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- Star-struck: Some Silicon Valley Indian techies are investing in…
- Indian Venture-Capital Investing: Is the Boom Over?
- ASU’s journalism school investing in digital reporting
- Give thanks for bright spots
- SP 500 index investing isn’t lame it’s smart
- Army investing $50M in gaming
- Department of Defense Investing in Simulations for Mass Epidemic …
Star-struck: Some Silicon Valley Indian techies are investing in…
San Jose Mercury Newsnbsp; USAnbsp;
“It’s a confluence of capital talent and population” observed Jeff Berg head of Hollywood talent agency International Creative Management who is also an Oracle board member. “This is India’s moment on the stage. “Investing in an Indian film allows geeks to get close to the glitter. “They are all star-struck” said Vivek Wadhwa who founded two successful startups and invested in a Silicon Valley to Bollywood.
Indian Venture-Capital Investing: Is the Boom Over?
Wall Street Journal Blogsnbsp;NYnbsp;
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ASU’s journalism school investing in digital reporting
Casa Grande Valley Newspapersnbsp;AZnbsp;
Advertising dollars are being lost to Internet sites. And scores of veteran reporters editors and photographers are being laid off or taking buy-outs. In spite of these dire conditions Arizona State University is investing heavily in its Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication revamping its curriculum to focus on digital reporting beefing up its faculty with news industry veterans and moving into a new $71 million building in downtown Phoenix which was officially dedicated this month.
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Give thanks for bright spots
Houston Chroniclenbsp;United Statesnbsp;
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There may be no silver lining to the financial crisis clouding our national economy and individual households. But some positive glimmers can be found in the murky uncertainty and thanks can be given for some old-school investing techniques. Federally insured deposit accounts
Until Dec. 31 2009 deposit insurance has been boosted to $250000 from $100000 to provide assurance that banks remain a safe place to store your money in certificates of deposit savings accounts and money-market deposit accounts. Good thing since the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.
SP 500 index investing isn’t lame it’s smart
USA Todaynbsp;
It’s pretty typical for investors who try to time the market and pick winning stocks to have terrible timing and make some bad picks. When that happens they will gain less than 10% or even lose money when the market is up 10%. There’s another benefit to index investing. You can buy an index mutual fund that tracks the Samp;P 500 that charges less than 0. 15% as an annual expense ratio. In comparison many mutual funds with human stock pickers charge 1.
Army investing $50M in gaming
GameSpotnbsp;
Looking to the future the Army is stepping up its efforts in the gaming space. As reported by military newspaper.
Department of Defense Investing in Simulations for Mass Epidemic …
BNETnbsp;Canbsp;
com has the press re” text:”The US Department of Defense awarded SimQuest a contract to develop a game based training simulator to prepare medical professionals to deal with a mass flu epidemic. com has the press release.