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The activist investor has taken a 7.56 per cent stake in the US gas producer hit by concerns about its debts and corporate governance

Bill Hambrecht, Google’s auction banker, says that Facebook and CEO Mark Zuckerberg missed a valuable opportunity, writes John Shinal.

Wenn bis nächsten Freitag kein tragfähiges Zukunftskonzept vorliegt, steht Schlecker endgültig vor dem Aus. Die Gläubiger werden ungeduldiger. Jetzt bleibt nur noch die Rettung durch einen Investor - zwei Angebote gibt es.Mehr zum ThemaSuche nach einem Investor - Gläubiger geben Schlecker eine Woche GalgenfristDeutsche Milliardärsfamilie Reimann - Inhaber von Coty aus Steuergründen ausgewandert...

May 25 (Reuters) - Billionaire investor Carl Icahn revealed a 7.6 percent stake in oil and gas company Chesapeake Energy Corp and called for the company to replace at least four of its directors,...

The spate of complaints and investigations over the Facebook stock offering suggests big institutions had an edge over small investors, raising questions about the process.

HSBC has dodged an investor rebellion as the so-called "Shareholder Spring" passed by Europe's biggest bank.

Die Zukunft der insolventen Drogeriekette Schlecker ist weiter offen. Der Gläubigerausschuss hat sich vertagt. Nicht nur der Insolvenzverwalter erhält mehr Zeit - auch Investor Berggruen kann weiter die Lage sondieren.

Shares of Chesapeake Energy (CHK) were gaining nearly 2% in morning trading on news that activist investor Carl Icahn is betting big on the beleaguered name. Bloomberg is reporting that Icahn may now be the company’s fifth-largest investor, with a stake amounting to more than 4% of shares outstanding, worth more than $400 million, given [...]

Das Griechen-Drama alarmiert Geldprofis. Laut "Financial Times" ändern große Fonds ihre Strategie und trennen sich im großen Stil von Euro-Anlagen. "Unseren letzten Euro haben wir am 15. Mai verkauft", sagt ein Investor.

Wer Schlecker retten will, muss die Drogeriekette sanieren. Der Investor Berggruen hat zwar aufgrund seiner Karstadt-Übernahme Erfahrung mit solchen Projekten. Der Fall Schlecker sei jedoch problematischer als Karstadt, meint Handelsexperte Thomas Roeb im tagesschau.de-Interview..

STOCKHOLM/OSLO (Reuters) - Moody's Investor Service downgraded credit ratings of three large Nordic banks on Friday, citing their reliance on market funding, tough competition for retail loans, and their exposure to the spreading euro zone debt crisis.

Ehingen (dpa) - Die Zukunft der insolventen Drogeriemarktkette Schlecker könnte sich heute bei einem Treffen der drei größten Gläubiger entscheiden. Von ihrem richtungsweisenden Beschluss hängt es ab...

Chris LeBarton jumped at the chance to get in on Facebook’s initial public offering. The Potomac investor and a group of friends pooled $50,000 to purchase $35 pre-offering shares through a hedge fund connection. Read full article >>

When we last spoke to investor Jim Nichols pre-Facebook IPO, he was eagerly waiting to find out how many shares of Facebook he could buy through E*Trade, where he put in an early order for stock. On Friday at opening bell, he bought 50 shares at $38 -- with no commission. That cost him about $1,900. But by Friday lunchtime he checked stock prices from a reststop in Marlington, W.Va., where he w...

The deal that gave Goldman Sachs Group Inc a $5-billion boost from renowned investor Warren Buffet at the height of the 2008 financial crisis was "as top secret as you could get," a leading banker testified on Wednesday at the insider-trading trial of onetime Goldman board member Rajat Gupta.

Die Drogeriekette macht weiter täglich Verluste. Die Zahl möglicher Geldgeber wird immer kleiner. Doch nun kommt ein neuer Name ins Spiel: Nicolas Berggruen. mehr...

