Topic: Business Capital

Our special report shows how success is about new investment, new applications, and new markets — smart growth driven by innovation and excellence.

In the war to find the best way to tackle oil spills, new research proves there’s no single “silver bullet” in the environmental recovery arsenal.

While the commercialization of nuclear fusion takes baby steps into its fourth decade, the next-generation of fission plants could be supplying power within a few years.

Talking to computers like Captain Picard on “Star Trek: The Next Generation” has been a longtime dream among techies. But with new advances including the Apple iPhone 4S Siri, better speech recognition is within reach.

The digital revolution has gone far beyond the Internet, smart phone and GPS device in your vehicle. And though these devices have made life and work faster and easier, that may not be all for the good.

The success of the 3-D movie “Avatar” and the popularity of super-realistic video games are bringing virtual reality and its cousin, augmented reality, to the entertainment forefront.

Our special report shows how success is about new investment, new applications, and new markets — smart growth driven by innovation and excellence.

Many investors are shifting funds from capital-intensive alternative-energy technologies, such as solar panels, to lower-cost ventures focused on energy efficiency and “smart grid” technologies that automate electric utility operations.

The annual meeting of the world's power brokers in Switzerland tackles some big subjects and attracts a lot of media attention but so what?

Years after the dotcom bust, capital is again flowing to needy entrepreneurs, but the funding structure is very different.