Topic - al gore

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General news, Cleantech

Kleiner Perkins Leads $75M for Smart Grid Startup

Silver Spring Networks snags big venture round and joins a host of competitors that are now flush with cash despite global economic woes.
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General news, Internet

Newt Gingrich Makes Pitch to Valley

Former House speaker uses YouTube to urge entrepreneurs to help 'Net strategy chief of advocacy group American Solutions.
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Media, Communications, Internet

TechSpin: Poor Steve Jobs. A Control Freak's Nightmare

He had a nice, methodical plan to roll out iPods and iPhones and keep the music business under this thumb. Then came the hackers.
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General news, Media, Internet, Finance

Al Gore’s Current Media Files

The former U.S. vice president’s youth-oriented cable television network files for an initial public offering.
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General news, Cleantech

Al Gore Joins Kleiner Perkins

The former U.S. VP and Nobel Peace Prize winner joins Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers as a partner, boosting the firm’s clean tech investment clout.
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Computers, General news, Communications, Cleantech, Finance

$12.5M Rains on Weather Risk Startup

New Enterprise Associates and Index Ventures pour round into WeatherBill, a startup that lets businesses such as ski operators and travel companies tailor their coverage.
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Biosciences

Branson, Gore Team to Save Globe

U.K. entrepreneur and former U.S. VP offer $25-million prize to combat climate change.
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Media, Internet

Yahoo Teams with Gore’s Current

Portal partners with former Veep’s TV channel on YouTube-like video-sharing site.
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Cleantech, Finance

John Doerr Roots for Greentech

A preeminent Silicon Valley venture capitalist has a new investment passion: green technology startups.