News tagged with investment fund

Japan electronic giants eye chip merger: reports

Three of Japan's biggest electronics companies are to join forces in a chip-making venture, according to reports, days after a swathe of dire results from a sector struggling to compete globally.

Technology / Business

created Feb 08, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Money managers, analysts comment on Facebook IPO

Facebook is finally going public. For investors lucky enough to get in on the IPO, the question is simple: Is this going to be the mother lode that puts their kids through college? Or an over-hyped dud?

Technology / Business

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Construction starts on new marine research vessel

Construction of Australia's new $120 million Marine National Facility research vessel, Investigator has started in Singapore.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jan 31, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Sony, Toshiba and Hitachi sign joint venture deal

Sony, Toshiba and Hitachi on Tuesday said they had signed a deal to merge their small and medium-sized liquid crystal display businesses for smartphones and tablet computers.

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Nearly half of hedge funds' voluntary disclosures are 'unreliable'

(PhysOrg.com) -- New research by Oxford University and Duke University suggests that voluntary disclosures by hedge funds about their monthly investment performance are unreliable. The researchers tracked changes to statements ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Nov 07, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Yahoo ad exec deflects talk about becoming CEO

(AP) -- The head of Yahoo's online advertising business in North America said Monday he has been too busy trying to bring in more revenue to consider whether he would be willing to become the struggling Internet ...

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created Oct 18, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Yahoo co-founder urged to help oust chairman

(AP) -- A major Yahoo shareholder seeking to oust Chairman Roy Bostock is urging company co-founder Jerry Yang to join the crusade.

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created Sep 14, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Possible CEOs to succeed Carol Bartz at Yahoo

(AP) -- The search has now begun for a person willing to lead one of the world's most popular Internet properties, Yahoo Inc., whose problems have deepened under its three previous leaders.

Technology / Business

created Sep 07, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Research reveals why hedge funds are an unlikely large source of systemic risk

The Journal of Financial Economics recently published a paper by Andrew Ang, Chair, Ann F. Kaplan Professor of Business and Chair, Finance and Economics Division at Columbia Business School; Sergiy Gorovyy, PhD candidate, Columb ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Jul 28, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Facebook sells $6.6 million in shares to fund

Facebook has sold about $6.6 million worth of its shares to the investment fund GSV Capital Corp. as the company is believed to be preparing for an initial public offering next year.

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created Jun 28, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Wealthfront lets regular folks invest like the rich

Startup Wealthfront has revamped its online service to give middle- and lower-income people in the United States investment tools typically reserved for the rich to make profit on their money.

Technology / Internet

created Oct 20, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Biomedical research policy needed for therapies, economic growth, education and security

Bold and coordinated leadership at the federal level is essential to create secure, long-term, sustainable biomedical research funding policies based on strategic priorities, say the authors of a commentary about America's ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Sep 02, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Research shows profit, not politics, drives sovereign wealth fund

Investment funds owned by national governments -- known as "sovereign wealth funds" - now wield trillions of dollars in investment power globally, raising concerns that the funds could be used for political purposes and leading ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Feb 01, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Entrepreneurs face venture capital funding drought

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.

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created Oct 13, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

German chipmaker Infineon unveils major capital increase

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.

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