Hale "Bonddad" Stewart: We Can't Afford This Damn War Anymore

Portfolio.com: Market Movers: The Breaking Views column in today's WSJ comes up with a startling figure : Tommy Hilfiger is now worth $2.5 billion – even as the value of its US franchise continues to steadily decline. UK private-equity firm Apax Partners bought Tommy Hilfiger two years ago with $350 million of equity and ...more

Resolute raises $7.6 million

John Cook's Venture Blog: Resolute Solutions Corp., an 11-year-old Bellevue technology consulting firm, has raised $7.6 million in equity and debt financing with Aequitas Capital Management leading the equity round. The company, which was recently named the 130th fastest-growing private company by Inc. magazine, will use the ...more

Stewart Brand and thinking about Megacities

EthanZ's Weblog: It’s almost half a week from the end of Pop!Tech and I’m still exhausted. I’d like to tell you that this is because I partied hard, like some of my fellow bloggers, and am deep in sleep debt. It’s not true - I figured out a couple of years ago that I’m getting older and

Hale "Bonddad" Stewart: We Can't Afford This Damn War Anymore

The Huffington Post: From Forbes: The total cost, including debt servicing, of the US wars in Iraq and Afghanistan could reach 2.4 trln usd by 2017, a report by the Congressional Budget Office found. The report, by the body which provides non-partisan budget...more

Palm closes recapitalization deal with Elevation Partners

MocoNews.net: Palm has closed the sale of 25 percent of its stock to Elevation for $325 million. This was noted back in June , and all the details are the sameincluding a $9 per share dividend totaling about $950 million paid for with the investment, existing cash and $400 million in new debt. As far as I can ...more

Payment delayed.....

DesignJournal: ..is not payment at all! I'm guessing i have a mixed media brain as well----several of Nicki's posts on her site, thoughts about new projects waiting in the wings, insurmountable mess in the studio, the desire to make Art for a Living and  recent discussions have me all in a tizzy! "...the ...more

Third World Finance Dept: At least one blogger attending Natalie Portman's ...

Defamer: At least one blogger attending Natalie Portman's recent Columbia University lecture about micro-lending wasn't exactly blown away the actress's appeal for debt forgiveness: "Then he showed a video featuring Natalie Portman somewhere in Africa, on top of a mountain, her knees pulled to her chest, ...more

Palm closes recapitalization deal with Elevation Partners

Engadget: Filed under: Cellphones No surprises here, but Palm's " strategic recapitalization " effort has officially been closed. Just months after shareholders gave a collective thumbs-up to the idea , Elevation Partners has indeed "invested $325 million in Palm, which the company will utilize along with ...more