Millennial Media, a six-year old independent company ranked No. 2 last year in mobile advertising sales in the United States, Reuters reported today. Its customers included 75 of the top 100 Ad Age advertisers.
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Earthquake in Southern Spain Linked to Farmers' Drilling: Study in Nature Geoscience Finds
A study examining the causes of the 2011 earthquake in Spain's agricultural city of Lorca, shows that years of drilling and pumping water from an underground reservoir may have triggered the 5.1 magnitude event. The May 11, 2011 quake was Spain's worst in 50 years, claiming nine lives and costing the country billions of euros in damage.
U.S. New-Home Construction Surge Suggests Recovery for the Housing Market
New home construction in the U.S. jumped in September to its highest level in four years, reported Bloomberg Businessweek, based on Commerce Department data released Wednesday.
Retail Sales Higher than Expected in September Reflecting Consumer Confidence
U.S. retail sales rose 1.1 percent in Sept. according to data released on Monday from the Commerce Department, totaling $412.9 billion. The growth is better than expected and good news for the economy, since consumer spending accounts for about 70 percent of the country's total economic growth.
Public Pension Funds Accurately Reporting Shortfalls Despite $300 Billion Discrepancy
Although a new study by one of the world's largest actuarial firms, Milliman, found the 100 largest pension funds are underreporting their unfunded liabilities by about $300 billion, a spokeswoman for the firm said the amount was "insignificant." Large public funds remain skeptical of private equity.
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A Piper Jaffray survey shows that 40 percent of teens own an iPhone, according to Fortune. A recent survey showed that teens love their iProducts. Of 7,700 teens polled by the investment bank/ asset management firm Piper Jaffray, 40 percent owned an iPhone, and 62 percent planned to buy one.
Data released today by Dow Jones shows U.S. venture capital funds raised $16.2 billion for the year's first nine months, 31 percent more than last year for the same time period.
The most recent report from the Department of Labor showed a 7.8 percent drop in unemployment for September, with 873,000 people added to the payrolls.
A new study released by the Kauffmann Foundation shows an unprecedented drop in the creation of tech start-ups, which it attributes to a stagnating immigrant population.
According to a recently released report by CB Insights, angel investors are filling a geographic niche overlooked by venture capitalists.
See how last-year's top 50 venture capital-backed start-ups,are faring one year later. Making The Wall Street Journal's list of top 50 venture capital-backed start-ups appears to be a good indicator of future health - at least for another year.
Business-product makers top WSJ's list of most successful venture capital-backed companies. For the third year, the Wall Street Journal has published a ranking of the most successful venture capital-backed companies.
U.S. leveraged buyouts almost doubled in the third quarter of 2012 from a year ago. U. S. leveraged buyouts almost doubled in the third quarter of 2012 from a year ago, reaching their highest levels since before the financial crisis as cheap financing fueled private equity's appetite for deals.
A report prepared on behalf of the California State Teachers' Retirement System (CalSTRS) highlights the challenges of outperforming public markets even in the long term..
