World News Search the World News Network
Advanced Search
New Venture Capitalist
New Venture Capitalist News Coverage from hundreds of sources.
Breaking News Mon, 8 Feb 2010
Haikou skyline, Hainan Province, China
(photo: Public Domain / Anna Frodesiak)
Hainan fears real-estate bubbles - again
Asia Times
| By Stephen Wong | SHANGHAI - Money has flooded into the tropical Chinese island province of Hainan for property speculation in the few weeks since the central government unveiled a plan to turn it into an international tourist resort. | More than 100 developers, including publicly listed China Van...
Roses - Flowers
(photo: WN / sweet)
Rose expert David Austin helps return fragrance to mass-market roses
The News & Observer
| Don't call me a snob, but I don't want a dozen long-stemmed red roses for Valentine's Day. Flowers thrill me, but not the ubiquitous red roses. | How did the American public get fixated on the red rose as the ultimate symbol of St. Valentine's Day, anyway? To me, the distinctive rose fragrance is ...
Mahindra-BAE venture targets artillery schemes
The Hindu
| Special Correspondent | New facility | will be housed | in Faridabad | MUMBAI: Mahindra & Mahindra and BAE Systems on Monday announced the naming and corporate structure for their land system focussed joint venture defence company - Defence Land Sy...
Hainan fears real-estate bubbles - again
Asia Times
| By Stephen Wong | SHANGHAI - Money has flooded into the tropical Chinese island province of Hainan for property speculation in the few weeks since the central government unveiled a plan to turn it into an international tourist resort. | More than 1...
Forest Gate Energy Secures Exclusive Option to Acquire Additional 37,264 Net Acres in Utah
redOrbit
Posted on: Monday, 8 February 2010, 08:43 CST Shares outstanding: 25 Million Symbol & exchange: FGE-V | MONTREAL, Feb. 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Forest Gate Energy Inc. reports that it has entered into an exclusive option agreement with a privat...
Profile: 'We started Quincom to have fun - but things have really taken off'
The Independent
| People start new businesses for many reasons, although the fear of indolence isn't a factor that is quoted very often. But for Christopher Quinton, 60, that is exactly what drove him to launch Quincom in 2007. Following a successful international c...
Cellphone - Technology
WN / Yolanda Leyba
Focusing on the Lens Inside Phones
Wall Street Journal
By DON CLARK | A Silicon Valley start-up is trying to shake up the market for camera phones with an unusual technology that can change the focus of a lens using no moving parts. | ...
BPI Makati - Bank of the Philippine Islands
WN / Arturo Ubaub
BPI posts 33% income growth in '09
Malaya
BY JIMMY CALAPATI | Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI) yesterday reported a 33 percent growth in profits last year on the back of higher interest and non-interest earnings. | The...
Mitsubishi Motors
WN / Yolanda Leyba
Mitsubishi Corporation, Weyerhaeuser to Explore Strategic Biomss-to-Energy Venture
Asahi News
| Mitsubishi Corporation and Weyerhaeuser Company today announced that the two companies signed a Strategic Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to explore the possibilities of collab...
Ex-Intel Exec Admits Conspiring With Rajaratnam
ABC News
By Grant McCool | February 8, 2010 | NEW YORK (Reuters) - A former Intel Capital director pleaded guilty on Monday to fraud in the Galleon insider trading case, telling a New York court that hedge fund founder Raj Rajaratnam gave him money for person...
Pacifica Ventures mum on ABQ Studios
The Business Review
Send this story to a friend | Email address of friend (insert comma between multiple addresses): Your email address: Add a brief note: | Enter words from the security image above: | | | reCAPTCHA™ | The Smerigans are out at and there are expans...
Pacifica Ventures mum on ABQ Studios
Business Journal
Send this story to a friend | Email address of friend (insert comma between multiple addresses): Your email address: Add a brief note: | Enter words from the security image above: | Get new image | Audio verification | reCAPTCHA™ | The Smerigan...
Investments
Haikou skyline, Hainan Province, China
(photo: Public Domain / Anna Frodesiak)
Hainan fears real-estate bubbles - again
Asia Times
| By Stephen Wong | SHANGHAI - Money has flooded into the tropical Chinese island province of Hainan for property speculation in the few weeks since the central government unveiled a plan to turn it into an international tourist resort. | More than 100 developers, including publicly listed China Vanke, Agile Property and Poly, are believed to be in...
Funds Management
Government Service Insurance System  -  GSIS  -   Pension Fund  -  Philippines
(photo: WN / Trigedia)
GSIS’ assumed burden
The Daily Tribune
| Man at the Market | 02/09/2010 | Factually, contributions deducted from the monthly pay of every government employee, official or rank and file alike, are not enough to cover for all the benefits due them individually upon reaching retirement age, including their monthly pension. | Enabling the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) to meet i...



Headlines »

Slideshow »

Get News Updates by Email
N.America Europe S.America Pacific Africa Asia
Commercial Credit News
Endowment Business
Equity Private
Foreign Direct Investing
Funds Review
Global Business Times
WN Money
World Bank Today
World Deflation
World Derivatives
World Financial Mart
World Fund Management