NY Times DealBook has a good article that was posted yesterday.  In "Multinationals Stake a Claim in Venture Capital" author Evelyn Rusli explores the expansion of corporate venture capital programs by multi-nationals.  This is a trend that has been developing for a long time, and the article does a good job explaining the trend.  Here's the link:   http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2012/09/03/multinationals-stake-a-claim-in-venture-capital/

In the peHUB article "More Evidence Of The Rising Interest in Corporate Venturing and M&A," the author discusses how technology companies are increasing their efforts in this area.  Good article.  Here's the link:  http://www.pehub.com/148844/more-evidence-of-the-rising-interest-in-corporate-venturing-and-ma/