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NEW YORK, Aug. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Leading online investing firm Scottrade has selected Dow Jones Adviser to provide its registered investment advisors (RIAs) the actionable market, investment and practice management news, commentary and analysis they need to better manage their businesses and their clients' portfolios. Dow Jones Adviser combines editorial content from The Wall Street Journal, Barron's and Dow Jones Newswires in one place with sophisticated functionality for search, screening...

NEW YORK, July 17 /PRNewswire/ -- According to statistics from Dow Jones VentureSource, venture investors put $7.7 billion to work in 744 deals for U.S.-based companies during the second quarter of 2010. This is the highest quarterly total for capital invested since $8.4 billion was put into 699 deals during the third quarter of 2008. "Fueled by investors' need to keep current portfolio companies funded and to begin investing from new funds, venture capital financing had a strong quarter,"...

NEW YORK, July 1 /PRNewswire/ -- During the second quarter of 2010, 15 IPOs by venture-backed companies raised $899 million, up from three offerings which raised $232 million in the same period last year, according to Dow Jones VentureSource. Seventy-nine M&As raised $4.3 billion in the most recent quarter, a decrease in deal activity from the 82 M&As that netted $2.9 billion in the second quarter of 2009. "Venture-backed IPOs hitting double-digits for the first time since 2007 is...

NEW YORK, June 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Dow Jones & Company's media relations tool, Dow Jones Media Relations Manager, was named a People's Choice Stevie Award winner in the media product category. For the second year in a row, the American Business Awards invited the general public to vote for their favorite new products of the year during their eighth annual Stevie Awards judging. More than 150,000 votes were cast by the general public and the winners were honored at the American Business...

NEW YORK, June 30 /PRNewswire/ -- For the third consecutive month, the Dow Jones Economic Sentiment Indicator (ESI) rose modestly signaling an improving U.S. economy. For June, the ESI rose above 40 for the first time since 2008, hitting 40.3. The ESI is up slightly from 39.4 in May. The ESI is determined by in-depth analysis of national news coverage across 15 daily newspapers. Despite a drop in the U.S. National Unemployment Rate, coverage of the job market remained negative as articles...

NEW YORK, June 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Dow Jones has entered into an agreement with the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) to provide products and services in support of PRSA's public relations efforts and to deliver high-level thought leadership programming to the organization's 32,000 professional and student members nationwide over the next year. "Dow Jones's public relations tools are helping us pinpoint the right media targets for our outreach and easily share breaking news with our...

SOUTH BRUNSWICK, N.J., June 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Calling it a demonstration that "a clean energy future is both possible and profitable" and "groundbreaking in every sense of the word," U.S. Senators Frank Lautenberg and Robert Menendez of New Jersey praised a Dow Jones & Company solar energy project at a groundbreaking ceremony in South Brunswick. The solar power system at Dow Jones' 200-acre corporate campus will total 4.1 megawatts when it is completed early next year. The system will...

SOUTH BRUNSWICK, N.J. and SAN JOSE, Calif., June 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Dow Jones & Company and SunPower Corp. (Nasdaq: SPWRA, SPWRB) today announced that SunPower has been selected to install a high-efficiency solar power system totaling 4.1 megawatts at Dow Jones' corporate offices in central New Jersey. The system will include 3.6 megawatts of elevated solar panels above parking areas and a 522-kilowatt rooftop installation. When completed early next year, the system will be...

NEW YORK, June 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Dow Jones today announced the appointment of Michael White to Dow Jones Investment Banker's dedicated editorial team. Dow Jones Investment Banker offers in-depth opinion and analysis on global industries and the topics essential to bankers and analysts, including M&A, capital raising, regulatory changes, and venture-capital and private-equity financing. Michael White joins the New York team as a Special Writer focusing on financial services....

NEW YORK, June 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Dow Jones & Co. and Glocap Search will produce a joint private equity compensation report for the first time. Due out in November 2010, the Dow Jones Private Equity Analyst-Glocap Compensation Report will combine the research capabilities and deep industry knowledge of Dow Jones with Glocap's compensation expertise. "Glocap has an intimate understanding of the entire spectrum of compensation and hiring trends in the alternative asset space, and is well...