The Happy Cloud, one of a slew of "cloud gaming" startups trying to bring videogames to new and different platforms, announced Wednesday it had raised a $4.25 million Series A round of venture capital. The round was led by Avalon Ventures and joined

Capital One Financial Corporation (COF)May 22, 20134:45 am ETExecutivesGary L. Perlin - Chief Financial OfficerJeff NorrisAnalystsJason M. Goldberg - Barclays Capital, Research DivisionPresentationJason M. Goldberg - Barclays Capital, Research Divisi

BOSTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - As federal prosecutors circle Steven A. Cohen's $15 billion hedge fund in a long-running insider trading probe, one financial adviser in Texas is so devoted to the billionaire investor that he may give him more money. "I'm

Yesterday, it was reported that one of Tumblr's earliest investors, Union Square Ventures, received a 5,000% return on investment when Yahoo purchased the social content company for $1.1 billion. While Union Square Ventures did receive a significant

The latest in China’s rolling cascade of food safety disasters comes from Guangzhou—the capital of Guangdong province in southern China, and one of China’s largest cities—where 44% of rice samples were found to contain po

NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Capital One was the winner among the nation's largest banks on Monday, with shares rising 2% to close at $61.81. The broad indices all ended with slight declines, but bank stocks continued their amazing run, with the KBW Bank

One of Tumblr’s biggest fans is a venture capitalist who helped steer the blogging service from its earliest days to a deal to be acquired by Yahoo for $1.1 billion in cash.

Piraeus Bank (TPEIR.AT), one of Greece's largest lenders, on Monday reported a first-quarter net profit of 3.62 billion euros ($4.64 billion), largely due to a one-off capital gain of EUR3.4 billion relating to a negative goodwill contribution follow

By Renaissance Capital IPO Research: Exactly one year after Facebook (FB) priced its ill-fated IPO, two fast-growing technology companies, Marketo (MKTO) and Tableau (DATA),surged on their first days of trading. Marketo, a marketing softwarecompany,

Doug BandowArriving at the airport in Islamabad, Pakistan’s capital, reminds one of the vast gulf between the First and Third World. Chaotic, frenetic, disorganized, dilapidated—when I visited a couple months ago I almost longed for New Y

Submitted by Mark Grant, author of Out of the Box, One of the primary focuses of "Out of the Box" is on where you might get hurt and, more importantly, seriously hurt. "Preservation of Capital," the first ten rules of my thinking, has reached epic se

This is the third of a three-part series rebutting the three most popular approaches toward lowering the systemic risk of large U.S. banks. Part one tackles breaking up the banks and part two deals with capital vs. liquidity.NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- B

The deal, if it goes ahead, would be one of the highest profile examples of a non-bank lender providing debt capital to a UK company

This is the second of a three-part series rebutting the three most popular approaches toward lowering the systemic risk of large U.S. banks. Read part one, Not Too Big to Fail.NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- The Federal Reserve's annual stress test process h

Zack Buckley, managing partner at Buckley Capital Partners, gave an interesting bullish presentation for tech company Blucora at this year's Value Investing Congress in Las Vegas. Blucora is a company that operates two internet businesses — Tax

Thursday of last week we debuted Bowery Capital to the world. I was excited to finally put the past 6 months behind us and get back to work. One of the biggest things we talked about when raising the $33M was our thesis and how it will play out over

Seeking funding for your business shouldn't be a one-time endeavor. Here are four stages of business development that can serve as a road map for your funding strategy.

By Analytical Chemist:A fellow Seeking Alpha contributor wrote an article suggesting that Apple's (AAPL) return on invested capital is too high to continue, and lower future ROICs suggest a much lower stock price for Apple in the future. While the au

May 15 (Reuters) - Delinquency rates fell in most major U.S. banks for the month of April as more consumers continued to keep up with their bill payments. Credit card charge-offs rose except for Capital One Financial, Discover Financial Services and

May 15 (Reuters) - Delinquency rates fell in most major U.S. banks for the month of April as more consumers continued to keep up with their bill payments. Credit card charge-offs rose except for Capital One Financial, Discover Financial Services and

Yields on 10-year U.S. Treasury notes have backed up a bit of late, but at 1.9% they are still just over one -third the 5.4% earnings per share yield of the S&P 500, writes S&P Capital IQ investment guru Sam Stovall.

Decline in capital spending and growing revenues from Australia and Brazil schemes see oil and gas group approach positive cash flow

Oil States International went from an obscure oilfield services firm to one of the hottest stocks in the market in just a few weeks.  The stock is up more than 30% since Jana Partner?s Barry Rosenstein first, and Greenlight Capital?s David Einho

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The $23 billion sale of ketchup maker H.J.Heinz Co to Berkshire Hathaway Inc and buyout firm 3G Capital, Avis Budget Group's takeover of Zipcar, and the $6.9 billion leveraged buyout of BMC Software , have one common link: Kirkla

NEW YORK, May 13 (Reuters) - The $23 billion sale of ketchup maker H.J.Heinz Co to Berkshire Hathaway Inc and buyout firm 3G Capital, Avis Budget Group's takeover of Zipcar, and the $6.9 billion leveraged buyout of BMC Software , have one common link