Brüssel (ots/PRNewswire) - Der Goodman European Logistics Fund (GELF) erhält in diesem Monat das vom Moody's Investor Service vergebene Rating. GELF bekam erstmals das Baa3-Emittentenrating mit 'stabilem Ausblick'. Moody's hebt hervor, dass das hochwertige GELF-Portfolio moderner, …

India's move to sharply raise gasoline prices is a step in the right direction, but it doesn't address the bigger problems of the country's gaping budget and current account deficits, which have shaken investor confidence in the nation's prospects, analysts say.

Investor mood remains fragile after an EU summit generated no new initiatives to tackle the region's debt crisis.

Wenn Schlecker überleben will, braucht das Unternehmen einen risikofreudigen Investor. Am Freitag entscheidet sich, wie es mit dem Drogerie-Riesen weitergeht. Die Zeit drängt, jeder Arbeitstag bringt im Moment Verluste. Kauft niemand die ganze Drogeriekette, droht die Zerschlagung.

Now they call it Fadebook – shareholders call in lawyers as stock price tumbles and regulators are not far behindFacebook's founder, Mark Zuckerberg, has gone from hero to zero as the stockmarket flotation of the decade flounders amid lawsuits and accusations of greed, hype and deception.The law firm that won a $7bn settlement for Enron's shareholders is pursuing Zuckerberg, his board and the l...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The deal that gave Goldman Sachs Group Inc a $5 billion boost from renowned investor Warren Buffet at the height of the 2008 financial crisis was "as top secret as you could get," a leading banker testified at the insider-trading trial of onetime Goldman board member Rajat Gupta.

Portugal's EDP has unveiled plans to expand its Brazilian power network by 2.27GW, citing the country as a "key growth market" in its global operations. In an investor report the company said it wo...

Treasury prices rose as investor hopes faded that European Union officials will announce concrete agreements to boost growth, keep Greece in the euro zone or guarantee bank deposits.

Investor zerrt Nasdaq vor Gericht – auch IPO-Banken im Visier

European shares ended a two-day rally and German bond prices rose today, as a split between France and Germany over measures to tackle the euro-zone debt crisis and renewed speculation of a Greek exit from the 17-member currency area hit investor sentiment.

China doesn’t figure as a foreign direct investor in Europe, never mind Ireland. Beijing accounts for just 1 per cent of FDI

Riskier assets retreated broadly today as hopes for fresh measures to tackle the euro zone debt crisis faded and caution set in ahead of a meeting of European leaders, with renewed fears that Greece would leave the region dampening investor sentiment.

Der IPO des sozialen Netzwerks Facebook bringt bisher allen Beteiligten Pech: Wegen der Probleme beim Börsengang reicht ein Anleger Klage gegen die Nasdaq ein. Auch Morgan Stanley droht Ungemach: Die US-Börsenaufsicht leitet eine Untersuchung ein. Der Aktienkurs kennt weiter nur eine Richtung: abwärts.

Der Facebook-Börsengang nimmt immer verrücktere Züge an: Jetzt verklagt ein Investor den Börsenbetreiber wegen der technischen Schwierigkeiten beim Börsenstart des Internet-Giganten.

Die technischen Probleme beim Börsengang von Facebook haben für die Nasdaq ein juristisches Nachspiel: Ein erster Investor hat die Nasdaq verklagt. Unterdessen hat die Technologiebörse weitere Fehler eingeräumt.

Employees may or may not be benefited when a company goes IPO, but luck favors Facebook’s employees as they get a chance to be called ‘millionaires’.

Goldman Sachs’s Bill Shope this morning reiterates a Buy rating on shares of EMC (EMC),a nd a $33 price target, writing that the investor presentation at the company’s “EMC World” conference in Las Vegas, which started yesterday, provided him with greater confidence that company will be able to “innovate, fend off disruption from emerging technology [...]

