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Today the Institute on Assets and Social Policy (IASP) at Brandeis University's Heller School released a new research and policy brief which reports that four in ten U.S. families lack sufficient assets to pay for essential expenses in the face of unemployment. http://www.physorg.com/news177690342.html Other Sciences Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:27:18 EST news177690342 (AP) -- The nonprofit group that runs online encyclopedia Wikipedia said Friday that it named Craig Newmark, the founder of Web classifieds site Craigslist, to its advisory board. http://www.physorg.com/news177341914.html Technology Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:50:03 EST news177341914 Silicon Valley venture capital firm Greylock Partners said Monday it has 575 million dollars in a new fund to back promising technology startups. http://www.physorg.com/news176413026.html Technology Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:40:03 EST news176413026 US telecom firm Verizon launched a high-definition movie channel on Friday, letting subscribers watch films on-demand on televisions or on the Internet. http://www.physorg.com/news176138525.html Technology Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:00:01 EST news176138525 Fulfilling a campaign pledge to tap Silicon Valley innovation to combat global warming, Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced Monday at Google's headquarters the first federal grants for high-risk, high-reward clean-tech ventures -- including revolutionary technologies like using bacteria to create gasoline. http://www.physorg.com/news175875948.html Space & Earth Tue, 27 Oct 2009 21:30:02 EST news175875948 (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 (AP) -- World-leading mobile phone maker Nokia Corp. on Thursday reported a loss of euro559 million ($832 million) in the third quarter, taking hits from a 20 percent drop in sales and a one-time charge for the fallen value of its network equipment unit. http://www.physorg.com/news174814805.html Technology Thu, 15 Oct 2009 08:40:36 EST news174814805 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 (AP) -- When a private spaceship soared over California to claim a $10 million prize, daredevil venture capitalist Alan Walton was 68 and thought he'd soon be on a rocket ride of his own. http://www.physorg.com/news173807394.html Space & Earth Sat, 03 Oct 2009 17:00:01 EST news173807394 (PhysOrg.com) -- Atlanta is poised to become the nation`s poster child for how to kill off a burgeoning industry. A new study by professors at Georgia Tech reveals that the city`s reputation as a high technology center masks a decade of erosion. Though it leads the U.S. in the physical resources that attract and sustain high-tech industry, Atlanta companies haven`t meshed within the local economy. The result has been a steady migration of companies to other states and an industry profile described by the study as `at best, stagnant.` The findings offer a wake-up call to Atlanta and a roadmap for other regions looking to grow high-tech industry. http://www.physorg.com/news173345339.html Technology Mon, 28 Sep 2009 08:50:01 EST news173345339 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 The founders of Skype fired another salvo Friday against online auction giant eBay's plans to sell the Web communications service. http://www.physorg.com/news172505854.html Technology Fri, 18 Sep 2009 15:18:23 EST news172505854 (AP) -- A company owned by the founders of Skype has filed a copyright infringement suit against the Internet phone service and parent eBay Inc. - an action that could crimp eBay's plans to sell Skype for about $2 billion to a group of private investors. http://www.physorg.com/news172345638.html Technology Wed, 16 Sep 2009 19:10:01 EST news172345638 Twitter, the micro-blogging platform which has attracted tens of millions of users but has yet to make money, has changed its terms to potentially open up the free service to advertisers. http://www.physorg.com/news171900566.html Technology Fri, 11 Sep 2009 15:30:01 EST news171900566 (AP) -- Deutsche Telekom AG and France Telecom SA said Tuesday they intend to combine their British mobile phone units - shaking up the country's intensely competitive market and forming the country's biggest mobile operator. http://www.physorg.com/news171634751.html Technology Tue, 08 Sep 2009 