• Jan
  • 06
  • 2009
  • 9:39 AM

Linkstock: Most Influential Companies; Role of Venture Capital; Upbeat Forecasts; More

By: Ray Pellecchia
File Under: Miscellaneous

World's 10 Most Influential and Innovative Companies (BusinessWeek, via David Hunkar/Seeking Alpha) Five of the 10 are listed on NYSE: JPMorgan Chase, Monsanto, Toyota, Unilever and Wal-Mart.

The Role of Venture Capital: Turning Nothing Into Something (Fred Wilson)

Enough Doom and Gloom: 10 Positive Forecasts for 2009 (The Good News Economist via Seeking Alpha)

SEC Broadens Its Prove Of Failures in Madoff Case(WashingtonPost.com)
Bid to Revoke Madoff's Bail Cites His Gifts (NYT.com)
Prosecutors Seek to Jail Madoff (WSJ.com)

The New York Times could cut its costs by outsourcing some of its business section content? (24/7 Wall Street, via Talking Biz News) Yes, and cut its throat. The Times's business section is an integral component of the paper's identity.

And of course, your daily dose of historical trivia follows. Have a good Tuesday, folks.

Today in NYSE History (NYSE.com)
6 Jan. 1933 -- The NYSE began requiring an independent audit of listed companies' annual financial statements.

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