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Berlusconi's mafia link allegations
in Sox First, on December 5, 2009
...s come up. Students of Italian politics will remember that back in 2006, questions were being raised whether the Mafia had provided funds for Fininvest, the parent company of Silvio Berlusconi's bus...
Seen that? - Phil Ivey and The Corporation win $16.6 Million
in Internet Poker, on November 29, 2009
...l was back in Vegas at the Wynn Casino and Hotel to play a member of the corporation a game of high stakes heads-up limit holdem. This time his opponent was Phil Ivey. Over the course of 3 days, at li...
Clearwire Raises $920 Million
in The Wireless Weblog, on November 27, 2009
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Clearwire this week announced that it has raised an additional $920 million in debt financing.
"The company had already nabbed $1.85 billion of senior secured notes due in 2015 to help...
News Corp. - If You de-Index Will They Still Come?
in Wangtam, on 2009-11-26
...Global Growth Flattens, While WordPress' Picks Up
• Mozzler - Real-time news, images, videos and chat
• BugsVoice - turn bugs into opportunities
• Yellowise.com
• Employee Evaluation and P...
Voxeo Raises $9 Million
in The VoIP Weblog, on November 17, 2009
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Voxeo Corporation has raised $9 million in funding from North Atlantic Capital and the Florida Growth Fund .
"The Orlando, Fla.-based company is focused on making open platforms bas...
Seen that? - Virus Fears with Skype
in The VoIP Weblog, on November 15, 2009
... reports ZDNet: "W32/Kapser.A is better known as the Kama Sutra worm. Some antivirus companies raised an alarm about the threat in February, but it ultimately shriveled. Kama Sutra was designed t...
Seen that? - Live at the Bike
in Internet Poker, on October 31, 2009
...ry Monday thru Friday from 7 to 10 PST. Every Wednesday is "Whale Night" featuring a high stakes no limit game that last [...] Read More Live Poker Question at Int...
Seen that? - SNOCAP nets $15 million more
in Digital Music - The Future, on October 28, 2009
... Fanning, now 24 years old, has formed Snocap Inc. Today, the company plans to announce that it has raised a combined $10 million from two venture-capital firms, Walden Group's WaldenVC and Morgen...
Liverpool Implosion
in The Soccer Weblog, on October 21, 2009
Liverpool yet again this season find themselves in a position which, this time last year, could not have even been imagined. With the loss at home to Lyon and a match coming up against Premier League Manchester United, is the club facing an implosion, and why?
Enough has been said about the loss...
Did brilliant minds create the recession?
in Sox First, on October 18, 2009
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Did smart people cause the financial meltdown? It's a point raised by Calvin Trillin in the New York Times . Brilliant people entered the world of derivatives and credit default swaps, lure...
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 private equity and venture capital fundng.
In the world of venture capital funds, only 17 funds even r...
Failed Lehman bankers pursue $100 million in deferred pay
in Sox First, on October 14, 2009
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Questions really need to be raised about long term deferred pay structure with reports that ex-Lehman bankers are claiming over $US100 million in lost deferred compensation from the administrat...
Seen that? - EPT Championship
in Internet Poker, on October 13, 2009
...tour's Grand Final in Monte Carlo. The EPT , sponsored by PokerStars.com, is a series of 7 high stakes poker tournaments that take place in Europe. The biggest of them all is the Grand Final, held...
The Goldman Sachs lie
in Sox First, on October 11, 2009
... top echelons of the US Government. In the same week, we had the extraordinary news that it had raised its ratings of US banks to "attractive", claiming that these banks are under-valued. Why is G...
Seen that? - legal file sharing and movie downloads
in TJ's Weblog, on October 7, 2009
... Fanning, now 24 years old, has formed Snocap Inc. Today, the company plans to announce that it has raised a combined $10 million from two venture-capital firms, Walden Group's WaldenVC and Morgen...
Go Google It.
in Business Computer Blog (UK), on October 5, 2009
...be your messages as email and work like a regular phone. Of course, free phone and texting services raised the hackles of a number of phone companies and the project has yet to come out of beta.
Ot...
Magazine publishers want a digital store
in Sox First, on October 3, 2009
...magazines. The venture would also include newspaper publishers with all the partners taking equity stakes in the business. The most interesting part about this is that it promises to deliver a comple...