13:30:09 EST news171634751 (AP) -- Since June, a Web site called SharesPost has been helping a small pool of qualified buyers and sellers trade shares in fast-growing startups that have not yet gone public. Now, the private stock exchange is hoping those same startups will use its site to search for funding. http://www.physorg.com/news171135764.html Technology Wed, 02 Sep 2009 19:10:05 EST news171135764 Online auction giant eBay announced Tuesday it has agreed to sell 65 percent of its stake in Skype to a group of investors in a deal that values the Web communications service at 2.75 billion dollars. http://www.physorg.com/news171000933.html Technology Tue, 01 Sep 2009 05:16:12 EST news171000933 (AP) -- Chatter about ensuing plans permeates any graduation, though it's not common for the talk to surround which class projects will receive venture capital funding. http://www.physorg.com/news170697852.html Technology Fri, 28 Aug 2009 17:04:34 EST news170697852 (AP) -- A new fund managed by Web browser pioneer Marc Andreessen and his longtime confidant Ben Horowitz is treading familiar ground with its first investment - a high-tech startup already tied to the two partners. http://www.physorg.com/news169838026.html Technology Tue, 18 Aug 2009 18:40:01 EST news169838026 (AP) -- Venture capitalists cut their U.S. investments in half during the spring, the second-consecutive quarter to mark a more than 50 percent decline, leaving the money flowing to startups at the slowest trickle in 12 years. http://www.physorg.com/news167373371.html Technology Tue, 21 Jul 2009 06:10:01 EST news167373371 (AP) -- Having built and sold two technology startups for a combined $11.7 billion, Marc Andreessen is ready to take a stab at, well, finding the next Marc Andreessen. http://www.physorg.com/news166077390.html Technology Mon, 06 Jul 2009 05:37:14 EST news166077390 (AP) -- Scott Painter makes his living betting on startup companies, having played a role in launching 29 of them over the years. But with the bad economy choking initial public offerings and acquisitions, Painter is now backing an idea that makes it easier for insiders like him to sell shares in their companies even before they go public. http://www.physorg.com/news165324400.html Technology Sat, 27 Jun 2009 13:30:01 EST news165324400 (AP) -- Social-networking site MySpace said Tuesday it plans to cut 300 jobs, or two-thirds of its overseas work force, in an effort to rein in costs and focus on countries where it has many users and better business opportunities. http://www.physorg.com/news164957846.html Technology Tue, 23 Jun 2009 06:41:35 EST news164957846 Taiwan's AU Optronics Corp said Monday it would set up a flat panel display joint venture with China's Sichuan Changhong Electric Co as it tries to tap the huge Chinese market. http://www.physorg.com/news164878833.html Technology Mon, 22 Jun 2009 09:00:02 EST news164878833 A new study from North Carolina State University is turning the conventional wisdom about technology start-up companies on its head, showing that ventures with moderate levels of undercapitalization can still be successful and that a great management team is not more important than a top-notch technology product when it comes to securing sufficient amounts of capital. http://www.physorg.com/news163156409.html Other Sciences Tue, 02 Jun 2009 10:14:16 EST news163156409 US startup Hara on Monday made a public debut with a service that shows businesses, organizations and governments how to profit from being Earth friendly. http://www.physorg.com/news163056957.html Technology Mon, 01 Jun 2009 06:36:35 EST news163056957 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 US computer giant IBM on Friday announced it had set up its first "innovation center" in Vietnam and forged partnerships with leading Vietnamese universities. http://www.physorg.com/news162232102.html Technology Fri, 22 May 2009 17:28:47 EST news162232102 Investments in clean-tech startups plummeted in the first quarter of 2009 compared with recent quarters, according to a report issued this week by Ernst & Young. http://www.physorg.com/news161445415.html Technology Wed, 13 May 2009 14:57:13 EST news161445415 As the media appearances of Twitter co-founders Biz Stone and Evan Williams have multiplied, so have rumors that the company is for sale and about to be bought. http://www.physorg.com/news160942653.html Technology Thu, 07 May 2009 19:18:04 EST news160942653