morgan stanley

GSV Boosts Facebook To $70B, HBO Go Hits 3M, iPhone 5 Due In Three Months With "Lite" Partner

The Fast Company reader's essential rundown of people and companies making moves in your space. Updated all day by FastCompany.com's editors.READ»

Verizon CFO on iPhone: "We Are Not a One-Device Company"

The Verizon iPhone just zoomed past the 1 million devices-sold mark, and according to Verizon CFO Fran Shammo, the "launch has gone flawlessly." But that doesn't mean the carrier's love of Droid devices is waning.READ»

Facebook Still Banned at Goldman Sachs, $450 Million Investment Be Damned

Nearly half a billion dollars later, will Goldman's 35,400 employees gain access to Zuck's network?READ»

Beating Up Wall Street Types Now Legal

After years of having their Fannies spanked and their Goldmans smacked, are bankers, brokers, lawyers, and hedge fund managers prepared for the timely return of White Collar Boxing?READ»

Looking for a Partner: Must be Willing to Commit

Put a bunch of executives from different companies in a room to hatch plans, write checks, and plot how to move markets, and it’s a federal crime. Add some foundations, NGOs, and myriad worthy causes, and you’ve got the Clinton ...READ»

Is the iPad a Notebook Killer?

August was an awful month for notebook PC makers. Sales growth, slowing since the iPad arrived, has slipped into negative numbers. But has Apple cursed the industry, or is the story murkier than that?READ»

3 Words I Wish Big Finance Would Learn

It has been shocking and bewildering to watch the behavior of some of the top banking CEOs in recent months, punctuated by the appearance of four of these executives before Congress last month. Some questions immediately pop into my mind. Do they follow the news? Have they no conscience? Do they not have public-relations people on retainer? The answer to all three is, apparently, no because it is clear that they are so far out of touch with reality that they are the equivalent of the Merry Pranksters of the 1960s tripping on acid.READ»

Why Your Gut Is More Ethical Than Your Brain

If you've ever been part of a discussion on ethics, in school or elsewhere, chances are you didn't spend much time talking about your feelings. It's believed that to live ethically, we must engage our reason, which reins in the ...READ»

• Three Lessons in "Rational" Prices Raising Ethical Questions

Create A New Category – Build A Profitable Niche

On Wednesday I started an examination of an investment strategy firm that specializes in microfinance, Minlam Asset Management. As I interviewed one of Minlam’s founders, Mike Hokenson, I noticed a reoccurring theme that I see ...READ»

Live from the Green:Net Conference: What's your Carbon ID?

Virtue is the new conspicuous consumption. We may not be able to flaunt some new fancy gadget or outfit, but we can show off how good a steward of the earth we're being. If Avoiding Mass Extinction Engine (AMEE) CEO Gavin Starks ...READ»

• Attack of the Green-Tech Geeks

Women in Tech: The Evangelists

9 thought leaders who are changing our ideas about technology.READ»

• The Most Influential Women in Technology
• Women in Tech: The Executives
• Women in Tech: The Entrepreneurs

Worst Trading Day Since 9/11, Tech Stocks Take Cover

The foundering of several bedrock financial companies helped create a perfect storm today, spurring to one of the worst trading days in nearly a decade. The tech sector didn't escape the catastrophe, but fared more buoyantly than ...READ»