Angelides forms venture firm to invest in real estate and environment
Former state treasurer, Phil Angelides, will set up his own venture firm in Sacramento.
In an interview with Bizjournal, Phil Angelides says his firm will invest first in real estate and green building projects, where he has experience. Over time, he’ll invest in other environmental projects and products, he said. As treasurer, Angelides led the state initiative four years ago to begin supporting investments in green technology — which helped spark interest in the area by… Continue Reading
HP pays $14.5 million — spying suit points to crisis in board education
Hewlett-Packard agrees to cough up $14.5 million in response to the board-spying scandal that has hurt HP’s brand, but this raises fundamental questions about how board members are trained.
Still pending are criminal charges facing five individuals. These people, including the former chairman Pat Dunn, have supposedly been trained in Silicon Valley business etiquette for years, if not decades. An ethics officer Kevin Hunsaker is even one of those charged. If this can happen at a huge… Continue Reading