Former N.J. Governor Dick Codey assesses how Cory Booker’s Bain defense might affect his statewide ambition

ISLAMABAD - Iraq has invited Pakistani industrialists to participate in its re-building by making investments and entering into business ventures as ground situation in the country is normal and investor friendly. “Business community needs to benefit from investment boom in Iraq,” said Iraqi Ambassador Dr Rushdi Al-Ani while talking to businessmen here on Monday. Dr Rushdi Al-Ani said ...

A conversation with the economist Dana Goldman, who believes that prevention should drive health care reimbursement.

Buy puts on the exchange's stock amid investor anger over mishandling of the high-profile IPO.

63 Tages- und Wochenzeitungen hat der Investor Warren Buffett mit seiner Investmentholding Berkshire Hathaway gekauft. Doch warum? Nur Nostalgie wird es nicht gewesen sein.

By the nature of WellPoint's core business, it is connected to some of the most intimate moments in its clients' lives. WellPoint is in a risky business and by not being fully transparent about how they participate in politics, they amplify their risks even more.

SINGAPORE/HONG KONG (Reuters) - Chinese Internet firm Alibaba Group is in talks with existing shareholders, including Singapore state investor Temasek Holdings, to raise about $2.3 billion in equity to partly finance its deal with Yahoo Inc., two sources said.

When mutual fund distributor Bajaj Capital found that a certain investor had not made any new investments in mutual funds for a long time, it decided to check up on him.

Twitter users who participated in a crowdsourced prediction for Facebook’s IPO day closing price collectively missed the mark, but another…

I’d like to start this post by saying I am absolutely not an expert by any means in evaluating stocks or IPO’s. While I have been an investor for years and done well with some stocks like Apple, BP, and Iomega when they launched way back in the day I would still call myself an [...]

MADRID (AP) -- The level of bad loans on the books of Spain's banks has risen to an 18-year high, the country's central banker reported Friday, increasing concern for the stability of Spain's financial sector and the country's place in the fragile eurozone economy....

The Fisker Atlantic ? the compact follow-up to the high-style Karma ? debuted early last month to a fair amount of fanfare as early adopters heralded the new range-extended EV as more proof that affordable electrics are on their way. But according to leaked investor documents secured by InsideEVs, the Atlantic won't go on sale ...

Mitt Romney said plans by Republican strategists and a billionaire investor for a campaign linking President Obama to the Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright were “the wrong course.”

THE sharemarket plunged nearly 2pc as fears of a European banking sell-off spread to Spain and sapped investor confidence worldwide.

Given all the media attention piling on Facebook, it might seem like a perfect option for investors.

(Reuters) - Silicon Valley startup Pinterest raised $100 million from a group led by Japanese online retailer Rakuten Inc, valuing the company at about $1.5 billion and underscoring the huge investor appetite for social-networking companies.

Berkshire Hathaway, the holding company of legendary investor Warren Buffett, invests in 63 local newspapers in the south-eastern US.

Facing a crushing defeat at the hands of activist investor Bill Ackman, the chairman, CEO and others departed before the long-awaited showdown

US stocks gave up early gains on positive US economic data to sink lower Wednesday as worries over Greece's future in the euro zone hit investor sentiment.

afabbro writes "Verizon mentioned in an investor conference that it will be eliminating unlimited data plans, even for those it grandfathered in. From the article: 'Speaking at the J.P Morgan Technology Media and Telecom conference today, Verizon Communications CFO Fran Shammo told investors that the company's 3G unlimited data plans that customers were allowed to hang onto last year when Veriz...

NEW DELHI —Facing a collapse in investor confidence and a decline in the rupee to a record low against the dollar, India’s finance minister said Wednesday it was time for “some austerity” — but not time to panic. Read full article >>

Rajoy denies plans for bailout, while admitting the situation is “very complicated”

Facebook Inc. will increase the size of its initial public offering by 25%, a source familiar with the matter said, and could raise as much as US$16-billion on strong investor demand

The chairman of Cardiff City FC pledges commitment by himself and its major investor to the club after emerging from key talks on its future.

