Money & Markets – Week of 09.22.13

Fund to Let Investors Bet on Price of Bitcoins
Telegraph | 25 September 2013
The upstart stock exchange SecondMarket has made a name for itself allowing investors to buy shares of hot private companies like Twitter.

Insolvency Threat From UK’s ‘Zombie’ Businesses
The Scotsman | 27 September 2013
Years of recession and financial crisis have turned almost one in ten of the UK’s 2.5 million companies into “zombies”…

Kauffman Foundation and Khan Academy Launch Entrepreneurship Interview Series
Kauffman Foundation | 25 September 2013
Richard Branson, Marc Ecko among successful founders who share insights, advice and their secrets to startup success on Khan Academy…

Auto IRAs Would Help Low-Income People Save for Retirement
Benefits Pro | 23 September 2013
If more plan sponsors offered automatic IRAs, those who make the lowest amount of money would benefit…

One Year After Launch, Online Bank Simple Sees $1B in Annualized Transactions
Venture Beat | 15 July 2013
For Simple, an online bank trying to overthrow the tyranny of traditional banks…

Sept. 23, 2013
Financial Perspectives | 23 September 2013
As the markets are propelled higher by the successive interventions of the Federal Reserve…

Venezuela-China Sign Agreements For More Than USD 20 Billion
El Universal | 23 September 2013
Within the framework of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro’s first visit to China, on Sunday, China pledged to invest some USD 20 billion…

Puerto Rico is Living an Impoverished Debt Nightmare Reminiscent of Southern Europe or Detroit
Quartz | 19 September 2013
Puerto Rico’s poverty rate hit 44.9%, according to new data released today by the US Census Bureau…