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Millionaires Confidence In Investing Falls In August
[2010-08-27] The Spectrem Group has announced that the Spectrem Millionaire Investor Confidence Index (SMICI) fell 11 points in August to -18.
Introducing Meaningful Business Performance Metrics To Maximize ROI
[2010-08-13] The new world of Social Media is among the most actively analyzed, misunderstood, and at the same time, celebrated mediums affecting businesses today. At the very least, it introduces a renewed sense of vigor that is challenging creativity and convention and also inspiring more human connections in the process.
Softbank Invests $150 Million In Zynga
[2010-07-30] Social game maker Zynga and Softbank have announced a joint venture to develop and distribute social games in Japan.
Goldman Sachs Settles With SEC For Record $550 Million
[2010-07-16] The Securities and Exchange Commission has announced that Goldman Sachs will pay $550 and reform its business practices to settle charges that Goldman misled investors in a subprime mortgage product just as the U.S. housing market was starting to collapse.
Wells Fargo Investors Recover $1.4 Billion
[2010-06-24] California Attorney General Edmund Brown has announced that 3,500 investors, whose holdings in auction rate securities were frozen in the financial crisis of 2008, have recovered $1.4 billion through a settlement with Wells Fargo affiliates.
Bernanke Bets On Continued Recovery
[2010-06-09] Whatever the stock market is doing right now, know that the situation might have been worse if not for something U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said earlier this week. Bernanke gave investors a bit of encouragement by indicating that the economy isn't likely to enter a second recession.
Spanish, Korean Predicaments Send Stocks Lower
[2010-05-26] It's a good bet that a lot of boats, trains, and planes are delivering shipments of antacids this week. Mounting problems in Europe and Korea have conspired to damage financial markets all over the world, with many major indexes hitting levels not seen in six or more months.
Man Sentenced In $8 Million Investment Fraud Case
[2010-05-07] A California man has been sentenced to more than eight years in prison and ordered to pay restitution for committing mail fraud in connection with investment funds he operated from 1998 to 2007.
GM Is Paying Off Government Loans Ahead Of Schedule
[2010-04-22] The buzzword in 2009 was 'bailout'. You couldn't turn a TV on without someone uttering the word. One of the controversial bailout topics was for the auto industry. Two of the Big Three American auto companies were in desperate need of funds, General Motors and Chrysler. A Washington Post poll found that only 41% of Americans supported the auto bailout. The final amount of bailout funds afforded to the auto industry sat around $130 billion.
Why Do Investors Love The iPad?
[2010-04-07] The hype is incredible. In fact, if you were to wonder where on the hype cycle the iPad might appear on launch day today, I reckon it's right at the peak of inflated expectations.
China Leads U.S. In Clean Energy Investment
[2010-03-26] For the first time, China led the United States and other G-20 members in 2009 in clean energy investments and finance, according to a new report by The Pew Charitable Trusts.
Warren Buffett Releases Latest Shareholder Letter
[2010-03-10] One of the world's most successful (and likeable) investors has issued his yearly letter to Berkshire Hathaway shareholders, and even if you're not part of that target audience, it's very much worth a read. Warren Buffett included all sorts of useful explanations and advice (along with some amusing jokes).
Intel-Led Alliance To Invest $3.5 Billion In US Tech Companies
[2010-02-24] Intel and a significant number of venture capital firms have promised to show a huge amount of interest in American tech companies over the next two years. Indeed, the president and CEO of Intel promised yesterday that this group will invest a whopping $3.5 billion during that time.
How To Gain Investing Capital
[2010-02-09] As the market improves, my guess is that many of you will likely be thinking about raising funding for your company. With my latest startup, I'm now a venture-backed startup founder (I've raised $33 million in three rounds of capital for my marketing software company). So, I've got some direct experience with the process. Several of the companies I'm an angel investor in or otherwise involved with have also been in the fund-raising process. So, along the way, I've learned a few things, and I'd like to share them with you.
Venture Investing Set For Rebound
[2010-01-29] Venture capitalists invested $17.7 billion in 2,795 deals in 2009, marking the lowest level of dollar investment since 1997, according to the MoneyTree Report by PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA), based on date from Thomson Reuters.
Google Flexes Investment Muscle
[2010-01-13] Good business has never been made sitting still, and Google looks ready to take that lesson to heart. Google Ventures (GV), the investment portion of the company is looking to expand. As it stands now, $100 million is representative of what Google is willing to invest. Google Ventures started back in March 2009, and so far there have been seven disclosed investments, with an eighth reportedly in the works.
Will Facebook Ad Revenues Surpass MySpace in 2010?
[2009-12-29] Facebook has drubbed MySpace on almost all fronts-in the media, with users, in growth, in traffic-except ad revenue. But expect that to change next year, according to eMarketer: "It will surpass its former rival, MySpace, in ad revenues in 2010, when marketers worldwide will spend $605 million on Facebook versus $385 million on MySpace."
Managing Your Costs Budget And Maximizing Your Investment
[2009-11-30] Search Engine Marketing (SEM) can be an expensive proposition, whether you're going for paid advertising (Pay-Per-Click a.k.a "PPC"), Search Engine Optimization (SEO) or both. In some cases, PPC costs of five to twenty dollars per click can price you out of the market.
Are You Fully Investing Into Social Media?
[2009-11-10] Here is a post by Jacob Morgan, Principal of Chess Media Group, that appeared in Social Media Insider that I wholeheartedly agree with, Is the Promise of Social Media Enough? What About ROI?
Getting A Return On Your Social Media Investment
[2009-10-16] Social media costs. Yes it does. One way or another, there is a cost that is (or should be) associated with social media efforts. Determining and measuring that cost isn't the easiest thing in the world, but if you took the time to determine your Social Media Marketing Goals and established metrics for Social Media Measurement, then you are well on your way to understanding the financial (and resource) impact of social media.
Band Metrics Invests In Georgia Tech Fund
[2009-10-02] Music analytics firm Band Metrics has received an investment from the Georgia Tech Edison Fund, an early-stage technology fund managed by the Advanced Technology Development Center. The amount of the investment was not disclosed.
Investing in Social Media Training
[2009-09-16] The sector of online marketing that will see the fastest growth in the next five years is social media, says Forrester Research. It's expected to grow at an annual rate of 34%.
Profitable Investing In Local Lead Generation
[2009-09-01] If you've embarked on the affiliate marketer route, you might already be very successful with pay-per-sale, pay-per-lead/pay-per-action, and maybe even the new-fangled pay-per-call business model for a network or merchant-direct program. But are you awesome of the awesome profit potential of lead generation for local businesses?
Understanding How To Invest In Domain Names
[2009-07-15] I'm thinking about buying a domain from someone else and have no idea how to figure out what it's worth. Do you have any tips on whether $1000 is ridiculously expensive or a reasonable deal for it?
US Intelligence Community Could Win With New Apache Investment
[2009-06-26] Lucid Imagination, a commercial company behind Apache Lucene & Solr search, announced that In-Q-Tel (IQT), an independent strategic investment organization serving the CIA and broader US Intelligence community has made an investment in Lucid.
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