Islanders from a remote British territory in the Pacific hope to lure billionaire U.S. investor Warren Buffett to help them overcome a severe economic downturn, an academic said Monday.

Given the challenges the platinum miner’s performance is not as dire as it seems and chief executive brings more realism to investor guidance

Shares fall on both sides of the Atlantic as the continuing political uncertainty in Greece undermines investor confidence.

Mark Cuban just raked in a $1,000 check for drawing a picture of two stick-figure cats kissing each other ... seriously. It's not as random as it seems -- Mark is an "investor" on the reality show "Shark Tank" ... and recently sunk $25k into a…

As a domain investor, I’m looking into maximizing my ROI from domain sales. When that happens, it’s because my asking price was met by the potential buyer. On Sedo, where anonymous offers can be considered ‘safe‘ by those that place them, it’s not always easy to come to an agreement. While flexibility by both parties [...]

MEXICO CITY, May 11 (Reuters) - Nuevo Grupo Aeronautico (NGA), a holding company whose main asset is shuttered Mexican airline Mexicana, said on Friday it has agreed to sell its shares to...

An Irish property investor has told the High Court that former Prime Minister Tony Blair helped set up a deal with the Qatari royals to buy top London hotels.

Of course I have to chime in on the beatdown of Juan Calle and dot co regarding the video of the LeWeb “Couldn’t get the dot com so I’ll take the dot co” story. Let’s start at the very beginning.  Columbia could have easily been dot .col to keep it from being confused or from being a typo.  It wasn’t,  and from day one drew the typo lovers right out of the gate. Negativity from the get go in th...

Ehingen/Frankfurt (dpa) - Die insolvente Schlecker-Tochter IhrPlatz wird Medienberichten zufolge an die Beteiligungsgesellschaft Dubag in München verkauft. Der Insolvenzverwalter Werner Schnei...

Chinese investor sentiment toward mergers and acquisitions has cooled further amid concerns of slowing economic growth.

Schörfling am Attersee (TP/OTS) - Nach mehrjähriger Bauzeit gingen mit Jahresbeginn 2012 die ersten Facharztordinationen in Betrieb, die Arkadengeschäftsflächen sind mit einem bunten Mix an (medizinischen) Dienstleistern voll vermietet. Initiator, Investor und mit seinem Unternehmen Teil …

Andrew Moss has bowed to investor pressure and stepped down from the helm at Aviva, becoming the latest casualty of shareholder revolt over corporate pay levels.

Investor Jim Rogers gives his view on the Spanish banking crisis.

I want to share some nice news that isn’t exactly related to the domain industry, but it does involve someone within the business. Lisa Bloom is an accomplished attorney and legal commentator, and she is well-known for her television appearances on her show Lisa Bloom: Open Court from 2001 to 2009, as well as guest appearances [...]

Nach Informationen des Spiegels will der Mobilfunkanbieter E-Plus seine Mobilfunkmasten an einen Investor veräußern.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- A major Yahoo shareholder is accusing the Internet company's CEO of lying about his technology credentials to make himself appear more qualified for the job....

Apple's next big thing, an analyst speculates, is more likely to be mobile payments FORTUNE -- If I didn't already agree with him, Mike Moskowitz's note to clients Thursday would have convinced me. "We do not expect Apple TV this year," wrote J.P. Morgan's chief Apple (AAPL) watcher. "Our research does not indicate any looming TV-related product launch, and our model does not incorporate any po...

THE Australian dollar has risen slightly, following a drop in response to a rate cut decision by the central bank.

LAWYERS FOR Bank of Ireland are cataloguing personal items and other contents at the Killiney home of property investor and solicitor Brian O’Donnell after securing a court order last Friday.

ISLAMABAD - Gulf Rental Power on Monday challenged the Supreme Court's verdict on Rental Power Plants (RPPs) on the grounds that the judgement overlooked the interest of the genuine investor who acted as per government's policies, fulfilled all obligations under the agreements and actively set up the plant in time after investing millions of rupees In the review petition it has been stated ...

