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The World Bank announced Wednesday 5.5 billion dollars would be invested in solar energy projects in five countries of the Middle East and North Africa in a bid to combat climate change. http://www.physorg.com/news179607351.html Technology Wed, 09 Dec 2009 18:56:51 EST news179607351 (AP) -- EBay has completed its sale of Skype for about $2 billion to an investor group that included the founders of the Internet phone service. http://www.physorg.com/news177919207.html Technology Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:00:39 EST news177919207 Firms with heavy long-term debt that came due amid the nation's recent credit crisis slashed investment more than three times as much as companies whose paybacks ducked the meltdown, a new University of Illinois study found. http://www.physorg.com/news177006702.html Other Sciences Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:32:48 EST news177006702 (AP) -- Venture capitalists' investments in U.S. startups rose in the third quarter when compared with the first two quarters of the year, suggesting increased confidence in the economy. When compared with the year-ago period, however, they marked a fifth consecutive quarter of decline. http://www.physorg.com/news175268739.html Technology Tue, 20 Oct 2009 15:10:05 EST news175268739 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. http://www.physorg.com/news174633181.html Technology Tue, 13 Oct 2009 06:50:01 EST news174633181 When Yahoo Inc. unveiled the details of its anticipated search and advertising partnership with Microsoft Corp. in late July, the reaction from Wall Street mostly ranged from skeptical to disappointed. http://www.physorg.com/news174157484.html Technology Wed, 07 Oct 2009 18:30:01 EST news174157484 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. http://www.physorg.com/news173036854.html Technology Thu, 24 Sep 2009 19:00:01 EST news173036854 (PhysOrg.com) -- Just one year ago, a worldwide panic was unfolding: Financial markets froze after the collapse of the investment bank Lehman Brothers, leaving businesses without lenders as the economy drastically slowed. How can we stave off such fear-enhanced episodes in the future? Ricardo Caballero, MIT's Ford International Professor of Economics, offers a distinctive solution: Government-issued investment insurance for banks. http://www.physorg.com/news172851575.html Other Sciences Tue, 22 Sep 2009 15:30:02 EST news172851575 Firms and corporations frequently need to take investment decisions without knowing if future regulation will support or threaten their investment. This is especially true in energy intensive industries that face high uncertainty on future climate policies. For example in the electricity industry, the optimal investment choices of firms are dependent on the design of future climate regulations. http://www.physorg.com/news172768065.html Other Sciences Mon, 21 Sep 2009 17:10:14 EST news172768065 Outer space offers a new perspective for measuring economic growth, according to new research by three Brown University economists. In a National Bureau of Economic Research working paper, J. Vernon Henderson, Adam Storeygard, and David N. Weil suggest a new framework for estimating a country or region's gross domestic product (GDP) by using satellite images of the area's nighttime lights. http://www.physorg.com/news171294355.html Other Sciences Fri, 04 Sep 2009 14:46:51 EST news171294355 (AP) -- Financier Carl Icahn, one of Yahoo Inc.'s largest stockholders, has sold 12.7 million shares to whittle his holdings in the slumping Internet company down a percentage point to a 4.5 percent stake. http://www.physorg.com/news170964757.html Technology Mon, 31 Aug 2009 19:50:01 EST news170964757 Do not get too friendly with your investment adviser. It lowers your guard and increases your risk of being deceived, warn BI researchers Harald Biong and Kenneth H. Wathne. http://www.physorg.com/news169457626.html Other Sciences Fri, 14 Aug 2009 08:34:28 EST news169457626 Older workers who get a jolt of cash out of the blue are more likely to cash in on early retirement, according to new research led by two University of Illinois finance professors. http://www.physorg.com/news169390095.html Other Sciences Thu, 13 Aug 2009 13:48:43 EST news169390095 US computer giant Hewlett-Packard Co. and Taiwan's Foxconn Group will jointly build a plant in China to make laptops and related equipment, a report said Wednesday. http://www.physorg.com/news168674078.html Technology Wed, 05 Aug 2009 07:10:01 EST news168674078 (AP) -- How much is Facebook worth? A Russian