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First reported 6 hours ago - Updated 23 mins ago - 3 reports

Employees Taking Proactive Approach to Financial Planning

Workers addressing planning, wellness, rather than reacting to emergenciesEmployees appear to be taking responsibility for their retirement saving and financial situation over all. Employee behavior data from Financial Finesse suggests workers were more ... [Published AdvisorOne - 23 mins ago]

Entities: Workers, Liz Davidson, Greg Ward, Aon Hewitt LLC, Critical Mass

First reported 53 mins ago - Updated 23 mins ago - 5 reports

Rockwood pigments businesses attract private equity bids: sources

By Michael Erman and Greg RoumeliotisNEW YORK (Reuters) - Specialty chemicals producer Rockwood Holdings IncThe auction for the assets, in which Apollo Global Management LLCThe sources spoke on the condition of anonymity because the process is confidential. ... [Published Yahoo! News - 23 mins ago]

Entities: Pigment, Private Equity, Titanium Dioxide, EBITDA

First reported 5 hours ago - Updated 2 hours ago - 4 reports

Tumblr Inc

When it comes to the social web, these two VCs are in a league of their own

For every wave of opportunity that comes through Silicon Valley you’ll find a lot of newly minted millionaires, and even some billionaires. But for each sector there’s usually a couple of investors that so utterly own the space that they invest in that ... [Published GigaOM - 4 hours ago]

Entities: Tumblr Inc, Venture Capital, David Karp

First reported 10 hours ago - Updated 2 hours ago - 3 reports

Michigan startups attract $242 million in venture capital funding in 2012

Contrary to the popular entrepreneurial storyline of meteoric rises and quick massive growth, the Michigan venture capital industry continued to grow at a reasonable and steady pace in 2012.Mary Cambell founded local venture capital firm EDF Ventures, ... [Published AnnArbor.com - 2 hours ago]

Entities: Venture Capital, Startup, Ann Arbor, HandyLab

First reported 11 hours ago - Updated 2 hours ago - 6 reports

Tech City startups struggling to acquire capital for further growth

One-third of businesses in London’s Tech City are struggling to develop due to a lack of capital and skills shortages.According to the Tech Futures Report, which will be presented today at the Digital Shoreditch Festival, Tech City senior executives believe ... [Published Computer Weekly - 2 hours ago]

Entities: Startup, United Kingdom, Entrepreneur, Angel Investor

First reported May 19 2013 - Updated 3 hours ago - 10 reports

Notable online startup acquisitions

Yahoo is acquiring popular social media blogging site Tumblr for $1.1 billion, the company announced Monday. That has Tumblr enthusiasts worried about possible changes to the site, but CEO Marisa Mayer promised Tumblr will operate independently and Yahoo ... [Published WGAL Channel - 3 hours ago]

Entities: Startup, Acquisition, Tumblr Inc

First reported 7 hours ago - Updated 4 hours ago - 6 reports

10 Aurora residents earn licenses

_ Ten Aurora residents were issued licenses from the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation during the week of April 14-20:Margaret Meier was issued a registered nurse license. The license will expire May 31, 2014. The license, No. ... [Published Chicago Tribune - 4 hours ago]

Entities: Registered Nurse

First reported 20 hours ago - Updated 4 hours ago - 7 reports

Pentagon adviser pushed Anthrax drug, which his firm produced

A Los Angeles Times investigation published on Sunday revealed how a biowarfare consultant to the Pentagon and DHS urged the government to stockpile a drug that defends against Anthrax ? a drug developed and sold solely by the biotech firm where he served ... [Published Salon - 4 hours ago]

Entities: Anthrax, Drugs, Richard Danzig, Biotechnology

First reported 20 hours ago - Updated 6 hours ago - 5 reports

SWIFT’s Innotribe chooses Singapore winners for Sibos 2013 Startup Challenge

Innotribe, SWIFT’s attempt to enable collaborative innovation in financial services (FS), has selected its five finalists from the Asian leg of its annual Startup Challenge held in Singapore, to compete at Sibos 2013 in Dubai this autumn. ... [Published GT News - 6 hours ago]