ISLAMABAD - Gulf Rental Power on Monday challenged the Supreme Court's verdict on Rental Power Plants (RPPs) on the grounds that the judgement overlooked the interest of the genuine investor who acted as per government's policies, fulfilled all obligations under the agreements and actively set up the plant in time after investing millions of rupees In the review petition it has been stated ...

Das vor 100 Jahren gesunkene Kreuzfahrtschiff soll in China originalgetreu wiedererstehen. Die größte Schwäche der Titanic will der Investor allerdings beheben.

The total shut down of MRPL, a first for the two decade old refinery, due to shortage of water supply will hurt investment and investor sentiments, say captains of the industry and the refinery management.

Die Viennafair ist die größte österreichische Messe für zeitgenössische Kunst. Erst vor drei Monaten hat sich ihre Organisationsstruktur völlig verändert, denn die bisherigen Betreiber, die Reed Exhibitions Messe Wien, haben die Lizenz für die Viennafair an den russischen Investor Sergey Skaterschikov vergeben.

Today I'm on my way to the United States to attend a two-day investor conference at the University of Nebraska, Omaha, and thereafter to join 40000 other Berkshire Hathaway shareholders at the company's annual meeting at the Century Link Centre on May 5.

RUSSIA’S 10 wealthiest people have more than $140 billion (€106.6 billion) between them, according to an estimate by Forbes magazine.

South Africa could have greater investor inflows should we list local government bonds in Citigroup's world government bond index.

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) -- Farmer and philanthropist Howard G. Buffett, son of billionaire investor Warren Buffett, wants to enlist fellow food producers in a new campaign to fight hunger in rural America....

A good deal or a reality check of the domain market? Afternic just brokered the sale of WirelessPhones.com for $70,000. The name rang a bell, so I started searching around. As it turns out, I wrote about an auction for WirelessPhone.com (singular) back in 2006. The domain sold for $355,000 to a domain investor back [...]

INVESTOR reaction to the postponed $800 million float of mortgage insurer Genworth's Australian business was very sanguine.

Der amerikanische Milliardär und Investor Warren Buffett leidet nach eigenen Angaben an Prostatakrebs im frühen Stadium. Trotzdem will der 81-Jährige weiter an der Spitze der Investmentholding Berkshire Hathaway bleiben.

Investors are now wrestling with the implications of a potential victory by the Socialist candidate, François Hollande, who has pledged to raise taxes on the rich and increase government spending.

This one makes our heads hurt! In some crazy, bizarre and just plain weird news - Bank of America has reportedly sued itself for foreclosure 11 times since late March. Uhhh, what???? In one case BofA seeks to foreclose on a condominium, but lists BofA as the defendants in the suit. In other words… They're suing themselves!!! A [...]

Viel Zeit bleibt dem Insolvenzverwalter nicht, um einen Investor für Schlecker aufzutreiben. Anfang Juni sollen die Gläubiger über die Zukunft entscheiden. Es wird eng.

(Reuters) - Carl Icahn sued Amylin Pharmaceuticals Inc to block enforcement of a bylaw that prevents the billionaire investor from launching a proxy fight that could lead to a sale of the maker of diabetes drugs.

Eine weiterer Schlecker-Interessent ist namentlich bekannt. Der tschechische Finanzinvestor Penta hat sein Übernahmeangebot für die insolvente Drogeriekette bestätigt.

China has set a minimum on the amount a single investor can put into a venture capital or private equity fund in an attempt at helping the sector develop steadily, said an official at the National Development and Reform Commission.

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Singapore state investor Temasek Holdings and private equity firm RRJ Capital bought nearly half of the shares in the $1.34 billion offering by PetroChina Co's unit Kunlun...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A blind trust in the name of Ann Romney, wife of Republican U.S. presidential hopeful Mitt Romney, was an investor in a fund run by Goldman Sachs Group Inc that had invested in a media company which critics say facilitates sex trafficking. While there is no suggestion the Romneys knew about the investment, the disclosure highlights the difficulty for politicians and their f...