NEW YORK, May 13 (Reuters) - The $23 billion sale of ketchup maker H.J.Heinz Co to Berkshire Hathaway Inc and buyout firm 3G Capital, Avis Budget Group's takeover of Zipcar, and the $6.9 billion leveraged buyout of BMC Software , have one common link

NEW YORK, May 13 (Reuters) - The $23 billion sale of ketchup maker H.J.Heinz Co to Berkshire Hathaway Inc and buyout firm 3G Capital, Avis Budget Group's takeover of Zipcar, and the $6.9 billion leveraged buyout of BMC Software , have one common link

NEW YORK, May 13 (Reuters) - The $23 billion sale of ketchup maker H.J.Heinz Co to Berkshire Hathaway Inc and buyout firm 3G Capital, Avis Budget Group's takeover of Zipcar, and the $6.9 billion leveraged buyout of BMC Software , have one common link

(Reuters) - Janus Capital Group is losing three portfolio managers, two who have been overseeing top-performing funds and one who has been overseeing two underperforming funds.

May 13 (Reuters) - Janus Capital Group is losing three portfolio managers, two who have been overseeing top-performing funds and one who has been overseeing two underperforming funds.

May 13 (Reuters) - Janus Capital Group is losing three portfolio managers, two who have been overseeing top-performing funds and one who has been overseeing two underperforming funds.

Gold bears are coming out of the woodwork to declare gold dead. Santiago Capital's Brent Johnson wonders where they have been for the last 12 years and reflects on the reality of why one should hold the precious metal; putting the recent weakness in

Activist investor Bill Ackman, who runs $12 billion Pershing Square Capital Management, made a bullish case for Procter & Gamble at the Sohn Investment Conference this week.  Ackman, whose fund owns more than 27.9 million shares of P&G,

The Attorney General of New Mexico has sued Capital One Financial Corp. (COF) over the sale of payment-protection and credit-monitoring products to credit-card customers, the latest in a string of suits brought by state regulators targeting lenders'

ByTom Dorsey:Citigroup Inc (C) recently bought Best Buy Co Inc's (BBY) card portfolio from Capital One Financial Corp (COF) for $7 billion dollars. This was an excellent opportunity to expand its core business. The Federal Reserve approved that deal,

Legendary investor Warren Buffett advises to be fearful when others are greedy, and be greedy when others are fearful. One way we can try to measure the level of fear in a given stock is through a technical analysis indicator called the Relative Stre

The electronic currency Bitcoin just got a big vote of confidence from one of the world's most successful venture capital investors. Fred Wilson of Union Square Ventures just invested in a startup called "Coinbase," which facilitates Bitcoin transact

Being called to testify before the U.S. Congress did little to help him lure clients, said Tilden Park Capital Management CIO Josh Birnbaum, whose hedge fund nonetheless managed to top the industry in 2012. Asked whether his testimony regarding his r

NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Hedge-fund manager Bill Ackman, CEO of Pershing Square Capital Management, delivered a bullish presentation on Procter & Gamble Co.on Wednesday at the Ira Sohn conference in New York City. Ackman said P&G is one of the best

Because if one hopes hard enough, and if the liquidity capital misallocation tsunami doesn't destroy everything in its path (remember CapEx? neither do we) maybe, just maybe, the fifth, or sixth, or seventh time will be the charm and/or different. Gr

By AllAboutAlpha.com:D.J. Johnstone, a professor at the University of Sydney Business School in Sydney, Australia, is re-working the capital asset pricing model in accordance with probability theory. I wrote recently about one recent essay of his, on

Balderton Capital, one of Europe's largest venture capital groups, is in the market for a fifth fund, according to a just-published SEC Form D. The new notice, the first sale of which has yet to occur, does not include the total offering amount.The p

Acacia Research Corporation (NASDAQ: ACTG) announced today that itsUnified Messaging Solutions LLC subsidiary has entered into a licenseand settlement agreement with Capital One Financial Corporation (NYSE: COF) and IngDirect.

Germany’s second-largest lender by assets reports a deterioration in its core tier one capital ratio as it nears a €2.5bn capital increase

SAC Capital is one of several firms that are seeking to insert provisions in employment contracts allowing them to recover compensation from employees who violate the law.

Sin City has a long history of dreamers and visionaries hoping to make their mark on the gambling capital. Here are nine entrepreneurs--and one gangster--who helped to build the desert city into what it is today.Sin City has a long history of dreamer

MADRID (MarketWatch) -- Bain Capital and Golden Gate Capital Corp. are close to a more than $6.5 billion deal to buy BMC Software Inc. , Reuters reported Monday, citing two persons familiar with the potential deal. One of those persons said the price

A group of private-equity firms including Bain Capital and Golden Gate Capital reached a deal to buy BMC Software, in what is likely to be one of the largest leveraged buyouts so far this year.

By Stone Fox Capital:Every research firm and data analysis over the last couple of months suggested that Facebook (FB) is losing users especially amongst the younger generation. Reading the Q113 earnings call transcript, one gets the impression that

Beginning with the third quarter of this year, the BEA plans to report the U.S. GDP and national income accounts on a new basis.One of the purposes of the change is to better reflect the importance of intellectual capital and technological innovation