The latest variation on the Microsoft-Yahoo theme comes courtesy of the Wall Street Journal, which is reporting that Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) is looking for lab partners in some kind of Yahoo dissection. Microsoft has talked to News Corp (NYSE: NWS) and Time Warner (NYSE: TWX) about possible partnerships, says WSJ; no one seems to actually expect those chats to pan out. Then again, Yahoo is ...

The Future Structure of Financial Institutions: Will the Fed Swallow the Investment Banks? July 2, 2008 – 2:50 am In the June 24th WSJ (“Maybe It’s Time to Put the Banks and the Investment Banks Back Together.”) Dennis Berman forecasts the demise of investment banks. I could not disagree more with his thesis, that transaction-based

Fed may loosen rules on private equity bank stakes-WSJ June 27th, 2008 NEW YORK, June 26 (Reuters) - The U.S ... . Banks have raised money from government investment funds,mutual funds and other investors, often

Citigroup, which is set to cut as much as 10% of its investment-banking staff, ... a decade in the latest sign of how the day-to-day business of investment banks is being hit ... investment banks by the bond issuance in euros that they underwrite for companies. Citigroup

Fox, a vertical ad net focused financial news and investment advice online. At the centerpiece of the News Corp unit's new network is The Wall Street Journal Digital Network, which includes the company's Dow Jones web properties of WSJ, ...

But money-making opportunities in virtual worlds have grown as such sites go mainstream. The WSJ piece also has a look at seven high school...