Consumers' growing love of mobile devices has created growing difficulties for technology companies as they seek to reach their audiences through advertising on smartphones and tablets.
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iPad Mini Release Date Confirmed for Nov. 2 at California Event, Orders Start Oct. 26
Priced at $329, Apple unveiled its iPad Mini at a media event held at the California Theater in San Jose this morning. As expected, the tablet is 7.9 inches, and will compete with the likes of Barnes & Noble's Nook Color and the Amazon's Kindle Fire HD.
Venture Capitalist Peter Thiel May Invest $150 Million in E-Commerce Accommodation Company AirBnb
AirBnb Inc., which allows travelers to rent private accommodations online around the world, is in discussions with the venture capitalist Peter Thiel about an investment of approximately $150 million, according to inside sources, as reported by The Wall Street Journal.
Apple iPad Mini Release Date, Nov. 2? Top Tech Sites Agree
Those-in-the-know are now saying that the eagerly anticipated iPad "Mini" will be released on Nov. 2.
Illinois-based Drug Compounding Company Acquisition Stalls as Industry Attracts Scrutiny
The nationwide meningitis outbreak linked to a contaminated injectible steroid made by the New England Compounding Center has stalled the sale of an Illinois drug compounding company, the private equity backed Pharmedium Healthcare Corp., Dow Jones’ LBO Wire reported last week.
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Waltham, Massachusetts-based electric car battery manufacturer A123 Systems Inc. filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Tuesday, The Wall Street Journal reported. The company's collapse has been called a setback for the Obama administration's efforts to foster a domestic market for electric vehicles running on U.S.-built batteries.
Citigroup Inc. announced on Tuesday that CEO Vikram Pandit, 55, who has held the post since the eve of the financial crisis in 2008, is stepping down.
In the ultimate David and Goliath story, the China Petroleum & Chemical Corp., Sinopec, Asia's largest refiner and one of China's biggest state-owned firms, dropped its hostile bid to take over the much smaller, privately-held China Gas Holdings after a contentious struggle lasting nearly a year, according to major media stories.
The Wall Street Journal has recognized the world's hottest new innovations with its annual Technology Innovation Awards, highlighted in today's paper. Culled from 536 applications originating in two dozen countries, the 37 winners and runners up span 18 categories and include start-ups as well as larger, more established companies.
In the latest coup for what was an early Internet sensation when it the scene in the mid-nineties but has more recently been waning, Yahoo Inc. has recruited a top advertising sales executive from its rival Google, Vice President Henrique de Castro, as its new Chief Operating Officer. Mr. de Castro will take the reins from another Google veteran Marissa Mayer who has been CEO and President at Yahoo since July.
Private equity plays a pervasive role in all of our lives,whether we are aware of it or not. In "The New Tycoons," author Jason Kelly tells the stories of the men who created this trillion-dollar industry.
A recently released study by Dow Jones finds that venture capital-backed companies with female executives are more successful than those with only men in senior executive roles.
Millennial Media, a six-year old independent company ranked No. 2 last year in mobile advertising sales in the United States, Reuters reported today. Its customers included 75 of the top 100 Ad Age advertisers.
Google CEO Eric Schmidt called the contentious relationship between Google and Apple, the industry's defining fight in an interview in New York on Wednesday.
