This is surely the strangest deal of the day. This morning, a microcap developer of mobile applications called Vringo ? the name comes from a combination of video and ring tones -??announced a deal to merge with Innovate/Protect, a company that owns a group of patents acquired from Lycos, a search engine that last had ...

pubblicato il: 15/03/2012 - 01:53

Ever wanted to swim with the sharks??? Cook in the kitchen with master chef Andre Rochat? Get behind the scenes of the Bellagio Fountains??? Now you can. MGM Resorts 's M life recently announced it has expanded its program beyond a players club and made the program available to all guests, effectively transforming everyday travelers ...

pubblicato il: 15/03/2012 - 01:53

People sometimes ask me how writers are able to actually write amidst the hubbub at "South By." One way: holing up at the media center in the Austin Convention Center.

pubblicato il: 15/03/2012 - 01:40

Fun fact about yours truly: I'm an amateur doctor. That just means that I'm somewhat ??- okay, very ? obsessed with my health and wellness, and that of the willing amateur patients in my life. If WebMD certified power users, I'd be their leader. I've diagnosed many of my own medical issues, and I even ...

pubblicato il: 15/03/2012 - 00:55

Guest post written by Pierre Monet Pierre Monet is CEO of Malaga Inc., a Montreal-based mining company with operations in Peru. Last month, Warren Buffet and Berkshire Hathaway unit IMC International Metalworkingagreed to invest $80 million in a tungsten mining project in South Korea, which was once the world's biggest tungsten producer. While the deal ...

pubblicato il: 15/03/2012 - 00:55

What does the NCAA men's basketball tournament, which gets underway today, have to do with education? More than you'd think, actually. In an exclusive study for Forbes.com, determined that there's a strong historical correlation between graduation rate and winning basketball games. So strong that school bands might just think about adding Pomp and Circumstance to ...

pubblicato il: 15/03/2012 - 00:24

To hear recent news about ?s lucrative online ad system, you might think it?s suddenly a haven for all manner of scammers, counterfeiters, and other shady outfits. Not so, insists, and today it embarked on a charm offensive to prove it. None too soon.??Last August, the search giant was slapped with a huge??$500 million forfeiture ...

pubblicato il: 15/03/2012 - 00:24

Apple employees who have invested the maximum $25,000 per year allowed in the company's employee stock purchase plan (ESPP) over the past seven years have seen their shares rise in value by over $500,000, just in the last six months, to a value of about $1.6 million.

pubblicato il: 15/03/2012 - 00:24

After the idea, it's all about execution. In fact, it's not clear that even the idea is all that important. Most investors tell me that an A entrepreneur with a B idea is much more fundable than a B entrepreneur with an A idea. It's great to be a visionary, inventor, thinker, or a dreamer, ...

pubblicato il: 15/03/2012 - 00:24

Netscape cofounder Jim Clark and Canadian money manager Stephen Jarislowsky throw their support behind embattled former Goldman executive Greg Smith, who wrote a scathing op-ed before resigning.

pubblicato il: 15/03/2012 - 00:24