Seen that? - Stream DivX to the 360 without re-encoding
in XboxSpace, on October 2, 2009
... Divx.com has announced its latest round from Insight Venture Partners. The company now has raised approximately $55 million in total VC funding since its 2000 inception. Divx is now omniprese...
Seen that? - NBA's Marc Cuban Blogs his Plans to Launch Betting Hedge Fund
in The Gambling Weblog, on October 2, 2009
... Illegal online gambling cuts into Turf business Its the Preakness Stakes this weekend in the US - part of the US Triple crown and many turf tracks are still turning o...
IPO boom out of sync
in Sox First, on September 29, 2009
...nearly two years. But the biggest IPO market is in China with Forbes reporting that 38 companies raised a total of $15.4 billion in their IPOs in China so far in 2009. This is all unsettling as mu...
Xerox makes managed services move
in The CIO Weblog, on September 28, 2009
...l IT services. The ACS acquisition may allow Xerox to buy a place at the table with Dell and HP for stakes in the managed services game. Unlike those companies, however, and in contrast to some bonehe...
LA's analysis of Google Apps
in The CIO Weblog, on September 10, 2009
...mat and is not a formal presentation of options but rather a statement answering specific questions raised at a city council committee meeting. One would hope that a more formal and broad analysis of ...
New Volvo Convertible Debuts in Frankfurt
in carzz.org, on September 9, 2009
...nges to the interior design. It will continue to have a three-piece retractable hardtop which, when raised, increases structural integrity and, in effect, turns the car into a coupe. Fedde Talsma, Ext...
Pirate Bay legalization is go
in Digital Music - The Future, on August 28, 2009
...n investigation by the sweedish authorities, and various other setbacks, Global Gaming Factory have raised the money they needed in order to buy out torrent site The Pirate Bay. $7.8 million is the pr...
Facebook's recruitment campaign
in Sox First, on August 26, 2009
...ept engineers, say sources familiar with its plans. Now, armed with $200 million in fresh financing raised in late May from Russian investor Digital Sky Technologies, Facebook is again pushing the ped...
Leslie Greene Sterling Inspirations
in The Jewelry Weblog, on August 21, 2009
...rm on these hoops their unending sparkle. The openwork charm dangles from a round hoop, which has a raised, textured center and a milgrain border.
$60
Leslie Greene Sterling 1/5 ctw Diamond Lace...
Liquidia Technologies Raises $7 Million
in Nanotechbuzz, on August 13, 2009
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Nanomedicine company Liquidia Technologies has raised over $7 million in new funding, according to a regulatory filing.
"A filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission reve...
R. J. Graziano Jewelry
in The Jewelry Weblog, on July 30, 2009
...links, this necklace showcases a central 3-tier drop of crescent-shaped stations. The stations tout raised and textured swirls and Moroccan-inspired designs. Five coin-like charms dangle at the bottom...
Soprano state corruption
in Sox First, on July 27, 2009
...weak state government, something which might explain some of the corruption. It's a point also raised in The Economist . "There are thousands of public officials in the state's 21 count...
Jacklyn Zeman Jewelry Collection
in The Jewelry Weblog, on July 23, 2009
...can actress , who completed her high school studies at 15 in Bergenfield, New Jersey, where she was raised, and studied dance on a scholarship at New York University. Soon she was dancing and modeling...
Can manufacturing be saved?
in Sox First, on July 23, 2009
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Can Obama save US manufacturing? That's the question raised by the New York Times which points out that US administration has so far pursued only ad hoc initiatives, like helping General Mot...
VC in Q2: a Grim Picture
in TJ's Weblog, on July 17, 2009
...dustry is doing. How many individual funds were started in a particular quarter? How much money was raised for those funds? The second quarter of 2009 saw grim numbers for the venture capital industry...
Noir Jewelry
in The Jewelry Weblog, on July 16, 2009
...gular stones (approx. 22.5x22.5x4.3mm) adorn the cuff bracelet, accenting in a stacked design from raised bezel settings. Substantial in size, the cuff features rounded ends for comfort and wearing ea...
Novitec Rosso Ferrari Scuderia 16M
in Wangtam, on 2009-07-05
...offers a hydraulic lift system for the front axle. At the push of a button the front is raised by 40 millimeters and makes navigating obstacles such as curbs, speed bumps and garage entries easier. Th...
Another Way to Save on Car Insurance
in The Personal Finance Weblog, on June 27, 2009
...nstead, pay for it out of your own pocket. Otherwise, you run the possibility of having your rates raised over a small loss that you could cover yourself. This will let you save money in the long run....
