| Glam Media Buys Ad Tech Startup AdPortal (paidContent.org) Female-focused blog network Glam Media is buying ad technology startup AdPortal, in order to boost the GlamAdapt ad serving platform it launched in June. finance.yahoo.com |
General Motors to file IPO by Tuesday: report GM has reportedly completed the paperwork for an initial public stock offering, and the timing of its filing with U.S. securities regulators now rests with the automaker's board. cbc.ca |
Jobs report suggests weakness, economists say The number of people employed and the unemployment rate both increased in August, Statistics Canada reports. cbc.ca |
UK banks to pledge £1bn to venture fund [at Financial Times] - Britain s six big banks will next week pledge to inject something approaching £1bn into a new venture capital fund designed to help recapitalise financially stretched smaller businesses, as the much-maligned banking industry tries to make its peace with the government and society at large. us.rd.yahoo.com |
Startups Backed By The CIA The spy agency has a venture capital arm that is funding an array of companies developing bleeding-edge technologies. us.rd.yahoo.com |