Thursday morning we bring you news on AEG’s potential mega deal, Austalia’s CVC boss quitting the firm and the top ten most powerful women in Russia.

Click through for this morning’s First Read to find out about what’s happening in Lat AM, how to set the right goals for your future and Facebook’s secret strength.

Big company innovation is an oxymoron, right? Maybe not. Innovation expert Scott Anthony argues that a dramatic shift is underway in corporate innovation with significant ramifications for venture capitalists.

Apple, the Cupertino, Calif.-based, publicly traded tech giant, has promoted two employees to senior vice president: Craig Federighi, Apple’s vice president of Mac Software Engineering, and Dan Riccio, Apple’s vice president of Hardware Engineering. Federighi and Riccio will now report to Apple CEO Tim Cook and serve on Apple’s executive management team. PRESS RELEASE: Apple [...]

Start the day off with this morning’s First Read to find out the most valuable company in the history of the world, the top ten VCs investing Russia and why Groupon was valued like a tech company.

This morning’s First Read highlights the key to tech success, takes a look at the slimline iPhone5 and congratulates Marissa Mayer on her new job and pregnancy news.

This morning’s First Read brings you news of NewWorld Capital’s maiden fund, how Apple’s iCloud data centre got built and DFJ Esprit’s latest fashion tip.

Take a break with this morning’s First Read to find out how corporate VC did in Q1, iPhone’s five year sales figures and the new soap opera called Europe.

FirstRead this morning brings you a sunny forecast for Microsoft but warns to bring an umbrella just in case and Peter Thiel may be warming to energy investing.

Well, if there’s anyone that could successfully extract value from used-up old handset makers, it would be private equity…