Entities: Startup, Singapore, Dubai

First reported 13 hours ago - Updated 8 hours ago - 11 reports

Middle East sovereign wealth funds invest in private equity

Property and infrastructure are not the big SWF ‘alternative investment’ story Dubai: Countries in the Middle East are increasingly looking at investing state-owned pool of money in private equity, according to the fourth annual Invesco Middle East Asset ... [Published Gulf News - 8 hours ago]

Entities: Private Equity, Invesco Ltd, Allotment

First reported 11 hours ago - Updated 8 hours ago - 4 reports

Mobile Ad Startup Adelphic Hires WPP's Michael Collins As CEO

Ad Targeting Startup Adelphic Mobile Raises $10M Led By Goog...techcrunch.com: (6 Months ago)Adelphic Mobile, a mobile ad startup founded by executives from Quattro (which Apple acquired and turned into its iAd program), has raised $10 million in Series ... [Published Taaza.com - 8 hours ago]

Entities: Michael Collins, Startup, Google Ventures

First reported 20 hours ago - Updated 15 hours ago - 9 reports

SV Life Sciences Advisers LLP - Medical Equipment - Investment Profile - new company profile report

SV Life Sciences Advisers LLP (SV Life Sciences) is a venture capital firm, based in the US. Its services include venture capital finance, seed, start-up, early stage and expansion capital. The company invests its funds into various sectors including ... [Published TransWorldNews - 15 hours ago]

Entities: Life Science, Medical Equipment, Advisers, Venture Capital

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Funding for Start-Ups Tapped Out? 5 Things to Know [Published Value Walk - 29 mins ago]

Butler continues, "the presence, combination and interaction of these factors will determine both the way in which an entrepreneur engages in enterprising activities, and ultimately the degree of success that will be achieved."

Faisal Hoque: What Is "Entrepreneurship" in the 21st Century? [Published Huffington Post - 56 mins ago]

...Now an investor, Ohanion says he doesn’t hear too many pitches that follow that model. "‘Hey, let’s make a popular website and get advertisers to run ads against it,’ is not the most popular pitch to investors nowadays" he says

Tumblr Deal Offers New York Startups Some Rare Affirmation [Published BusinessWeek - 1 hour ago]

Opal Labs, creators of social business software that allows employees to collectively brainstorm ideas and troubleshoot issues, has closed "significant five- and six-figure software licensing deals with multinational customers" according to spokeswoman JulieAnna Giannini...

Catching up with the startup world: Updates on six companies [Published Oregonian - 1 hour ago]

