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A tough year for U.S. venture capital fundraising
Money & CompanyYou know it's a bad time to be a start-up if even the guys who give money to start-ups are short on cash. And 2009 was one of those times. New information out today from Dow Jones LP Source indicates...... -
Fisker Automotive raises money for plug-in electric car
Money & CompanyFisker Automotive, the Irvine-based developer of electric cars, said it has raised an additional $115.3 million in private equity funding to develop plug-in hybrid cars. The money allows Fisker, founded by Danish design guru Henrik Fisker, to satisfy a U.... -
Ralphs takes a chance on salsa from at-risk youths
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterHomegirl salsa is about to find a home at the deli counter of Ralphs Grocery Co. Salsa made by women in Homeboy Industries' Homegirl Cafe & Catering job training program will be sold at the chain's downtown Los Angeles store starting today. It is part...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Services and Shopping, Business, Salsa (genre), Juvenile Delinquency
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Arabic-language Internet is coming of age
When Samih Toukan and Hussam Khoury started Maktoob.com as an Arabic e-mail service 10 years ago, they had a modest office in Amman, Jordan, and little support from friends and family who could not imagine anyone using the Internet in Arabic.
"We were...Tags: Japan, Beirut (Lebanon), Gaming, Networking, Telecommunication Service
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Web vets bet online video is ready for a TV takeover
L.A. Times Tech BlogJason Calacanis is a betting man. The poker enthusiast gambled that blogging would break out when he founded Weblogs Inc. in 2003. He was right on the money and cashed out in a sale to AOL for $25 million. As he wages an ongoing battle against Google with... -
New DreamWorks book on what went wrong: 'The whole company's mandate was: Give Steven what he wants'
The Big PictureAs I read Nicole LaPorte's lively new history of DreamWorks, "The Men Who Would Be King," I found myself transported to a time long, long ago, an era so far gone that when DreamWorks co-founder Jeffrey Katzenberg once complained to...... -
Foursquare stays independent, raises cash to fuel expansion
L.A. Times Tech BlogAfter holding acquisition talks with Facebook Inc. and Yahoo Inc., one of the Internetâs most talked-about start-ups Foursquare has decided to remain independent and has raised a big chunk of cash from a prominent Silicon Valley venture capital firm.... -
Former President Clinton asks supporters to make his birthday wish come true
L.A. Times Tech BlogFor his 64th birthday, former President Clinton has a wish. And he is turning to the Internet to ask supporters to help make it come true by giving money to help fight childhood obesity and climate change and encourage entrepreneurship and economic... -
Xobni takes over Twitter's old offices
L.A. Times Tech BlogYou can measure the success of a start-up in square footage. Just ask Xobni. A few weeks ago, Xobni moved into Twitterâs old offices in the South of Market area of San Francisco. With 30 employees, it could no longer squeeze into the offices that it... -
'Now what?' Obama asks fellow Democrats (Video)
Top of the TicketFive days after meeting with Republican House members, Democrat Obama has a long chat with his party's senators.... -
California solar startup Ausra acquired by French nuclear energy giant Areva
L.A. Times Tech BlogMirrors reflect the sun, concentrating its energy into a transom of pipes, at the Ausra Kimberlina Solar Thermal Energy Plant in Bakersfield. Credit: Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times French nuclear energy giant Areva has jumped into the U.S.... -
Culture Jam: Tweeting for a song
L.A. Times Tech BlogCulture Jam, Twitter marketing company, releases Promo Jam, a do-it-yourself software platform for DIY bands....
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