As activist shareholders -- at Yahoo and elsewhere -- gain prominence, corporate management ought to take notice now if they don't want to hand over the reins.

Der Einstieg eines millionenschweren Investors beim Fußball-Regionalligisten 1. FC Magdeburg wird immer unwahrscheinlicher.

The case against Prince Alwaleed bin Talal bin Abdulaziz al-Saud, a billionaire investor and nephew of King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, was dismissed because of lack of evidence.

Domain Investor Eric Borgos of Impulse Corp.,   has just acquired another really nice name at a great price. The domain Weights.com just came across the Sedo sales wire at $32,000. We have run into Eric’s purchases from time to time and this marks another quality pickup Congrats…

Für die Allianz lohnt sich die Energiewende, schaut man sich die aktuellen Zahlen an. Das Unternehmen ist ja sowohl als Investor aktiv als auch Versicherer. Gerade eben gab der Münchner Versicherun...

The controversy over a common ground-beef filler dubbed "pink slime" by critics has hurt short-term beef demand, a Tyson executive told an investor presentation.

If the government does not intervene and accelerate policy easing, growth will continue to slow.

AMSTERDAM/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Leon Black's Apollo Global Management LLC is to become one of the top shareholders in Endemol, the TV production house behind "Big Brother" and "Deal or No Deal," after it and a Dutch investment firm bought most of the debt from its lenders. Black's private equity firm, which he likes to describe as a contrarian investor, and Cyrte Investments BV, an investment bo...

Release Time:  For Immediate Release Aboard Air Force One En Route Columbus, Ohio    12:52 P.M. EDT MR. CARNEY:  Good morning, everyone.  Thanks for joining us on the continuation of our two-day, multi-state tour focusing on American-made energy and the importance of the President's all-of-the-above strategy to deal with our ...

Places everyone! Things are coming to a head on Smash as the investor workshop for Marilyn The Musical is here It’s time for lights camera action! After doing the nasty last week Julia and Michael are acting like a couple of teenagers who have a crush rather than two 40-somethings having...

From humble beginnings in Argentina, Sergio Martinez grew into a middleweight champion, a savvy investor and a millionaire.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Democrats rebranded a bill aimed at job growth as a threat to investor protections on Thursday, proposing revisions that could halt one of Congress' few hopes for bi-partisan cooperation this year.

The Original Brooklyn Water Bagel Company claims it devised a revolutionary water filtration system that turns ordinary Florida tap into the secret ingredient that flavors delicious New York bagels. But now an investor is suing the company saying it's all a lie. Oy vey. More »

Geschäftsmann soll an Akquisitionen der Telekom in Osteuropa beteiligt gewesen sein

General Motors is named as a key investor in the new battery

Ben Horowitz, of the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, says rap holds lessons for tech entrepreneurs including how to fire an executive or stand up to difficult board members.

SEATTLE (Reuters) - A wealthy San Francisco investor has proposed building a new sports arena in Seattle and buying a pro basketball franchise to play there under a $700 million private-public financing deal with local authorities, municipal officials said on Thursday.

Foster Freiss, the wealthy investor bankrolling a super PAC for GOP presidential candidate Rick Santorum, appeared on MSNBC Thursday to argue that social issues are largely irrelevant. If he wanted to take focus away from Santorum's recent remarks about birth control and premarital sex, however, he didn’t succeed. Read full article >>

Discussion focused on angel investment sector and improving conditions for new enterprise

Glaubt hier wirklich noch jemand, dass es einen Investor gibt der in D ein Kernkraftwerk errichten würde?

Researchers at Duke University believe there is a way to catch CEOs lying investor calls - using a technique called Layered Voice Analysis to listen for tiny signals that they are not telling the truth.