investment firm appears to put it at $6.5 billion to $10 billion. http://www.physorg.com/news166728555.html Technology Mon, 13 Jul 2009 18:29:40 EST news166728555 Computer chip maker Infineon said on Friday it would make a big capital increase guaranteed by the US investment fund Apollo, giving the troubled German company a breath of fresh air. http://www.physorg.com/news166434491.html Technology Fri, 10 Jul 2009 09:00:01 EST news166434491 Imagine the shock, the horror, and the sheer panic that would come with learning that the financial plan you`d sunk your life savings into was a sham, the financial experts you trusted were crooks, and all your money was gone. http://www.physorg.com/news165769235.html Other Sciences Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:01:13 EST news165769235 The Indonesian stock exchange and a biodiversity foundation have launched an investment index to raise awareness of companies' environmental track records, an environmental group said. http://www.physorg.com/news163737356.html Space & Earth Tue, 09 Jun 2009 03:36:14 EST news163737356 NJIT finance professor Michael Ehrlich predicts that the strong profits reported by banks in the first quarter will soon be followed by more losses. Ehrlich, a market failure expert, notes that the unexpectedly strong profits reported in the first quarter by many large banks were the result of significant accounting manipulation. For some of the banks, these earnings were a crucial addition to their net equity positions at a time when government "stress tests" were evaluating their future viability. With more losses, serious pressure could mount on the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, which, of course, insures bank deposits. http://www.physorg.com/news162664357.html Other Sciences Wed, 27 May 2009 17:33:20 EST news162664357 (AP) -- Facebook is getting a $200 million investment from a Russian Internet investor that values the social networking company at $10 billion even though it has yet to turn a profit. http://www.physorg.com/news162560996.html Technology Tue, 26 May 2009 12:50:21 EST news162560996 A Russian Internet-investment group has offered to invest 200 million dollars in Facebook Inc., The Wall Street Journal reported. http://www.physorg.com/news162270352.html Technology Sat, 23 May 2009 04:30:31 EST news162270352 (AP) -- Online restaurant reservation service OpenTable Inc. proved there's still an appetite for new stock offerings despite the sour economy. http://www.physorg.com/news162155937.html Technology Thu, 21 May 2009 20:19:37 EST news162155937 Google is searching for good ideas. http://www.physorg.com/news157702630.html Technology Tue, 31 Mar 2009 07:17:44 EST news157702630 (PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers from Massey University have developed a new way to predict stock markets that has been recognised with an award from New Zealand finance specialists. http://www.physorg.com/news154351114.html Other Sciences Fri, 20 Feb 2009 11:19:31 EST news154351114 Financial institutions continue to teeter on the brink of ruin. Banks are still devouring bailout money without loosening credit enough to make a difference in a recession that is sweeping the globe. And everyone keeps asking, "How in the world did so many financial titans take such huge risks with our nation's well being?" http://www.physorg.com/news153547432.html Medicine & Health Wed, 11 Feb 2009 04:27:00 EST news153547432 What makes a great leader? Traits that we look for typically include a sense of power, great negotiating skills and lots of charisma. However, a recent study suggests that it is not just an outgoing personality and great communication skills that determine who is chosen as leader of a group. Previous research has implicated that there is a gender bias when selecting leaders; preference for a male versus female leader may depend on the specific situation that a group finds itself in. Psychologists Mark Van Vugt and Brian R. Spisak from the University of Kent wanted to explore this further and see if gender influences the selection of group leaders during various group competition situations. http://www.physorg.com/news144587356.html Medicine & Health Thu, 30 Oct 2008 12:09:16 EST news144587356 Many Americans make investment decisions with their retirement funds. But they don't always make informed judgments. A new study in the Journal of Consumer Research introduces a new tool that investors can use to choose investments based on their financial goals and risk attitudes. http://www.physorg.com/news138632132.html Medicine & Health Fri, 22 Aug 2008 13:55:32 EST news138632132