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Rockwood pigments businesses attract private eq... [Published Yahoo! News - 23 mins ago]
Rockwood pigments businesses attract private eq... [Published XE - 28 mins ago]
Funding for Start-Ups Tapped Out? 5 Things to Know [Published Value Walk - 29 mins ago]
Global Pharmaceutical & Biotechnology Outlook 2... [Published TransWorldNews - 31 mins ago]
Startup designed to help travelers with disabil... [Published New York Business Journal - 42 mins ago]
Rockwood pigments businesses attract private eq... [Published Reuters - 44 mins ago]
Rockwood pigments businesses attract private eq... [Published Reuters: Business News - 48 mins ago]
European aviation exhibition [Published Qatar Peninsula - 49 mins ago]
Rockwood pigments businesses attract private eq... [Published London South East - 53 mins ago]
Why I invested in Caffeine Spaces to help build... [Published NetworkWorld - 53 mins ago]
Faisal Hoque: What Is "Entrepreneurship" in the... [Published Huffington Post - 56 mins ago]
Funding Daily: Let’s start the show [Published Venturebeat - 1 hour ago]
National Financial Has a New CEO [Published Motley Fool Discussion Boards - 1 hour ago]
Jefferson County Adult Drug Court to Celebrate ... [Published STLtoday.com - 1 hour ago]
Lightning Lab startups ask – ‘where’s the money’? [Published Scoop - 1 hour ago]
UAE remains key beneficiary of private equity [Published The Gulf Today - 1 hour ago]
Employee financial wellness improved in first q... [Published LifeHealthPro - 1 hour ago]
National Financial Has a New CEO [Published Daily Finance - 1 hour ago]
Some startups to watch after Tumblr acquisition [Published Vator.tv - 1 hour ago]
Gulf funds bypass private equity [Published FT.com - Companies Africa - 1 hour ago]
Gulf funds bypass private equity [Published FT.com - Financials - 1 hour ago]
Funding Daily: Let’s start the show [Published Venturebeat - 1 hour ago]
Tumblr Deal Offers New York Startups Some Rare ... [Published BusinessWeek - 1 hour ago]
Catching up with the startup world: Updates on ... [Published Oregonian - 1 hour ago]
Gabriel Gomez's private equity deal [Published Fortune - 1 hour ago]
Build Your Startup On A Vacant Domain Name [Published Forbes.com - 1 hour ago]
Williams Hosting Analyst Day May 21; Presentati... [Published EON Energy - 1 hour ago]
Razor Thin Profits? Entrepreneurs Share How to ... [Published The Australian Society of Entrepreneurs - 1 hour ago]

Blogs

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Funding Daily: Let’s start the show [Published Venturebeat - 1 hour ago] This Monday morning, we opened our inboxes to find a whole boatload of manic-sounding funding announcements sent by twitchy PR people. Seems like every hopped-up investor and his mom threw money at some startup or other — but don’t worry, we had our police ...
Funding Daily: Let’s start the show [Published Venturebeat - 1 hour ago] This Monday morning, we opened our inboxes to find a whole boatload of manic-sounding funding announcements sent by twitchy PR people. Seems like every hopped-up investor and his mom threw money at some startup or other — but don’t worry, we had ...
TV ads for drugs can raise awareness but may no... [Published The Checkup - 2 hours ago] I learned last week about two prescription drugs I’d never heard of before — not from my doctor, but from TV commercials. Axiron is applied like deodorant — under your arm. Well, under the arm of a man who has low testosterone and has been prescribed ...
How Yahoo-Tumblr Deal Is Milestone For New York... [Published WSJ.com: Venture Capital Dispatch - 4 hours ago] Yahoo’s $1.1 billion acquisition of Tumblr will mark the fourth-largest for a New York metro area-based venture-backed startup, and the largest in the city’s growing software startup sector, according to data from Dow Jones VentureSource, which looked ...
Keen On… Peter Hirshberg: Why Smart Entrepreneu... [Published TechCrunch - 4 hours ago] Last week, representatives of many of the world’s leading cities – including London, Boston, Mexico City, Barcelona and Christchurch – came to San Francisco to learn from Silicon Valley entrepreneurs about how to make their cities smarter. One of the ...

Audio/Video

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Is it the future of Naval aviation? [Published CNN.com - Video - 3 hours ago]
Pitching the next great startup [Published CNNMoney.com - Video - 6 hours ago]
Quincy Jones Works on Music Education Startup [Published FOX Business - Video - May 17 2013]
What Will the Fed Do Next? [Published FOX Business - Video - May 17 2013]
How to Become a Top Financial Tweeter [Published WSJ.com Video - News - May 17 2013]

Press Releases

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Williams Hosting Analyst Day May 21; Presentati... [Published EON Energy - 1 hour ago]
Williams Hosting Analyst Day May 21; Presentati... [Published Business Wire Energy News - 1 hour ago]
Cereplast Reports 2013 First Quarter Financial ... [Published GlobeNewswire: Advertising News - 2 hours ago]
VTL Associates Closes Growth Capital Investment [Published Business Wire - 5 hours ago]
Ernst & Young Announces Entrepreneur of the Yea... [Published PR Newswire - 6 hours ago]