John Stankey, President and CEO, AT&T: "Data consumption right now is growing 40% a year."40%, not 92%-120%. "Data consumption right now is growing 40% a year," John Stankey of AT&T told investors and his CEO Randall Stephenson confirmed on the investor call. That's far less than the 92% predicted by Cisco's VNI model or the FCC's 120% to 2012 and 90% to 2013 figure in ...

Its first chunk of investor funding is almost gone, and DreamWorks, which garnered 10 Oscar nominations this year from two of its films, must find more, or reduce its ambitions.

Zweitligist 1860 München kommt nicht zur Ruhe - der Investor Hasan Ismaik droht den Geldhahn zuzudrehen, sollte Präsident Dieter Schneider nicht abtreten.

Zambia's president seizes control of the country's biggest telecoms company - sold to a Libyan investor two years ago by the previous government.

Reading are ready to move for Doncaster striker Billy Sharp this week. The Royals are flush with funding after Russian investor Anton Zingarevich put the cash in place for signings in the January transfer window.

Poland is looking for an investor to put the Nazi leader's 'Wolf's Lair' - which served as one of Hitler's military headquarters during World War Two - on the map.

Poland is looking for an investor to turn the "Wolf's Lair" of Nazi leader Adolf Hitler into a tourist attraction.

Selena Gomez loves Twitter, her MacBook and Postcard on the Run.

Looking ahead at what some of today’s most-hated assets can offer the contrarian investor in 2012

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The CTO of Intellectual Ventures believes we need a new model of innovation to solve our biggest problems. Intellectual Ventures was founded 10 years ago by a group including Nathan Myhrvold, the brilliant billionaire former chief technology officer of Microsoft, and Edward Jung, the software giant's highly respected chief architect, to create and invest in inventions. Most famous for the vaunt...

Saudi billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, an investor in some of the world’s top companies, on Monday unveiled a $300 million stake purchase in fast-growing microblogging site Twitter, gaining another foothold in the global media industry.     

Latest economic reports portray improving economy and approval in Italy of an austerity plan boost investor confidence.

Yossi Vardi, the investor behind Israel's hi-tech success

Germany and France are pushing for closer economic ties among euro nations and tougher enforcement of budget rules to counter the debt crisis, snubbing investor pleas to back an expanded European Central Bank role.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Billionaire Russian investor Vladimir Potanin announced a $5 million gift Thursday to the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts to mark its 40th anniversary and support its programs....

Er kam 17 Minuten zu spät. Und er brachte 1860 schon wieder Glück: Zum dritten Mal war Investor Hasan Ismaik in der Arena, zum dritten Mal gab‘s einen Löwen-Sieg.Foto: Dennis Brosda

Rocker, actor, real estate investor is set to lend Bisha builder a stylish hand

Erick Schonfeld, leading from a paywalled New Yorker item, quotes top investor Peter Thiel on the iPhone: "I don’t consider this to be a technological breakthrough." It's unfair to decontextualize the statement—he's talking about the big picture of technology, society and the future—but I love the idea that it took Peter Thiel until 2011 to [...]

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INTERVIEW - Michel Madelain, président et directeur général de Moody's Investor Services, dénonce avec vigueur les projets de Bruxelles, qui souhaite recadrer les agences de notation. » Comment Moody's évalue le «AAA» de la France

The global stock sell-off continued Thursday, with markets falling in Europe and Asia in the hours before Italy, the latest euro zone domino to begin wobbling, was to test investor appetite for its debt.

Canadian home prices continued their upward march in April, driven by strong investor demand in Vancouver, as cracks in the Toronto condominium market may be starting to appear

So while the naive folks in Silicon Valley are singing praise to Digital Sky Technologies (DST), Russia's new investing behemoth with ambitions of world domination, I bet they have no clue that Kremlin has recently tasked Yuri Milner, DST's CEO and founding partner, with finding a way to police RuNet and cleanse it of all illegal content. It's not yet clear what shape this would take but offi...