Dragging out the foreclosure mess
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on June 26, 2009
... have to make sure the house is secure.
And all the while, they know the house, where perhaps they raised their children, is not really theirs anymore.
Even the most hardhearted among us can see ho...
Hispanic? Latino? A Choice of Words...
in Latina Viva, on June 12, 2009
...different things?
News coverage of Sonia Sotomayor's nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court has raised some questions about the usage of words. Sotomayor refers to herself as Latina. Many people h...
Swine flu and crime
in Sox First, on June 10, 2009
...e US, it's a warning that should be heeded around the world. The rise in cases of swine flu has raised eyebrows about the cleanliness of health centres across the world. It has also seen the numbe...
Banks to face more stress tests
in Sox First, on June 9, 2009
... questioning the bank stress tests, pointing out that the bar had been set too low. At the time, I raised the question of whether the tests had been put in place to stop the panic, not to fix the ban...
Coming Soon: Java-Based Netbooks?
in Java Entrepreneur, on June 4, 2009
... nDevilTV
At this week's JavaOne conference in San Francisco, Oracle CEO Larry Ellison raised the idea of creating Java-based netbooks.
"The expansion into computers is considered a...
A Week With the 2010 Subaru Impreza 5-door Proves Hatchback Superiority
in carzz.org, on May 28, 2009
...or roominess, combined with cargo space that's more than adequate when the rear seatbacks are raised. I especially liked the easy manner in which the cargo cover can be engaged to keep its conte...
Tuleste Market Jewelry
in The Jewelry Weblog, on May 25, 2009
... Designer Vintage Jewelry
Sisters Satu and Celeste Greenberg were born in San Francisco and raised in a rural northern California town, Seiad Valley, CA (population 350), which inspired them to cr...
National Venture Capital Association: Suggestions and Blind Spots
in TJ's Weblog, on May 25, 2009
...ing them to speculate on and flip quickly. And a final suggestion was that taxes on VC firms not be raised past the current capital gains framework.
Bulger at PE Hub made some interesting points in ...
ZettaCore Raises $21 Million
in Nanotechbuzz, on May 12, 2009
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ZettaCore, Inc. yesterday announced that it had raised $21 million in Series C financing from a wide range of investors, including Globis Capital Partners , Itochu Technology Ventures , Yasu...
No recovery yet
in Sox First, on May 9, 2009
... ignores the main criticism of the stress tests that officials had set the bar too low, something I raised in a blog entry this week. And while The Wall Street Journal says the economy might be f...
Business Plans a Waste of Time? Maybe...
in Biz Plan Hacks, on April 26, 2009
...dent Azi Gera, studied business plans and found quality had zero impact on the amount of VC funding raised. Ouch!
To be fair, we should say a couple of things. First, the study looked at business p...
Cardboard coffins and green funerals
in Sox First, on April 22, 2009
...he Michigan Funeral Directors Association . "Unfortunately, serious concerns have already been raised about at least one allegedly green cemetery in Michigan that appears at first glance to be no...
TARP fraud investigations
in Sox First, on April 21, 2009
...d. Even more alarming is that this follows reports that the bailout money might convert to equity stakes in the banks, resulting in the nationalization of banks via the back-door....
Small Wind: GE Is Investing
in IfEnergy, on April 16, 2009
...E is focusing on. Southwest Windpower, which makes residential wind turbines, said on Monday it has raised $10 million from existing investors and General Electric to expand its operations. With the m...
Super Mario Chess Collector's Edition
in Wangtam, on 2009-04-15
Super Mario Chess Collector's Edition
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Mikeyy Twitter XSS Mutates & Continues to Attack
'Hyperlocal' Web Sites Deliver News Without Newspapers
Deconstructing Apple's Tiny iPod Shuffle
Read It Later: iPhone and iPod Touch App
Is a high IQ a burden as much as...
VC Fund Raising Drops Dramatically
in TJ's Weblog, on April 13, 2009
...t , TechCrunch , PE Hub ) have been covering the story.
The numbers are stark. Only 40 VC funds raised money at all in the first quarter of 2009. A year ago 71 VC funds raised money during the firs...
Janis Savitt Jewelry
in The Jewelry Weblog, on March 24, 2009
... Designer Fashion Jewelry
Janis Savitt was born and raised in New York City, the daughter of an artist father and a fashion savvy mother. She spent her childhood immersed in fine arts, culture, ...
