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- How Much Would Mozilla Fetch on the Market?
- Netscape and Internet Explorers will come and go, but Mozilla will stand forever -- or at least many would like to think so. But what if they went public? Would it "undermine" the entire mission of Mozilla? It seems the conspiracy theories about such a possibility have been bouncing...
- Blog posts 2008-01-08
- Selling Shares of Your Business
- People sell shares of a company to raise funds or to eventually sell the company. Shares can be sold to angel investors, venture capitalists, individuals, and other businesses. These different types of buyers will have different motives for buying, expectations of the dividends they may receive, and intentions for selling...
- Articles 2007-09-27
- What Year Had the Most IPOs?
- There were a record 768 initial public offerings in 1996 -- the proverbial high water mark. Times have changed since that fateful year Yahoo! went public. This year should exceed the 236 IPOs of 2006, but won't even come close to 1996. The IPOs making the headlines...
- Blog posts 2007-09-18
- Vonage Losing Customers: Who and What's to Blame?
- Although Internet phone service provider Vonage added 57,000 customers this quarter, Comcast, which bundles VoIP with other broadband services, added more than ten times more subscribers -- taking over as the industry leader. While Vonage founder and CEO Jeffrey Citron attributes the stalling customer growth to decreased advertising...
- Blog posts 2007-08-15
- Daily Dispatch: Blackstone Group, Toyota, BP, U.S. Economy
- Blackstone Group had the sixth-richest IPO in U.S. history today, with stock prices spiking more than 20 percent. Excitement about the private-equity industry helped boost the share prices, despite criticism of the lavish incomes of the group's executives, who will receive the bulk of the income from the...
- Blog posts 2007-06-22
- BNET Daily Dispatch: Oracle, Blackstone, GE, and Icahn
- Oracle sued long time rival SAP AG yesterday for what it called "corporate theft on a grand scale." Oracle claims that SAP used customers' online access codes to copy thousands of Oracle software products onto its own servers. In the past three years, Oracle has spent $20 billion buying up...
- Blog posts 2007-03-23
- Malone, Murdoch Kick NBCU's Tires; GE's Immelt Talks IPO, Partner
- As luck would have it, the News Corp (NYSE: NWS). and Liberty Media (NSDQ: LINTA) annual meetings both took place in New York today—the same day that GE CEO Jeff Immelt once again was talking IPO or partner for NBC Universal (NYSE: GE) during an earnings call. Both companies...
- External links 2009-10-16
- Ancestry.com Prices IPO, Hopes To Raise $115 Million
- Genealogy site Ancestry.com expects to raise $115 million as it plans to price 7.4 million shares for an IPO, the AP reported. The Provo, Utah-based company wants to use the $48.4 million in proceeds to pay down debt and for general business operations. A portion of those funds...
- External links 2009-10-21
- Former NBCU Chairman Says Now Is Not The Time For An IPO
- It isn’t his problem anymore but former NBC Universal (NYSE: GE) Chairman and CEO Bob Wright has a few thoughts on whether Vivendi (EPA: VIV) will end up getting out its stake in NBCU and if a Comcast-GE will go through. During an interview with Liz Claman on Fox...
- External links 2009-10-28
- Las Vegas Sands Corp Q3 2009 Earnings Call Transcript
- Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator instructions. We will pause for just a moment to compile the Q&A roster. Your first question comes from the line of Joe Greff with JPMorgan. Joe, please go ahead. Joe Greff – JPMorgan Thank you. Good afternoon, everyone. Ken or Sheldon, I was hoping – I’m...
- Earnings calls 2009-10-31
- Online Marketing/Media Firm Quinstreet Files for $250 Million IPO
- Quinstreet, the Foster City, CA-based vertical media and marketing firm that recently bought Insure.com and Internet.com, has filed for an IPO to raise as much as $250 million, according to its S1. Last month Quin paid $16 million for Insure.com, and its related media assets, and the month before...
- External links 2009-11-20
- Cloud Peak IPO to Earn Rio Tinto $741m
- SYDNEY (Reuters UK) - Global miner Rio Tinto RIO RIO expects to receive at least $741 million from the flotation of its U.S. coal-mining unit, Cloud Peak Energy CLD, on the New York Stock Exchange, Rio said on Monday.Cloud Peak Energy shares fell in their debut on Friday after its...
- News items 2009-11-22
- Fund Raising By AIM Oil, Gas Firms Hits 3-year High
- By Julie CrustLONDON (Reuters UK) - Fund raising by oil and gas companies on London's junior AIM market rose to the highest quarterly level since mid 2006, accountancy firm Ernst & Young said in a report.The companies, including Sterling Energy SEY, Regal Petroleum RPT and Roc Oil ROC ROC, raised...
- News items 2009-11-22
- Twitter's Stone: No Sale But IPO, Alternatives Are Possible
- Twitter’s generous investors—the latest round was $100 million—may be pleased to hear that “2010 is really going to be the revenue year” for the high-profile startup. Or so Biz Stone, one of three cofounders, told reporters at Oxford University Monday, the latest stop on a talky tour of the...
- External links 2009-11-23
- Facebook Changes Stock Structure; Is An IPO Next?
- Facebook has said it is in no rush to file for an IPO but the company continues to take small steps towards one. The latest: It is creating a new class of stock with additional voting power, the WSJ reports. The new shares will be given to all existing...
- External links 2009-11-24
- LinkedIn Co-founder Sees IPO Likely, But Not Soon
- By Georgina ProdhanLONDON (Reuters) - LinkedIn, the world's biggest professional social network, will probably pursue an initial public offering some time but not in the near future, co-founder and executive chairman Reid Hoffman told Reuters."Probably at some point a balance will occur when that's the right thing. That will not...
- News items 2009-11-25
- Rothschild Close to Advising Betfair on IPO - Sources
- By Victoria Howley and Daisy KuLONDON (Reuters UK) - Betfair, the world's largest internet betting exchange, is close to appointing Rothschild as independent adviser for a potential listing, people familiar with the matter said on Wednesday.The appointment takes the company a step closer to an eventual initial public offering IPO,...
- News items 2009-11-25
- Flybe, Oil Firms Planning London IPOs
- LONDON (Reuters UK) - British budget airline Flybe and five oil companies are planning initial public offerings in London next year which are expected to value them collectively at 1.5 billion pounds, the Sunday Times reported.The paper said Flybe had instructed advisers Merrill Lynch to prepare for a listing, and...
- News items 2009-11-29
- Reports: Vivendi-GE Reach Tentative Agreement On NBCU Sale
- The companies aren’t commenting but it sounds like Vivendi (EPA: VIV) and General Electric may have reached an agreement that will pave the way for the much-discussed deal that would make Comcast (NSDQ: CMCSA) a majority owner of NBC Universal (NYSE: GE). The Wall Street Journal is reporting that...
- External links 2009-12-01
- Comcast-NBCU: Our Coverage In Links
- Now that the deal is done for Comcast (NSDQ: CMCSA) to acquire 51 percent of NBC Universaal from GE, pending regulatory approval, here’s a look at how it all unfolded:—Comcast-NBCU: How Comcast Is Pitching The Deal To DC—Beyond the Deal: Spinning the Wheel On Comcast-NBCU—GE-Comcast Hope To Announce $30...
- External links 2009-12-03
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