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Updated S-1: Facebook’s Yearly Revenue Growth Up 45 Percent, But Down Six Percent From Last Quarter

in News on April 23 at 12:13 pm PT

Will the new results cause investors to worry?
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Take the Money and Run? Twitter Shareholders Now Mulling Cash-Out Offer From DST.

in Social on August 31, 2011 at 10:13 am PT

To sell or not to sell any of their shares is the question facing Twitter stakeholders right now, as the second $400 million part of the company’s funding by Russia’s DST Global nears completion.
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Twitter Poised to Close a Two-Stage $800M Funding, With Half Used to Cash Out Investors and Employees

in Social on July 20, 2011 at 12:42 pm PT

In a move reminiscent of one done by Facebook in 2009, Twitter is zeroing in on a complex $800 million funding deal, which includes a tasty $400 million payout for its current investors and also employees.
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Samsung: Glasses-Free 3D TV Unlikely in Next 5-10 Years

in News on October 14, 2010 at 7:55 am PT

Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest flat-screen television maker by shipments, said glasses-free three-dimensional TV sets won’t be a common household item in the next five to 10 years because technical hurdles still exist before such TVs can be mass-produced at an affordable price.

Facebookers Start Cashing Out Up to 20 Percent of Shares With New $100 Million Investment

in News on July 13, 2009 at 9:55 am PT

According to sources close to the situation, current and former employees of Facebook are now going to be able to sell up to 20 percent of their common shares. It is part of a $100 million add-on investment in the social networking company by the Russian investors who recently put $200 million into the company for preferred shares valued at $10 billion. The new tender offer today by Digital Sky Technologies for common shares of Facebook is valued at $6.5 billion, or $14.77 a share.
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Approve a Massive Stock Dilution? Surely, You Can't Be Serious…I Am Sirius, and Stop Calling Me Shirley.

in News on December 19, 2008 at 9:04 am PT

At Sirius XM’s annual meeting Thursday, shareholders approved a reverse stock split plan that empowers the board to split common Sirius shares by a 1-for-10 to 1-for-50 ratio by end of 2009. They also approved the issuance of up to 3.5 billion new shares. Should Sirius need to, it can now effect a reverse split that will raise its stock price above the $1 necessary to avoid delisting and sell new shares to meet the almost $1 billion in loan repayments it faces next year.

Approve a Massive Stock Dilution? Surely, You Can’t Be Serious…I Am Sirius, and Stop Calling Me Shirley.

in News on December 19, 2008 at 9:04 am PT

At Sirius XM’s annual meeting Thursday, shareholders approved a reverse stock split plan that empowers the board to split common Sirius shares by a 1-for-10 to 1-for-50 ratio by end of 2009. They also approved the issuance of up to 3.5 billion new shares. Should Sirius need to, it can now effect a reverse split that will raise its stock price above the $1 necessary to avoid delisting and sell new shares to meet the almost $1 billion in loan repayments it faces next year.