Jewelry Sale at eJewelrySale.com
in The Jewelry Weblog, on March 22, 2009
...eautiful bracelet. There are a total of 1.00 carats of blue sapphires and .40 carats of diamonds in raised settings for maximum brilliance. The 7 long bracelet is 14k Yellow Gold with a secure clasp.
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Experimental Therapy Builds Tolerance to Peanut Allergies
in Allergies, on March 18, 2009
...ompletely free of their peanut allergies (yet), their level of tolerance to peanut protein has been raised such that they are now at least able to tolerate accidental exposure without having a reactio...
Keep it Clear
in Are you a beauty?, on March 13, 2009
...ear. Clearasil makes an amazing pen that I carry with me no matter what. As soon as you feel that raised bump, you rub the pen and it takes care of the rest. I have to say that it works pretty quick...
New Mercedes E-Class Coupé Recalls Old Detroit Styling Gimmick
in carzz.org, on February 25, 2009
...em by creating a 2-door hardtop with a missing B-pillar and a roof covered with vinyl to simulate a raised convertible top. Doing away with the B-pillar gave an open feeling but the rest was fakery. H...
Clogau Welsh Gold Jewelry
in The Jewelry Weblog, on February 18, 2009
...th scrolling ends. The design sits in a 18ct yellow gold shank with a satin background and polished raised edges.
$1207
Clogau gold has a distinctive rose tint when compared with gold extracted els...
Twitter Raises $35 Million
in The Social Networking Weblog, on February 15, 2009
...erates no revenue from its users and doesn't sell advertising right now. Twitter had previously raised $20 million in two rounds of funding.
TechCrunch has an interesting interview with IVP par...
Will GM and Chrysler go bust?
in Sox First, on February 11, 2009
...hem going out of business? Will it send GM and Chryler bankrupt? That's the question now being raised. As Forbes points out, the companies have a week to submit new restructuring plans to the U...
Senate Vote On Barack Obama's Stimulus Package May Take Place Today
in Exclusive from our news room , on February 6, 2009
... scrutiny and debate on an intense level.
In addition to the expected delays and objections being raised by the Republicans and Conservatives the Democrats are also somewhat divided by certain provi...
Citigroup greed
in Sox First, on February 2, 2009
... drop plans to buy a $50 million corporate jet following criticism all around, including questions raised by President Obama. The it got into trouble over lending its name to a new stadium for the...
Ponzi schemes proliferate
in Sox First, on January 29, 2009
...frauding clients of millions of dollars and investment firm proprietor Nicholas Cosmo who allegedly raised more than $370 million between 2006 and 2008 by promising investors 48% annual returns from f...
7 More Ways to Save Money
in The Personal Finance Weblog, on January 26, 2009
...rds, then you are probably paying some form of interest - and for many people, this amount has been raised quite unexpectedly. Work on losing the debt, and you might be surprised just how much money y...
Digg Downsizes
in The Social Networking Weblog, on January 24, 2009
...ed out that while Digg has yet to turn a profit, the company still has plenty of cash on-hand. They raised $28 million in fresh funding in September.
Photo courtesy of iStockphoto , Image# 3151960...
Satyam: do we need a global Sarbox
in Sox First, on January 21, 2009
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Satyam, labelled India's Enron, has raised a number of important questions. Not only about Indian corporate governance, which leaves a lot to be desired with The Hindu reporting that India i...
Reshaping governance: interview with Lord Michael Hastings
in Sox First, on January 10, 2009
...portunity to have a stake in corporate business. What it ended up being is institutions taking mass stakes. It's gone from the individuals to the anonymous groups. They don't take any immediat...
Fund-raising, Wikipedia style
in Sox First, on January 4, 2009
...xpenses were less than $6 million. Significant because Wikipedia has now announced that it's raised just over $6 million, with 50,000 contributions in eight days, totaling $2 million. The extr...
More bailouts on the way
in Sox First, on January 3, 2009
...last month, the Government Accountability Office slammed the way the bailouts had been handled, and raised questions about transparency. I looked at that issue here . It's going to get a lot wor...
Michael Anthony Jewelry
in The Jewelry Weblog, on January 2, 2009
...Cross Earrings
Fashioned from yellow gold, these drop earrings feature a looped yellow gold cross raised above a rhodium-plated, diamond-cut chevron-design backdrop. These earrings display your fait...
