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SAN FRANCISCO General Motors Co will soon exit one of its venture capital unit’s investments, either through an initial public offering or the acquisition of that company by another, the U.S. automaker’s chief technology officer said. GM started its venture capital unit more than two years ago with a $ 200 million budget to invest in start-up companies with promising auto-related technologies. While GM Ventures no longer provides details on how many companies it has invested in or how much it has spent, Chief Technology Officer Jon Lauckner said the automaker could exit its stake in one of its investments [...]

Credit cards can offer more than just miles and cash back. They can also help boost your future. There are two major credit cards on the market that allow you to make certain types of investments with rewards, although there have been others in the past. The Upromise World Master Card allows cardholders to deposit their rewards into a 529 college savings plan or high-yield savings account, while Fidelity’s investment-rewards cards offer a range of deposit options, including individual retirement accounts, 529 plans and brokerage accounts, to name a few. It’s a trend that has yet to take off. “There [...]

OTTAWA Prime Minister Stephen Harper, in some of his toughest remarks on foreign investment yet, signaled a willingness to block foreign purchases of Canadian companies if other countries are not open to Canadian investment. Speaking on the eve of a trip to India and other parts of Asia, Harper said in an interview published in Saturday’s Postmedia newspapers that Canada as a general rule welcomes foreign investment. “The real issue, as we go to places like India – and I think that Canadians recognize what the real issue is, not the openness of Canada to foreign investment, because Canada is [...]

MILAN Fiat’s Mirafiori and Melfi plants will be among the first to be re-tooled for new models in the Italian carmaker’s plan to fix its struggling European business, and work may begin within weeks, a union source said. A sharp downturn in Europe has forced Chief Executive Sergio Marchionne to focus on bolstering the company’s European activities instead of buying more shares in U.S. automaker Chrysler Group LLC, which it also controls. Shares in Fiat closed 4.3 percent lower on Wednesday as investors doubted that a plan by the carmaker to fix its money-losing European operations by increasing investment in [...]

SEOUL The first payouts from South Korea’s state pension fund only started in 2008, but faced with the fastest ageing population among developed nations and one of the lowest birthrates, the country needs to deal with a looming funding crunch. The world’s third-largest state fund by assets is generating more than $ 2 billion a month in new net funding as contributions outpace payments, but by 2034 that will end as South Koreans retire and the working age population falls. By 2050, there will only be 1.5 people in work to support each pensioner, down from seven now, as birth [...]

Financial boo-boos of NFL players NFL players make the same kinds of financial mistakes regular people make. They live beyond their means, become victims of Ponzi schemes and make risky investments. Click ahead to read about the money mistakes of five current and former NFL players and what you can learn from them. John Elway tackled by Ponzi scheme Hall of Fame quarterback John Elway often escaped trouble on the field. But in 2010, Elway and a business partner invested $ 15 million with a hedge-fund manager who was arrested on charges that he ran a Ponzi scheme, The Denver [...]

These days, few investors hew to the old rule of holding the equivalent of your age, in percentage terms, in bond investments. This is particularly true for those on the younger end of the spectrum. While some advisers and fixed-income experts recommend bond allocations for all investors, others say young people can do just fine with no fixed-income investments. So what should investors younger than 40 do about investing in bonds or bond funds? As usual when it comes to investing, the answer is “it depends.” Isn’t There a Looming Bond Apocalypse? Unlike stocks, which represent ownership shares in companies, [...]

SAN FRANCISCO The Federal Trade Commission is looking into Third Point’s investments in Yahoo Inc , according to a Friday post on the AllThingsD site. The report said the FTC has been inquiring into the circumstances surrounding the hedge fund’s acquisition of large chunks of Yahoo shares beginning last year. Third Point and its chief executive, Daniel Loeb, launched a successful activist campaign against Yahoo, which led to the departure of Chief Executive Scott Thompson and several board members. Loeb is now a Yahoo [...]

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