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November 28, 2011

Facebook Said to Be Planning $10 Billion IPO

The giant social-networking site is contemplating an initial public offering that would value Facebook at more than $100 billion, says a person with knowledge

November 22, 2011

HP's Whitman Aims to Rebuild

Chief Executive Officer Meg Whitman says 2012 "just looks tough" for Hewlett-Packard as she warns investors to lower expectations while she spurs innovation

November 7, 2011

Lefkofsky as Would-Be Schmidt Tested at Groupon After IPO

Executive chairman Eric Lefkofsky must demonstrate that he can provide the oversight the company needs to fend off bigger rivals while chasing profitability

October 3, 2011

Groupon's Stumbles May Force Company to Pare Back Size of IPO

Management gaffes, restated results and regulatory scrutiny leave investors leery of owning the stock

July 6, 2011

Zynga s Quest for Big-Spending Whales

A tiny number of virtual-goods high rollers supply the bulk of the game maker’s revenue

May 30, 2011

SRI: Silicon Valley's Old School Incubator

These days, it seems there's a new incubator for just about every pair of 19-year-olds working on a mobile-payment startup. Long ago, before Y Combinator and 500 ...

May 19, 2011

A Peek at LinkedIn's 'Acquisitions List'

LinkedIn (LNKD) made its NYSE (NYX) debut Thursday morning with a bang. The company's share price more than doubled before lunch on its first day of trading, soaring ...

May 9, 2011

LinkedIn Preps a Bigger IPO, but It's No Facebook

LinkedIn, the business professional social network, is upping its expectations for its much-anticipated initial public offering, which it now believes can pull in as ...

January 23, 2011

The Private Market Is Hot Hot Hot

As such technology stars as Facebook, Zynga, and Groupon hold off on IPOs, their delays have created even more business for private stock markets, such as ...

January 14, 2011

Groupon, Bankers Said Discussing 2011 IPO

(Bloomberg) Groupon Inc., the largest coupon website, is seriously considering an initial public offering later this year and is meeting with securities firms ...

January 7, 2011

Facebook: $1 Billion in Profit This Year?

As Goldman Sachs (GS) lines up private investors for its Facebook fund, which appears to have closed already due to high demand, numbers are beginning to leak out ...

January 3, 2011

Facebook and Goldman Sachs: Inflating a New Bubble?

More than a decade has passed since Time Warner (TWX) and America Online (AOL) merged in a $180 billion deal, marking the peak of the Internet bubble and beginning a ...

December 17, 2010

Oracle Shares Up on Higher Profit Forecast

(Bloomberg) Oracle Corp., the second-largest software maker, rose in late trading after forecasting profit for this quarter that may top analysts' predictions,...

December 6, 2010

Groupon Prankster Mason Not Joking in Google Rebuff, Weighs IPO

(Bloomberg) Andrew Mason, founder of daily deal site Groupon Inc., is a serial prankster, dedicating office space to a fictitious character, hiring a ...

November 16, 2010

Morgan Stanley's Meeker Sees Online Ad Boom

(Bloomberg) Mary Meeker will predict a $50 billion online advertising boom in an address at the annual Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco today. The Morgan ...

October 18, 2010

Stocks: Tech Fund Managers Focus on Cloud

When it comes to technology stocks, investors have their heads in the cloud. According to some of the technology portfolio managers whose mutual funds drew the highest...

October 14, 2010

Kapitall: Investing 'for the Rest of Us'

Earlier this year, Rutgers University student Daniel Moran noticed that his investment portfolio was being dragged down by tech stocks. To reverse the slide, Moran, ...

October 11, 2010

Facebook, Zynga Impose Pre-IPO Share Fees

(Adds Zynga representative's comment in eighth paragraph.) (Bloomberg) Facebook Inc. and Zynga Game Network Inc. are charging fees of at least $2,500 for each ...

September 23, 2010

LinkedIn Agrees to Buy Business Reviews Startup

LinkedIn, the largest networking site for online professionals, bought ChoiceVendor Inc., a website for reviews of business service providers. ChoiceVendor, a San ...

September 3, 2010

Ex-Googler Lee Backs China Companies to Foster Startup Culture

(This story was updated to include the total number of résumés received.) Kai-Fu Lee, who headed Google Inc.'s (GOOG) Chinese division during its biggest growth years,...

July 27, 2010

Google Ripe for a Stock Buyback or Dividend

Google (GOOG) is a prime candidate to return some of its $30.1 billion in cash to investors through a stock buyback or dividend, according to shareholders and data ...

June 3, 2010

The New Reality of the Twitter Ecosystem

In the past two months, a controversy has broken out between the startup of the moment, Twitter, and its ecosystem. Some of the company's actions—such as ...

March 3, 2010

VCs Push StartUp Visa Act

During recent travels abroad, Shervin Pishevar says he witnessed flourishing tech communities in places like Russia, Argentina, and Jordan. "There's a tremendous ...

February 25, 2010

Google Undergoes Global Growing Pains

Beijing. Milan. Brussels. For attorneys at Google (GOOG), this is no vacation itinerary. Rather, it's part of a growing list of sites around the world where Google's ...

February 5, 2010

Deutsche Telekom's Limited Options for T-Mobile

Deutsche Telekom (DT) is said to be considering strategic options for its troubled U.S. unit. The company may find its choices limited amid heightened competition in ...

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