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Which Startups Will Rule 2012?

Venture capitalists, corporations, private-equity firms, and more poured billions into private companies this year--a huge boon for titans like Facebook and Groupon. Here, the best of the rest starting 2012 with supersize bankrolls.READ»

Lot18 Expands Wine Flash-Sale Dominance To Europe, Acquires Paris-based Vinobest

New York-based startup Lot18 is bringing its online wine business to Europe, acquiring Paris-based Vinobest for an undisclosed sum. READ»

LinkedIn's Reid Hoffman Aims To Accelerate England's Startup Scene, Bomb Scare Be Damned

The LinkedIn cofounder takes 30 Silicon Valley executives and investors to Britain to give innovations lessons to Europe's future entrepreneurs. One improvised lesson: when a bomb threat disrupts your creative session, head to the pub to network. READ»

The Riskiest In Business Are Tall, Male, Young, And (Astrologically) Fiery

To find out if science (and pseudo-science) can predict risk taking, we sort 26 top execs. The winner: Twitter co-founder Evan Williams.READ»

National Boss's Day

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Kiva Powers Up Web Commerce With New Bot-On-Bot Action

These amazing bro-bots work in pairs and in three dimensions to vastly improve efficiency and organization--without incessant high-fiving! Watch a time-lapse video of them moving Diapers.com's entire stock to a new location in 36 hours flat!READ»

Facebook and Other Sites Lift the Drawbridge in Reaction to Gawker Hack

The theft of Gawker's users' logins doesn't just affect Nick Denton's publishing empire. It could imperil users' accounts on Facebook, LinkedIn, Gilt, Word of Warcraft, and elsewhere.READ»

Updates

Flight-information company ITA Software, featured in February's "Ready for Takeoff," is on board to be snapped up by Google for $700 million. Google says it has no plans to sell airline tickets online, but if the deal is okayed by ...READ»

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Bargain Basement Meets Exclusive Penthouse in Gilt Groupe, Target Stores Partnership

Gilt Groupe and Target team for flash sales.READ»

Fashion Frenzy: Gilt Competitor HauteLook Receives $31 Million in Funding

Fashionistas beware, the online fashion market is about to get busier. HauteLook, a members-only online sample sale site, closed a $31 million round of funding headed by Insight Venture Partners (they raised $10 million in funding ...READ»

Gilt Groupe Launches Gilt City, Attacking Groupon in New York City

Gilt Groupe looks to be expanding their service, taking aim at Groupon with the new Gilt City local deals service.READ»

Today in Most Innovative Companies

News of note from our Most Innovative Companies, including Apple, Gilt Groupe, and Politico.READ»

The 50 Most Innovative Companies...on the iPad

Several of our 50 Most Innovative Companies have entries in the iPad App Store--and unsurprisingly, they're often among the most innovative apps around.READ»

Susan Lyne, CEO of Gilt Groupe

"Most online shopping mirrors brick-and-mortar stores," says Susan Lyne. "They're not taking advantage of what's uniquely possible online, the heightened sense of entertainment and competition." As CEO of Gilt Groupe, Lyne has reimagined online retail, offering 36-hour flash sales on everything from designer handbags to golf clubs to travel deals.READ»

Most Innovative Companies - Fashion

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Will Pop-Up Shops Soon Be a Thing of the Past?

Pop-up shops have become such a regular fixture in the retail world this year that most of us have forgotten the shopping destinations are based on being temporary. In the past few months alone, we've seen Target pop-up shops in New ...READ»

The Fashion Industry Is Controlled by Mindless Robots, Gilt Groupe Proves It

Watch this video of Kiva's amazing warehouse robots in action.READ»

Gilt Groupe Without Guilt: Fans Flaunt Their Finds

Passionate fashionistas have made Gilt Groupe the darling of luxury-obsessed bargain hunters.READ»