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Tom Wheeler, nominated to become the new chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, pledged to divest stakes in AT&T Inc, Dish Network Corp, Google Inc and dozens of other tech and telecoms companies if he is confirmed.Such divestments are common for nominees to avoid conflicts of interest. Wheeler's plan was disclosed in an agreement posted online by the Office of Government Ethics.Wheeler is now a venture capital investor at Core Capital Partners and chairs the FCC's Technology Advisory Council. In the past, he ran the National Cable Television Association and then the wireless industry group CTIA.Within 90 days of being confirmed by the Senate as FCC chairman, Wheeler plans to leave his investment company and divest holdings in 78 companies. The investments include Apple Inc, Microsoft Corp, China Mobile Ltd, tactical radio maker Harris Corp, Windstream Corp, and media companies Liberty Media Corp, News Corp, Time Warner Inc and Time Warner Cable Inc.Wheeler will also drop i...
Entrepreneurs who rely on old books and online articles for information on how to file new patent applications may be terribly mislead. Be careful. Bad advice always leads to bad decisions. Here are five things to know about patents.
Entrepreneur and comedy star Louis C.K.’s triumphs have been made possible by a powerful combination of incredible talent and a series of very wise business decisions.
Fang Fenglei, a former Goldman Sachs banker and co-founder of Hopu Investment Management, is raising up to $2 billion in a new fund, people familiar with the matter ...
Nasdaq OMX CEO Robert Greifeld on Wednesday supported an effort to have securities regulators create an exclusive exchange for micro- and small-capitalization public...
Dell Inc. said Monday afternoon that venture capitalist James W. Breyer is retiring from its board of directors. In a statement, Dell said Breyer has notified the co...
FireEye Inc., a cyber-attack defense software company, has tapped four banks to lead an initial public offering that could come later this year, according to people ...
A German trade union has threatened Lufthansa with another round of strikes if the airline fails to present a better pay offer when wage talks resume next week."If L...
Jon Winkelried, a former president at Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (GS), last month was hired as a strategic adviser by Thrive Capital, a venture capital firm, the New Y...
GlaxoSmithKline PLC (GSK, GSK.LN) will partner with venture capitalists from San Diego in an unusual deal worth up to $495 million to start several drug-discovery fi...
With authorities scrambling Friday to find a suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings , many Boston-area companies like EMC (NYSE:EMC) and Whole Foods Market (NASDAQ:...
Google Inc.'s (GOOG) Project Glass, the futuristic glasses which bring the Internet, your phone and who knows what else to your peripheral vision, may be the latest ...
The budget battle on Capitol Hill heated up Wednesday as President Barack Obama released his budget for fiscal 2014 that aims to find middle ground to progress long-...
How would you use a Shark-Tank investment to grow your business? Here are tips for attracting a 'shark.'
In the months preceding its highly-anticipated debut a year ago this weekend, Facebook (NASDAQ:FB) was seen as a shooting star with limitless potential that would li...
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (GS) beat out Fortress Investment Group LLC (FIG) for the right to lend Arcapita Bank up to $350 million that would ease the Bahraini invest...
Ask 10 entrepreneurs why startups fail and you'll get 10 different answers. But there's just one simple cause underlying all of them.
The Facebook Inc. executive who led some of the social network's key mobile initiatives is leaving the company, it was announced Thursday. Bubba Murarka, who was hea...
Goldman Sachs Group Inc has hired Deutsche Bank senior equity analyst Tom Ernst as a managing director to co-head its software banking team, a company spokesman said...
Riding the Cyprus bailout wave, Bitcoin catapulted into the financial spotlight this year, but the turbulent virtual currency still faces daunting regulatory, securi...
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