Skip to: Content
Skip to: Site Navigation
Skip to: Search
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2009
| Subscribe to Newser's RSS feeds RSS | Follow Newser on Twitter Twitter

NEWS ABOUT: investment firm

investment firm stories: 5 news summaries

 James Dean 
 Lives—at 
 Least in 
 New TV Ad 

Company's clever spot imagines what actor's live could have been

Sep 22, 09 4:39 PM CDT
(Newser) - James Dean is resurrected in a new TV ad for a South African investment firm, the Telegraph reports. The ad depicts Dean advancing through life as if he had he not died at age 24—directing his own films, leading a Vietnam War protest, going to a developing nation on... More »

MORE ABOUT:
film • South Africa • investment firm • advertisements • actor • James Dean

 Investors Storm 
 Housing Market 

Aim to take advantage of current low prices

May 20, 09 7:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - Investors are snatching up cheap houses, hoping to turn a profit when the market picks up, the Wall Street Journal reports. Some are foraging far and wide for potential purchases; others are locals who know the ins and outs of the area market. Investors often make all-cash offers, helping them... More »

MORE ABOUT:
real estate • investors • housing market • home sales • investment firm • real estate values • financial crisis

 Foreign Investment in Iraq Up 

American firms may miss early opportunities

Jun 17, 08 4:09 PM CDT
(Newser) - European and Asian investors are taking advantage of the recently stabilized Iraqi business climate, USA Today reports. US firms still regard Iraq as too dangerous to invest in, but that attitude may cost them the best opportunities. The firms “who are getting in on the ground floor are not... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Iraq • business • competition • America • foreign investment • investment firm • investment

Gore Joins VC to Invest in Green

Ex-VP will work with Kleiner Perkins to invest in clean technology

Nov 12, 07 3:23 PM CST
(Newser) - Al Gore is joining Silicon Valley's leading venture capital firm in an initiative to invest in green technology. Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, traditionally focused on IT, recently moved into the area of environmentally friendly businesses. Gore will be an active partner with the firm, which has already invested $270... More »

MORE ABOUT:
environment • Al Gore • investment firm • green energy • venture capital • green technology • Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers • Generation Investment Management • John Doerr

Death Threats Sent to
Goldman Sachs

'We are inside. You cannot stop us,' read anonymous letters

Jul 6, 07 12:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - Investment powerhouse Goldman Sachs has been the subject of menacing letters sent to newspapers across the country, prompting an investigation by the FBI. "Hundreds will die,"  warn the  letters that have been traced back to Queens, New York. "We are inside. You cannot stop us." More »

MORE ABOUT:
FBI • New York City • New York • Goldman Sachs • investments • death threats • threats • Jersey City • The Star Ledger • Newark • investment firm • Queens • letters • mail • investment banks

5 Stories


from our news partners