, 2009
...r as encouraging low-cost technology in these areas. The center will be in Astana, Kazakhstan, the capital of the country. The center's mission is to drive the development and adoption of open sta...
Do Venture Capitalists Foster Innovation, or Just Pay For It?
in TJ's Weblog, on September 28, 2009
... Vivek Wadhwa is ticked. He thinks the National Venture Capital Association's (NVCA) is taking too much credit for the success for American business, according to a guest column he did for Tec...
Austin Texas Waits for You
in The Flyaway Weblog, on September 28, 2009
...The searing heat of summer is gone from Texas and October is peak season for Austin - the capital of Texas.
Travel Post has a nice piece on why Austin is an inviting Fall destination. The list is ...
China's Outbound Investment Surpases Inbound Investment
in China Venture News, on September 27, 2009
...ates that, China's role in the global economy will shift from "manufacturer" to "capital exporter." Will that change China's place in the world economy? A little...
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Is the G20 having a George Bush moment?
in Sox First, on September 27, 2009
...ng necessary to ensure recovery, to repair our financial systems and to maintain the global flow of capital. 5. It worked." It worked?? They must be kidding us. Read through the statement and th...
Twitter 完成新一轮融资，涉资 1 亿美元
in Wangtam, on 2009-09-27
...itter 公司创始人坚持在不被收购的前提下独自向前发展。 Twitter 创始人 Evan Williams 和 Biz Stone 正想方设法在互联网以外的领域得到融资。但 Twitter 公司并没有提供此次融资的具体数字，只是含糊的说数目比较大。一位熟悉该公司的消息人士称，此次交易最快将于今天公布。
Twitter 公司此之前已经融资了 5500 万美元，其中最近的一笔融资是七个月前，在今...
Is Twitter really worth $1 billion?
in Sox First, on September 26, 2009
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Bloomberg reports that Twitter has received $100 million in venture capital funding that actually values the social networking site at $1 billion, providing the investors with a 10% stake. Now...
Red Hat Stock Soars
in HackITLinux, on September 25, 2009
...o . "Subscriptions accounted for 85 percent of sales. Red Hat also said the average length of contracts signed in the quarter increase to 22 months from 19 months in the previous three months.&qu...
Top Venture Capital Blogs
in TJ's Weblog, on September 15, 2009
... TechCrunch had a nice resource piece last week on the top venture capital blogs. Are you reading them? It's a great way to keep up with the trends and issues involved in the VC industry today.
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Nothing learned from Lehman collapse
in Sox First, on September 14, 2009
...rom its failure. They also made the mistake of assuming that the way to avoid moral hazard and make capitalism work is to produce real and painful consequences for recklessness and misjudgments. "...
Living Cheap in Shanghai
in The Flyaway Weblog, on September 11, 2009
...Shanghai is trying hard to sell itself as the luxury capital of Asia, but it's still possible to see Shanghai on the cheap, according the USA Today .
Accommodation is a good example of the savin...
$4.5 billion go into Hedge funds in Aug 2009
in The Hedge Funds Weblog, on September 9, 2009
...ows for hedge funds reached $4.5 billion in August, with over 50% of the reporting funds attracting capital during the month.
Preliminary reporting from Eurekahedge finds that August marks the 6th ...
BAE brought to justice (finally)
in Sox First, on September 7, 2009
...usly damaging for BAE, particularly if the sentence comes with a ban on it accepting any government contracts for a few years. More to the point, this is new territory for the Serious Fraud Office go...
Kunst als Geldanlage
in Das Börsen Weblog, on 06.09.09
...über Jahre im Voraus ausverkauft.
Ratgeber nutzen! So erstellt die Zeitschrift "Capital" einmal im Jahr einen Kunst-Kompaß mit wichtigen Tipps zur aktuellen Szene.
Wer auf Nummer sicher ge...
Electric cars - no one will buy without Government backing
in Sox First, on September 6, 2009
...y has a long way to go. As the Daily Green blog points out, there simply isn't enough venture capital out there in this economic climate to fund electric cars. No one is investing, and no one is...
Media misleads with Cerberus Hedge Fund Three-Year Lockup Announcement
in The Hedge Funds Weblog, on September 3, 2009
...s. This is not the case, as the Lock-Up period will only be effecting new funds created by Cerberus Capital in the future.
To balance out the 3-year lock-up, the new Cerberus funds will be offering l...
Lawyers and Outsourcing Deals
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on September 1, 2009
...oing through the author's head. This article , about how lawyers are a barrier to outsourcing contracts, is one of those moments.
Have lawyers stopped outsourcing deals? Certainly. The question ...
Artificial Trees?
in IfEnergy, on September 1, 2009
I saw a fascinating article at TreeHugger the other day on the possibility of an artificial forest in the UK. Carbon-capturing artificial trees have been getting some due attention lately, and for good reason: each fake tree can suck down CO2 thousands of times faster than their leafy, organic bre...
The REAL Condition of the Venture Capital Industry
in TJ's Weblog, on August 31, 2009
...long-but-interesting article online at the moment about what's really going on in the venture capital industry. And since I like people with the guts to stand up and say that they can cut throug...
Investor Group to Buy Skype?
in The VoIP Weblog, on August 31, 2009
... © re-ality
TechCrunch's Michael Arrington reports that a group of venture capital and private equity firms are working together to acquire Skype from current owner eBay .
"Inves...
Slums of Jakarta
in Hidden Travel Gems, on August 30, 2009
...aker, calls the "real Jakarta."
It is not far from the glitz and glam that dominates the capital's skyline, yet it is a side of the city that few foreigners ever see.
"I want them...
China's Consumption Gap
in China Venture News, on August 30, 2009
Paul Kedrosky over at Seeking Alpha last week pointed out one of the primary obstacles China faces if it is to continue its transition to a Western-style consumer-oriented economy. China has a consumption gap... There is non-stop chatter about China's challenge in transitioning from being ...
Spotify iPhone approved and set to launch
in Digital Music - The Future, on August 28, 2009
...xpected, will come at a cost of £10 a month, a rather heavy price on top of normally already large contracts owners of the Apple device will be paying.
Will it take off? Who knows, we'll certainl...
Who is buying up US debt?
in Sox First, on August 23, 2009
... the top 10 debt holders. You can see that for yourself in the most recent Treasury International Capital report . According to the report, the grouping known as the Caribbean Banking Centers holds...
Lease accounting trouble looms
in Sox First, on August 16, 2009
...s leased globally in 2007 amounted to a massive $US760 billion ($A919 billion). However, many lease contracts did not appear on balance sheets because international and American accounting rules have ...
