investments

GetGlue announced that it has closed a $12 million round of financing, led by Rho Ventures. Other investors include: TimeWarner Investments, RRE Ventures, and Union Square Ventures.

The company agreed to settle a civil complaint by the S.E.C. that it had defrauded buyers in a $1 billion portfolio of mortgage-related investments.

Intel Capital announced $24 million in new investments, and cloud computing and big data companies were the big beneficiaries.

They underscore Intel's understanding that it has to prop up software partners to keep Intel dominant as computing evolves.

Aug. 19 -- Erik Ogard, director of multi-strategy investments at Russell Investments, talks about U.S. stocks.

Before you dream of doubling your money instantly by buying Groupon stock when it goes public, here are six reasons to think about other investments instead.

Although Steve Jobs would dispute this, in at least one area, Apple needs to learn from Google, according to filings made recently.

Anyone who tells you what investments to buy without knowing anything about you is giving you poor advice. A responsible way to decide what investments and strategies are best, is to start by deciding whether you’re willing to take big risks for the chance at big profits, or would prefer a safe and sure approach for lower potential reward.

There are many misconceptions about what an eco-investment is and a bewildering array of products have appeared on the market.

Many of these make extravagant claims that cannot easily be verified. Some are more closely associated with ‘green’ rhetoric than serious investment.

So what are eco-investments?

Those who live off their savings and investments are hit hard by falling interest rates, as corporations borrow cheaply and sit on the cash.

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