Like fresh meat thrown to a pack of wolves, Obama’s comments about the relationship between government and business has inspired prominent business organizations, conservatives and the Republican candidate for president, Mitt Romney, to react in the strongest way to Obama’s remarks. Obama was speaking in Roanoke, Virginia to a group of supporters when he stated… Continue Reading
GlobeImmune, Inc is a biopharmaceutical company which recently filed with the SEC to go public, but have still not begun trading. The company was founded in 1995 as Ceres Pharmaceutical and changed its name to GlobeImmune in 2001. GlobeImmune has the ambitious goal of ending disease all over the world. At the moment GlobeImmune is… Continue Reading
Some companies say they are good to the environment, but really aren’t so good if you take a closer look. Newsweek decide to take a closer look, and with the help of some experts on environmental issues and business practices, studied a large selection of companies for more than one year. Among the 15 top… Continue Reading
CEO of Greenleaf Book Group, Clint Greenleaf moved his company from Cleveland, Ohio to Austin, Texas in 2004. There were several reasons Greenleaf made the move; among them the most important were the difficulty of hiring in Ohio, and the absurdly high taxes there. Greenleaf explained that in Texas there would be no requirement of… Continue Reading
New regulations to better control high-risk trading on Wall Street were ushered in on Tuesday by government regulators seeking ways to prevent future financial crisis caused by high-risk business practices. The rules are an expansion of the Dodd-Frank regulatory law and will give the government more control over the $700 trillion derivatives industry, a murky… Continue Reading
Tom Currier is only 20 years old, but that doesn’t mean he is too young to nurture an innovative company which is lifting eyebrows among investors. As a matter of fact, he isn’t too young to have begun nine successful companies, beginning with ScanBoy which he started at the age of nine to finance his… Continue Reading
We past the summer solstice signifying that half the year is behind us. As we wind down with 2012 it is a great time to investigate some investments with great potential for the rest of the year, and even into 2013, which is not far away. The following companies have shown strong possibilities for growth… Continue Reading
Steve Klinsky founded New Mountain Capital in January, 2000 in New York. New Mountain’s first private equity fund was Mountain Partners, LP, with assets valued at $770 million. During the ensuing years Klinsky created two additional private equity funds; New Mountain Partners II, which was launched with $1.55 billion beginning in January 2005; and New… Continue Reading
Mario Draghi is the head of the European Central Bank. With the debt and economic crisis looming dangerously over several crucial European nations, the power Draghi wields is formidable. One observer, Franklin Allen, professor of finance at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business had this to say about Mario Draghi: “In terms of… Continue Reading
With thousands of apps available iPhone and smartphone users, it can be a daunting proposition to find the ones that can actually improve productivity or be in anyway useful and not just a gimmick. Here are a few apps which have been making a splash among business people who are not only interested in being… Continue Reading