| [$$] Venture Capitalist s New Frontier: Where Cellphones Meet Retailing (at The Wall Street Journal) Investing Where Cellphones Meet Retail Reid Hoffman, the Silicon Valley entrepreneur who put money early into hot start-ups like Facebook and Zynga, now has his eye on the intersection of mobile phones and bricks-and-mortar retailing. us.rd.yahoo.com |
BP makes 1st deposit in compensation fund BP has made an initial $3 billion US deposit into what is eventually to be a $20-billion fund to compensate victims of the oil spill at one of its wells in the Gulf of Mexico. cbc.ca |
Wall St lower amid volatile trade WALL Street opened lower overnight as traders awaited a string of data that will provide an indication of the pace of the US economic recovery. news.com.au |
Six tech firms settle hiring collusion case Six major Silicon Valley companies have settled allegations that they colluded to hold down payroll expenses by agreeing not to poach employees from each other. cbc.ca |
Apple sells 4m iPads, profit up 70 pc APPLE says its quarterly net profit soared 70 per cent to $4.35 billion on strong sales of Macintosh computers, iPhones and iPads. news.com.au |